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HISTORY 



TOWN OF MARLBOROUGH, 



CHESHIRE COUNTY, N.H. 



WITH THE 



REPORT OF ITS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN 1 876; ALSO EMBRACING 

GENEALOGIES AND SKETCHES OF FAMILIES FROM 

1764 TO 1880. 



By CHARLES A. BEMIS. 



History gilds the Present with the Glory of the Past. ^^ 

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BOSTON: 

Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 141 Franklin Street. 

1881. 



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Copyrighted 1881, 
By CHARLES A. BEMIS. 



PEEFAOE. 



In the fall of 1873, I was induced, partly by my own tastes 
and pleasures, and partly by the earnest request of several 
citizens and former residents, to commence the collection 
of items for the History of Marlborough ; and now, after 
more than seven years of labor in this direction, with reluc- 
tance I lay down my pen, feeling that, though so much time 
and labor have been spent in the preparation of this work, 
it is yet imperfect in many of its details. Still I have done 
the best I could with the material at hand. He who has 
not entered upon an undertaking of this kind" can form no 
adequate idea of the vast amount of labor required to com- 
plete it. The work has been delayed beyond expectations 
and to the disappointment of many ; but it must be remem- 
bered that the writer is one of that unfortunate class who 
is dependent on his own hands for support, and therefore 
has been unable to devote his whole time to this work, as 
he has received no aid financially. 

The town loaned him a sum not exceeding $1,000, which 
is to be refunded from the sale of the book. Many of the 
following pages have been compiled at night after toiling 
ten hours at my handicraft. 

I would acknowledge my indebtedness to Hon. Isaac 
Hammond, Deputy Secretary of State ; to Elisha O. Wood- 
ward and George G. Davis, Town Clerks of Marlborough, 
who have been most obliging and helpful to me ; also to 



IV PREFACE. 

John J. Allen, Registrar of Deeds for Cheshire County, Rev. 
Dr. Sullivan H. McCoUester, Hon. Rufus S. Frost, Charles K. 
Mason, Jairus Collins, Daniel W. Tenney, and others, who 
have shown me great kindness and encouragement. 

And, now, I respectfully submit these pages to the people 
of Marlborough, hoping they will be charitably received; 
and, if the readers find as much pleasure in perusing, as I 
have in compiling this volume, I shall feel in some measure 
repaid for my extreme anxiety and protracted toil. 

CHARLES A. BEMIS. 



OOI^TEI^TS. 



INTRODUCTION. 

Situation and Boundary. — Surface and Geology. — Climate. — Trees 
and Fruits. — Ponds. — Streams and Brooks. — Zoological History. 
1 — 4. 

CHAPTER I. 

THE MAS ONI AN CHARTER. 

Land in New Hampshire granted to Capt. John Mason. — New Hamp- 
shire becomes a Part of Massachusetts. — The Grant to John Tuf- 
ton Mason confirmed. — New Hampshire becomes a Separate Prov- 
ince. — Conflict of Titles. — The Masonian Proprietors. — The 
Curved Line. — Historical Error relative to the Grant of Monad- 
nock Number Five. — The Charter. — Plan of the Township. — 
French and Indian War. — New Proprietors. — First Meeting. — 
Drawing of the Lots. — First Roads. 5 — 22. 



CHAPTER II. 

SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 

William Barker. — Isaac McAlister. — Silas Fife. — Benjamin Tucker. — 
First Meeting in the Township. — First Saw-Mill. — First Houses. 
— First Census. — Delinquent Grantees. — Enoch Hale's Return of 
Settlements. — First Grist-Mill. — Difficulty of Settling with Pro- 
prietors' Officers. — Breed Batchellor. — Partial Organization of the 
Town. — Town incorporated. — Origin of the Name. — First Town- 
Meeting. — Tithingmen. — Deer-reeves and Hog-reeves. — Inven- 
tory of Taxable Property. 23 — 44. 

CHAPTER III. 

REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 

The American Revolution an Important Event in History. — Condition 
of the Town at the Commencement of the War. — Result of the 



Vi CONTENTS. 

Battle of Concord and Lexington. — Battle of Bunker Hill. — Loss 
of Arms and Clothing. — Report of the Selectmen. — Expedition 
against Quebec. — Jacob and Pearson Newell. — The Fourteenth 
Regiment. — Tories disarmed. — Association Test. — Discharge of 
Benjamin Goodenow. — Col. Baldwin's Regiment. — Alarm and De- 
fensive Measures. — Bounties offered. — Battle of Stillwater. — 
Lieut.-Col. Andrew Colburn. — Alarm at Ticonderoga. — Captain 
Lewis's Company. — Three Men at the Battle of Bennington. — 
Eight Men in Col. Moor's Regiment. — Eleven Men in Col. Hale's 
Regiment. — Report of the Selectmen, 1780. — Men called for, and 
Measures taken to fill the Quota. — Continental Money. — Letter to 
the Committee of Safety. — Names of those who served in the Army 
at Different Times. — Some Account of Soldiers who afterwards 
became Inhabitants of the Town. — Alexander Fish. 45 — 70. 



CHAPTER IV. 

ADOPTION OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION.— WAR OF 
1812. — INCORPORATION OF THE TOWNS OF ROXBURY 
AND TROY. 

Articles of Confederation drawn up. — Rejection of the Plan of Gov- 
ernment by the Town. — Rejection of the Second Plan of Govern- 
ment. — Amendments offered. — War declared against England. — 
Ammunition purchased by the Town. — Men called for. — The 
Draft. — Inspection of the Militia by Col. Prescott. — A Sham 
Fight. — Roxbury set off. — Troy incorporated. 71 — 79. 



CHAPTER V. 

THE CENTRE MEETING-HOUSE. 

Charter Stipulations concerning a Meeting-House. — Voted to build a 
Meeting-House. — Opposition. — Letters from Benjamin Tucker to 
George Jaffrey. — Building raised. —Measures taken to finisli the 
House. — Description of the Interior. — Phinehas Farrar's Account. 
— Warming the House. — Members of other Denominations ex- 
cused from paying the Ministerial Tax. — Use of Meeting-House 
divided among the several Denominations. — Repairing Meeting- 
House. — The Bell. — The House forsaken. — It becomes an Object 
of Contention. — Sold at Auction. — The Purchaser meets with 
Difficulties. — The Town again becomes the Owner. — The House 
legally disposed of. — Its Destruction. 80 — 97. 



CONTENTS. Vii 

CHAPTER VI. 

ECCLESIA S TI CA L HIS TOR Y. 

Early Efforts to secure Preaching. — Church formed. — Settlement of 
Rev. Joseph Cummings. — Difficulties with Mr. Cummings. — His 
Dismissal. — Protracted Controversy with Mr. Cummings. — Half- 
way Covenant. — Different Ministers employed. — Rev. Ebenezer 
Hill. — Halloway Fish called. — His Letter of Acceptance. — Ordina- 
tion of Mr. Fish. — His Character. — His Death.— Union between 
Church and Town dissolved. — A Society formed. — Rev. Salmon 
Bennett. — A New Society — Building of the Brick Church. — Rev. 
Moses G. Grosvenor. — Rev. Giles Lyman. — Meeting-House en- 
larged. — A Parsonage built. — Resignation of Mr. Lyman. — Rev. 
Henry B. Underwood. — Rev. Silas P. Cook. — Rev. John L. Merrill. 
— Meeting-House repaired and enlarged. — A New Organ. — The 
Chapel. — The Sabbath-school. 98 — 126. 



CHAPTER VII. 

HISTORY OF THE METHODIST, BAPTIST, AND UNI- 
VERSALIST CHURCHES. 

First Methodist Preaching in Town. — A Class formed. — Formation of 
the Church. — Class Leaders. — A Meeting-House built in Potters- 
ville. — Removal to Marlborough Village. — A Parsonage built. — 
Early Preachers. — Lorenzo Dow. — List of Preachers. — Rev. D. S. 
Dexter. — Baptists first mentioned in Town Records. — They obtain 
•leave to occupy the Meeting-House. — Other Places occupied by 
them for Worship. — A Society formed. — Names of Ministers em- 
ployed. — Deacons. — A New Meeting-House. — The Society unable 
to support Preaching. — They disband. — Meeting-House sold. — A 
Universalist Society formed. — Rev. E. Paine. — Sunday-school. — 
A Library. — A Meeting-House built. — Pastors. — Church formed. 
— Parsonage. 127 — 141. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

SCHOOLS. 

The Common Schools of New England. — Lease of the School Land. — 
Children taught at Home. — First Schools. — Four School Districts. 
— Money raised for Schools. — School-Houses built. — Eight Dis- 
tricts. — School-Teachers. — School Money. — Superintending Com- 
mittee. 142 — 162. 



viii CONTENTS. 

^ ,,, CHAPTER IX. 

' ■ THE REBELLION. 

Marlborough the First Town in the County to respond to tlie Call for 
Volunteers. — Three Men in the First Regiment. — Lieut.-Col. Con- 
verse. — Fourteen Men in the Second Regiment. — Sixth Regiment. 
— The Fourteenth Regiment. — The Draft. — Amount of Bounties 
paid. — Natives of Marlborough who enlisted from other Towns 
163 — 167. 

CHAPTER X. 

MILLS AND MANUFACTORIES. 

First Saw-Mills. — Tucker Mill. — Tenuey Mill. — Grimes Mill. — Hunt- 
ing Mill. — Wiswall Mill. — Collins Mill. — Osborne Mill. — Mason 
MiU. — Grist-Mills. — Fulling-Mills. — Pails. — Clothes-pius and 
other Wooden Ware. — Knob-screws. — Blanket Mills. — Breed Pond 
Company. — Machinists. — Blacksmiths. — Tanneries. — Shoe-mak- 
ers. — Saddlers and Harness-makers. — Brown Earthen-Ware. — 
Brick. — Granite Quarry. 168 — 188. 

CHAPTER XI. 

TAVERNS AND STORES. 
The First Tavern. — Anecdote. — Taverns previous to 1792. — Old Red 
Tavern. — Cummings Tavern. — Sweetser Tavern. — Flood Tavern 
and Others. — The Half-way House. — Marlborough Hotel. — Sweet- 
ser Store. — Roberson's Store. — Fife Store. — Aaron Gage & Co. — 
Abner Boyden. — W. & E. Boyden. — Other Stores of the Olden 
Time. — Union Store. — Present Traders. 189 — 199. 



CHAPTER XII. 

PHYSICIANS. 
Dr. Justus Perry. — Dr. Kendall Bruce. — Dr. David Carter. — Dr. E. K. 
Frost. — Dr. James Batcheller. — Dr. Samuel A. Richardson. — Dr. 
Samuel J. Marthi. — Dr. George L. Harrington, 200 — 211. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

SKETCHES OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 

Charles Cummings. — Cyrus Stone. — Osgood Herrick. — Luther Wis- 
wall. — Philander Wallingford. — William C. Whitcomb. — Edwin 



CONTENTS. ix 

Davis. — Sullivan H. McCoUester. — Jairus B. Collins. — Je amiah 
Stone. — Timothy L. Lane. — John Q. A. McCoUester. — Daniel li. 
Woodward. — Sumner A. Mason. — Luther Farrar. — Joseph C. Ma- 
son. — Andrew C. Stone. — John W. Converse. — Justus Perry. — 
Sumner Wheeler. — Cyrus Wakefield. — Warren IL Wilkinson. — 
Kufus S. Frost. — William H. Greenwood. — Deacon Abel Baker. 
212 — 266. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Monadnock Mountain. — Post-offices. — Libraries. — Odd Fellows. — 
Cemeteries. — Mortuary Record. — Persons over Eighty, Jan. 1, 
1880. — Town Officers. — Governor Vote. — Mirriam Newton's Diary. 
— Pauperism. — Abatement of Taxes. — Wild Animals. — Alexan- 
der Fish's Ear. — Anecdotes. 267 — 317. 



CHAPTER XV. 

The Centennial Celebration. 318 — 390. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 

APPENDIX. 

INDEX. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Situation and Boundaky. — Sukface and Geology. — Climate. — 

TeEES AND FkUITS. — PONDS. — StEEAMS AND BeOOKS. — ZOOLOG- 
ICAL Histoey. 

SITUATION AND BOUNDARY. 

The town of Marlborough in Cheshire County, New Hampshirej 
is situated in latitude 42° 54', and longitude 4° 49'. It is bounded 
on the north by Eoxl>ury ; east by Harrisville, Dublin, and Jaffrey ; 
south by Troy, and west by Troy, Swanzey, and Keene. Its dis- 
tance from Keene is five miles, from Concord fifty miles, and from 
Boston ninety-three miles. 

SUKFACE AND GEOLOGY. 

The surface of Marlborough is greatly diversified witli hills and 
valleys. Some portions of it are truly romantic and picturesque. 
It is almost surprising that within an area of thirteen thousand 
square acres, there should be such a diversity of highland and 
lowland, forests, and clearings. With truth we can say that 
Nature has smiled ^jropitiously upon this town, filling it with 
her choicest charms and attractions, beauties and sublimities. 

Its geological formation is made up mostly of the primitive rock. 
The outcropping ledges being numerous, are composed of granite. 
Geology would call ours the "everlasting hills," having existed 
from the very beginning of the world's history. The drift, or 
loose formation, is composed largely of silicates. The deposits 
give evidence of glacial, aqueous, and iceberg action. The grooves 
cut into the highest ledges, and holes worn into the granite, show 
the result of long-continued water-action. The minerals consist 
mainly of granite, gneiss, granular and rose quartz, feldspar, mica, 
beryl, garnets, and plumbago. The gneiss has been quarried 
extensively for building purposes. The granite ledges upon the 
Stone Hill are of o;i'eat value. 



2 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

The sedimentary rocks are made up of sand, clay, and peat. 
The soil is best adapted to grazing. The farms under good culti- 
vation yield fair crops of Indian corn, oats, potatoes, rye, and 
barley. Those who are tilling their farms after modern methods, 
guided by the science of agriculture, are proving that systematic 
farming is no humbug, but is certain to result in good buildings, 
rich fields, fine stock, and independence of living. 

CLIMATE. 

The air of this town is usually pure possessing tonic properties. 
The elevation is such that even in the hottest days in July and 
August it is seldom sultry. Of course the winters are long, 
and the snows are frequently deep and drifted. The extensive 
growth of forests, no doubt, has much to do in moderating the 
air during summer and wintei'. 

TREES AXD FRFITS. 

Some of the principal forest trees are the oak, beech, birch, 
sugar-maple, elm, cherry, hemlock, pine, larch, and spruce. 

Orchards are quite abundant in Marlborough. The apple and 
pear trees are sure to yield here, if they do anywhere in this 
vicinity. The orchardists count largely on tlie income from their 
fruit trees. 

The peach, cherry, and grape do Mell here in certain localities. 
This town is highly favored with wild fruits. The blueberry, 
huckleberry, blackberry, ra.spl)erry, and strawberry are usually 
plenty in their season. Some years large quantities are shipped to 
distant markets. It is seldom a season passes without a supply of 
wild fruit sufficient to meet all home demands. 

The flora here is very full. The botanist finds a great variety of 
pbmts, all the way from the delicate mosses and ferns in the deep 
dells to the Alpine flowers upon the highest elevations. 

roxDS. 

The Stone Pond situated in the east part of jMarlborough, is its 
largest bod}^ of water ; it is about three-fourths of a mile in 
b'ngth and one-third of a mile in width ; its elevation is some 
two tliousand feet above the level of the sea. Its water is clear and 
sparkling. Its native fish were trout ; seventy-five years ago large 
quantities (if tlieiii were cauglit from it, weighing from tliree to 



iNTRODtTCtlON. 3 

four pounds each. At length tlie pond was stocked with pickerel, 
and the trout since that have nearly disappeared. The pickerel 
grow to a large size. The yellow perch are now its most abundant 
fish. 

The scenery just around this pond and in the distance can 
scarcely be surpassed. Were it located in Italy or Switzerland, 
it surely would have been famous in song and story ; it would 
have been possessed of as many charms and beauties as Luzerne 
or Como. 

The Cummings Pond in tlie north part of the town, is about 
three-fourths of a mile long and one-fourth of a mile wide. 
No doubt it was formerly much larger than at the present 
time. Trout were once common in this pond, but now pickerel, 
pouts, and shiners seem to monopolize its waters. Through the 
ice hundreds of pickerel have been caught from it in a single day. 

The Clapp Pond is in the north-east part of the town. It is not 
as large as the Cummings Pond, but more depressed. Its waters 
are not so clear as those of the Stone Pond. Its fish consist 
mainly of pickerel and pouts. 

The Meeting-house Pond, near where the old meeting-house 
stood, occupies an area of one hundred square acres, including the 
open water and what is grown over with bog. This pond has long 
been a favorite resort for fishing. Its waters have been prolific of 
pickerel and catfish. 

STREAMS AND BROOKS. 

The largest stream is the Minniwawa. Its head waters are in 
Nelson and Dublin. Flowing through a very broken country, it 
is subject to sudden rise and fall of water ; stiU, by the means of 
reservoirs and ponds, it is supplied with power sufficient for exten- 
sive manufactories of woolen goods, wooden wares, and for grinding 
grain. With propriety it may be called the mother of our present 
thriving village. It has been faithful in driving saws, spindles, 
and millstones so as to supply work for many active minds and 
busy hands. 

Its faUs and basin, a short distance above the village, are natural 
curiosities, of special interest to lovers of the grand and beautiful. 

Another stream is known as the South Branch, which is about 
the size of the Minniwawa. Its current is rapid and its bed 
very stony. Its waters have been utilized to some extent in 
propelling lathes and saws. 



4 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

There are several brooks in town, which are supplied with pure 
cold water, furnishing countless haunts for finny tribes. 

ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

Though in the early history of this town, bears, wolves, pan- 
thers, and deer, were numerous, still these all disappeared long 
since, leaving only traditions of their feats and cruelty. Within 
the remembrance of some who are living, beavers and minks were 
quite common, but now it is seldom one is seen or caught. Foxes 
are numerous ; they seem strongly attached to our hills and dales. 
They appear to lose none of their sagacity or cunning, as civiliza- 
tion presses upon them. They evidently enjoy turkeys and 
chickens with as good relish, as they did pheasants and conies. 
The woodchucks hold in their jjossession at present as much real 
estate as they did fifty or a hundred years ago. In spite of guns, 
dogs, and traps, they have kept their stock unimpaired and 
undiminished. Eabbits frequent our glades and thickets. Red, 
grey, and chippering squirrels inhabit our woods and forests. We 
are all apprized now and then that skunks are around, and are 
free to lend their infiuence to friend or foe. Rats and mice cling 
to ojir homes with fondest attachments, assuring us that their 
race is not yet run. 

Hawks whistle and crows caw now as they did, when the whoop 
of the Indian and the bark of the woK echoed among the hills and 
valleys. During some seasons, wild pigeons flock to our fields and 
woods in large numbers. Ducks swim our ponds, partridges beat 
our logs and whir through the leafy boughs, and the owls hoot as 
they did, when the axe of the early settlers first rang from our 
highlands and by our streams. The robin, the oriole, the bluebird, 
the phebe, the wren, the lark, the bobolink, the nightingale, the 
thrush, the ground-bird, the hair-bird, the king-bird, and the 
humming-bird, are with us every year to furnish change and 
enchantment. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 

Land in New Hampshire GRA>fTED to Cai't. John Mason. — New 
Hampshire becomes a part of Massachusetts. — The grant 
TO John T'ufton Mason confirmed. — New Hampshire becomes 
A separate Province. — Conflict of Titles. — The Masonian 
Proprietors. — The Curved Line. — Historical error rela- 
tive to the grant of Monadnock, No. V. — The Charter. — 
Plan of the Township. — French and Indian War. — New 
Proprietors. — First Meeting. — Drawing of the Lots. — First 
Roads. 

During the reign of King James I. of England, a 
conncil was established which had the control of a large 
territory including all of New England. One of the most 
active members of this conncil was Capt. John Mason 
who was born at Lynn Regis, in the Connty of Norfolk, 
England, abont the year 1570. 

Soon after his appointment as a member of this conncil, 
he was chosen their secretary. Finding himself thns placed 
in the front rank of those who were interested in promoting 
discoveries and encouraging settlements in North America, 
he determined not only to countenance these enterprises, 
l)ut also to embark his fortunes and devote his time to the 
business. 

In March, 1621, he procured from the council a grant 
of land which included a portion of New Hampshire lying 
east of the Merrimac River. In 1629, the council granted 
to Capt. Mason all the land ''from the middle of Piscataqua 
River, and up the same to the farthest head thereof, and 
from thence north-westward until sixty miles from the mouth 
of the harbor are finished ; also through Merrimac River to 
the farthest head thereof, and so forward up into the land 
Avestward until si.\t\' miles arc liiiislu'd: und tVoni thciice to 



6 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

cross overland to the end of sixty miles accounted from the 
mouth of Piscataqua River." This grant is connected with 
tlie histor}^ of Marlborough, as it was for many years sup- 
posed that the patent line was the western l)oundary of the 
town. 

This tract of land was called New Hampshire, the name 
being derived from the County of Hampshire in England. 
Soon after this grant was obtained, the towns of Ports- 
mouth, Dover, Hampton, and Exeter, were laid out ; but 
the attempts at settlement were not successful. Capt. 
Mason died, November 16, 1635, leaving the greater part 
of his estate in New Hampshire to his grandson, Robert 
Tufton, taking the name of Mason. In 1688, the widow 
of Capt. Mason, who was executrix of his will, sent over 
Francis Norton as her "general attorney," to Avhom she 
committed the whole management of the estate. But the 
expense so far exceeded the income that she was soon 
obliged to give up the care of the plantation and tell 
the servants that they must shift for themselves ; and they 
immediately took their share of the goods and cattle. 

These servants were Danes, and it may truly be said that 
they were the pioneers of the great lumber business of New 
Hampshire and Maine. In 1641, all the settlements in 
New Hampshire, by a voluntary act, submitted to Massa- 
chusetts, and were comprehended in the County of Norfolk, 
which extended from the Merrimac to the Piscataqua 
River. This union lasted about forty years ; and although 
it was noticed l)y the heirs of Mason, yet they were pre- 
vented from taking any legal action in regard to it, for 
reason of the civil war then raging in England. 

As the family of Mason had always been attached to 
the royal cause, they could expect no favors during the 
Protectorate of Cromwell ; but no sooner was Charles II. 
restored to the throne than Robert Tufton Mason peti- 
tioned to the crown for a restoration of his rights. This 
petition was referred to Sir Geoffrey Palmer, the Attorney- 
General, who reported that " Robert Mason, the grandson 
and lu'ii- of Ca])!. .John Mason, had a good and legal title 



THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 7 

to the province of New Hampshire." Nothing effective, 
liowever, was done to restore to liini his chiim. 

In 1()S0 New Hampshire Avas by royal commission s(']»a- 
rated tVoiu JNIassachnsetts and nuuU' a distinct province. 
The new government consisted of a president and conncil 
appointed by the king, and a lionse of representatives 
chosen by tlie people. 

At this time the whole nnmber of voters in the province 
was two hundred and nine, all in the fonr towns of Ports- 
mouth, Dover, Exeter, aiid Hampton. In the first Assembly 
the whole nund)er of representatives was eleven, — three 
each from Portsnu)uth. Dover, and Hampton, and two from 
Exeter. 

In the latter part of the year 1681, Mason came over 
from England, empowered by the king to take a seat in the 
council. He noAV attempted to enforce his claims in an 
arbitrary manner, by compelling the people to take leases of 
him ; but his claims were resisted, not only by the people, 
l)ut ])y the officers of the government: and, finding that he 
liad lost all countenance and support from the council, lie 
returned to England. After this he made several attempts 
to compel the people to take leases of him, but was unsuc- 
cessful. 

He then commenced suits against several })rominent men 
for holding lands and selling timber ; and in these cases, 
although a verdict was obtained in his favor, yet he coidd 
find no purchaser for his lands, and the defendants were 
permitted to enjoy them as before. 

In 1688, Mason died leaving two sons, John and Robert, 
heirs to the claim. They soon sold their right to Samuel 
Allen of London for £750. Allen attempted to enforce 
his claims, but met with no better success than his prede- 
cessors. At last, Allen being poor and somewhat advanced 
in years, proposed to compromise, but died before any 
definite action was taken. 

His son, Thomas Allen, renewed the suits, but died in 
1715 without establishing his claim. When the province 
was sold to Allen the bargain was made in England, and 



8 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

tlie lands were by fiction of law supposed to be tliere, 
and tlie process respecting the fine and recovery was 
carried on in the court of the king's Bencli. 

During the lives of the two Masons, no notice was taken 
of the supposed flaw. The brothers returned to America. 
John died childless ; Robert married and had a son named 
John Tufton Mason who after the death of his father, con- 
ceived hopes of invalidating Allen's claims, on account of 
the informality attending the purchase, but died in 1718, 
without having accomplished his piupose. He left two 
sons. John Tufton Mason and Thomas Tufton Mason. John 
Tufton Mason, the elder of the two brothers, became of 
age about the year 1738, at the time when the controversy 
between tlie i)rovinces respecting the southern l)0undary 
of Xew Hampsliire was renewed and brought to a crisis. 

While this dispute was pending, the agent of New Hamp- 
shire, Thomlinson made an agreement with Mason in behalf 
of that province for the purchase of his whole interest, for 
one thousand pounds. New England currency. This agree- 
ment was put into the hands of the governor who laid it 
before the House. It lay on tlie table for some time without 
any formal notice. In the meantime Mason had suffered a 
fine and recovery in the courts of New, Hampshire, by which 
he could convey his interest in fee. 

He also presented a memorial to the Assembly, in which 
he told them that he woidd wait no longer, and that 
unless they would come to a decision he should take their 
silence as a refusal, intimating at • the same time that, if 
they would not ratify the agreement, a sale would be made 
to other parties. After considerable delay, the House 
came to the resolution " that they would comply with the 
agreement," and chose a committee to complete the pur- 
chase with Mason ; but they were too late ; for on the same 
day, January, 30, 174(), he had by deed of sale, for fifteen 
hundred pounds currency, conveyed his whole interest to 
twelve persons, in lifteen shares. 

The purchasers who are known as the Masonian Pro- 
prietors, were Theodore Atkinson, three-fifteenths; Mark 



THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 9 

11. Wentwortli, two-fifteeiiths ; Richard Wibird, John Went- 
worth (son of the governor), George Jaffrey, Nathaniel 
Meserve, Thomas Packer, Thomas Wallingford, Jotham 
Odiorne, Joshua Pierce, Samuel Moore, and John Moffatt, 
one-lifteenth each. 

All the aforesaid gentlemen were residents of Portsmouth 
except Thomas Wallingford who was of Somersworth, and 
Thomas Packer of (Ireenland. These grantees immediately 
relin(|uished all claims, except to the unoccupied portions 
of the territory, — a course which was higjily satisfactory to 
the people. That portion in the vicinity of the Monad- 
nock being still uninhabited was claimed by the Masonian 
Proprietors. 

Previous to the granting of townships from their posses- 
sions, the number of shares was increased to eighteen, and 
nine m5re persons Avere admitted into the association. The 
new members were as follows : John Rindge, Joseph Blan- 
chard, Daniel Pierce, John Tufton Mason, John Thomlinson, 
Matthew Livermore, William Parker, Samuel Solley, and 
Clement March. Soon after the Masonian Proprietors had 
taken their deed, they began to grant townships, and con- 
tinued to do so to petitioners, often without fees, and always 
without quit rents. 

They early directed their attention to the lands around 
Monadnock, which they laid out into eight townships, as 
follows : Rindge was Monadnock No. 1 ; Jaffrey (sometimes 
called Middletown) was Monadnock No. 2 (or Middle 
Monadnock) ; Dublin (or North Monadnock) was Monad- 
nock No. 3 ; Fitzwilliam (sometimes called Stoddard's town) 
was Monadnock No. 4 ; Marlborough was Monadnock No. V ; 
Nelson (formerly called Packersfield), Monadnock No. 6 ; 
Stoddard (which was known as Limerick) was Monadnock 
No. 7 ; and Washington (once Camden) was Monadnock 
No. 8. 

These townships were granted to different parties on 
condition that they fulfilled certain stipulations. The 
laying out of these was, however, the source of a contro- 
versy respecting the western boundary of Mason's Patent 

4 



10 HISTORY OF IMARLBOEOTJGH. 

which was for many years supposed to be on the west line 
of Marlborough. 

By early measurements, however, it was discovered that 
only a part of Rindge and Jaffrey was included within the 
patent, and that Duldin, Fitzwilliam, Marlborough, Nelson, 
Stoddard, and Washington were wholly without its limits. 
The Masonian Proprietors liad granted all these townships, 
but, finding they had gone beyond the limits of their charter, 
they laid claim to the extraneous territory, and successfully 
maintained the cpntrol of the townships in dispute during 
many years of controversy. 

The original grant to Mason describes an extent of " sixty 
miles from the sea, on each side of the Province, and a line 
to cross over from the end of one line of sixty to the end of 
the other.'" The Masonians claimed that this cross line 
"should l)e a curve, l^ecause no otlier line woidd preserve 
the distance of sixty miles from tlie sea in every part of 
their western boundary."' 

They also claimed that tlie south-west corner of Fitz- 
william was the termination of sixtj' miles from the sea ; and 
then, by making a curved line, they would embrace the eight 
INIonadnock townships. Several of the more northern town- 
ships had been granted by the crown, and a bitter conflict 
of grants ensued, which did not end until after the close of 
the Revolution, Avhen tlie l^cgishiture took up the matter, 
and, after a hearing of the conflicting interests, ordered a 
survey to be made, l)y running a line of "sixty miles from 
the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern and southern boundaries 
of the State, and a straight line from the end of one, sixty 
mik's to the end of the other." ''The termination of sixty 
miles, or the south-west corner of Mason's grant, Avas found 
to be at lot No. 18, in Rindge, and one and one-fourth of a 
mile from the south-west corner of the town, and thence 
nortli thirty-nine degrees east, a distance of ninety-three and 
one-half miles to the end of the eastern boundary." 

This ended the contest. The INIasonians seeing they 
could not substantiate their claim, now came forward and 
purchased of the State all the land included betAvccn the 



THE MASONIAN CilAimCR. 11 

strau/Jit and curved lines for the sum of forty thousand 
dollars in public securities and eight hundred dollars in 
specie. 

These Proprietors, at a meeting held in Portsmouth, 
December, 6, 1751, gave their agent, Joseph Blanchard, 
Esq., of Dunstable, authority to grant a tract of land by 
estimation, twenty thousand acres to James Morrison and 
thirty-three others. This tract, or township, was called 
Monadnock No. V. Keen-sighted gazetteers and historians 
wlio give town statistics tell us that Marlborough was first 
granted by charter, April, 29, 1751, to Timothy Dwight and 
sixty-one others. This is a great error. By referring to 
Charter Records, Vol. I., p. 71, we find that this does not 
relate to Marlborough, N.H., but to Marlborough, Vt., 
which was chartered to Timotli}" Dwight and his associates 
by Governor Wentwortli, before the separation of the two 
States, and is consequently entered on our State Records. 
The following is a copy of the Masonian charter. 

THE CHAETER OF MONADNOCK NO. V. 

Province of [ 
New Hampshire. C 

Pursuant to the Power aud Authority Granted and Vested In me the 
Subscriber by the Proprietors of Land, Purchased of John Tufton 
Mason Esq'' in the Province of New Hamp'' by their Vote Pass'd at 
their Meeting held at Portsmouth in Said Province the 6"^ Day of 
December 1751. 

I Do By these Presents on the Terms and Limitation, hereafter 
Express'd Give and Grant all the right Possession and Property of the 
Prop"" aforesaid unto James Morrison Jun'', Archibald Dunhip, Robert 
Clark, James Lyons, Robert Allen, Andrew Armer, Halbert Morrison, 
David Morrison, Samuel ^Morrison, John ^Morrison, Thomas Morrison. 
AVilli'" Gihirer, John Gilmer, Samuel Allison, Samuel Allison Jun'', 
James Willson Jun'', John AVillson, Robert "Willson, Thomas Willson, 
Samuel Willson, Samuel Steel, James Moore, John Warson, John Cocli- 
ran, Isaac Cochran, Thomas Cochran, Samuel Cochran, Hugh Mont- 
gomery, Henry Neal, John Moore, Robert Moore, Samuel Mitchel, 
Thomas M"=Clary, three Shares Each and To James Willson Sen"" one 
Share, — of In and To that Tract Of Land or Township Call'd Monad- 
nock Nmnber five — Situate in the Province of New Ilamp*' Contain- 



12 HISTOKY OF MAIJLBOROUGH. 

ing By Estimation twenty thousand Acres Bounded as follovvetli, — 
Beginning at the Xovthwcst ("oi-nev of the Townsliip Call'd North 
Mouadnock No. three and Runs from thence — North Eighty Degrees 
West three Miles and an half To a Beach Tree on the West Line of 
Masons Patent and tVom thence Southerly in that Line Seven Miles three 
Quarters & forty Rods To the North West Corner of the Township 
Called Mouadnock N". four from thence — South Eighty Degrees East 
about four Miles by the North Line of Said No. four till it Come to the 
"West Line of Mouadnock N". two and from thence North by the 
Needle by Mouadnock N°. two and N^. three To the first Bounds men- 
tioned, To Have and To hold To them theu- heirs & assigns on the 
following Terms Conditions and Limitations that is To Say that within 
Nine jNIonths from this Date there be One hundred & Twenty three fifty 
Acre Lotts Lay'd out as Near the Middle the Township In the Best of 
the Upland as Conveniency Will Admit & Drawn for and that the 
Remainder of the Township be Divided Into One hundred & Twenty 
thi'ee Shares not Exceeding two Lotts to a share In Such Quantity as 
the Grantees Agree upon Each Lott & Drawn for within two Years 
from this Date, 

That three of the aforesaid Shares be Granted and appropriated free 
of all Charge One for the first Settled minister One for the Ministry & 
One for the School those forever One Lott for Each Said Share to be 
Laid Out Near the Middle of the Town & Lotts Conpled to them So as 
to Make them Equal with the Rest, 

That Twenty more of Said Shares be Reserved for the Grantors their 
heirs and Assigns forever and Accpiitted from all Duty & Charge iintill 
IinproA'ed by the Owner or Owners or some holding mider them 
Respectively, 

That the Owners of the Other Rights make Settlement at their Own 
Expense in the following manner Viz. all the Lotts to be Lay'd out at 
the Grantees Expense, 

That all the Lotts in Said Town be Subject to have all Necessary 
Roads Lay'd out thro' them as there shall be Occasion free from Charge 
for the Land, 

That at or Before the Last Day of December 1754 there be three 
Acres Clered Enclosed and fitted for mowing or Tillage on thirty of the 
aforementioned Grantees Shares Viz on one Share of Each of the 
aforenamed Grantees excepting Hugh ^Montgomery, .lames Moor & 
Samuel Steel and from tlience annually one Acre more in Like ]\lanner 
for five years and that Each of tlie Grantees have a house Built on Some 
One Lott in Said Township of a Room Sixteen feet Square at the Least 
Besides the Chimney ^Vay with a Chimney & Cellar fit for Comfortable 
Dwelling therein In Six Years from the Date hereof and Some Person 
Inhabiting and Resident In Each house and To Continue Inhabitancy 
there for foiu- Years then Next Coming and thai Within the Term of 



THE MASONLAN CHARTER. 13 

twelve Years from this Date there be Seventeen Lotts more Yh one of 
the Rights of James Morrison, Robert Chirk, .raines Lyons, Robert Allen, 
Andrew Armer. llalbert jNlorrison, David Morrison, Samuel Moriison, 
John Morrison. Thomas Morrison, William (rilmore, John (iilmoi-e, 
Samnel Allison, -lames Willson, John Willson. HolxTt Willson. James 
Willson Jiiii', have Jn Like manner live Acies of Land ClerM Kudosed i<c 
Htted as aforesaid (Jver & above What they are to Do as aforesaid & 
Each a house in manner aforesaid & Some Person Inhabiting therein and 
Continuing Inhabitancy for three Years afterwards there, 

That a Convenient Meeting house be Built In Said Townsliip w itliiu 
ten Years from this Date and finished as Xear the Center of the 
Township as Conveniency Avill Admit of to be Determined by a Major 
Vote of Grantors and Grantees & Ten Acres of Land Reserved there for 
Public Use, — 

That the aforesaid Grantees or their Assigns Grant & Assess any 
Sum or Sums of iVIouey as they shall think Necessary for Carr;^ang 
forward & Compleating the Settlem' aforesaid & any of the Grantees 
Exclusive of the three Public Lotts aforesaid Who Shall Xeglect for the 
Space of three Months Next After Such Assessment Shall be Granted & 
made to pay the Same So much of Such Delinquents Rights Respectively 
Shall & may be Sold as Will Pay the Tax & all Charges arising thereon 
by a Committee of the Grantees appointed for that Purpose, 

That all White pine Trees fit for Masting his Majestys Royal Navy 
l)e & liereby are Granted to his Majesty his heirs & Successors forever. 
And in case any of the Grantees Shall Neglect & Refuse to Perform any 
of the Articles aforementioned by him Respectively to be Done he Shall 
forfeit his Share & Right In Said Township, & Every part & parcel 
thereof to those of the Grantees Who are not Delinquent in the Condi- 
tions on their part Respectively to be Done and it Shall & may be 
Lawful for them or any Person by their Authority to Enter Into & upon 
Such Delinquents Right, & him or them Utterly to Amove Oust & 
Expell for the Use of them their heirs & assigns Provided they Settle or 
('ause to be Settled Such Delinquents Right within the Term of one 
Year at the farthest from the Period that is by this Grant Stipulated as 
the Conditions thereof and fully Comply wdth the Conditions Such 
Delinq'* Ought to have Done within one Year from the Time after the 
Respective Periods thereof and in Case the said Grantees fulfilling their 
parts as aforesaid Shall Neglect fulfilling as aforesaid of any Delinquent 
Owner nor he himself Perform it, that then Such Share or Shares be 
forfeit Revert & Belong to the Grantors their heirs & Assigns & to be 
Wholly at their Disposal always Provided tliere be no Indian Warr in 
any of the Terms Limited as aforesaid for doing the Duty Conditioned 
in this Grant to be Done & In Case that Should happen the same time 
to be allowed after such Tmpedement sliall be Removed. 



14 HISTORY OF MAllLBOKOlTm. 

Lastly the Grantors Do hereby Pi-omise To the Said Grantees their 
heirs & Assigns to Defend thro' tlie Law to King & Council if Need be 
one Action that Shall & may be Bro't against thein or any Xumber of 
them by any Person or Persons Whatsoever Claiming the Said Land or 
Any Part thereof by any Other Title than that of the said Grantors 
or tiiat by Which they hold & Derive theirs from Provided the Said 
Grantors are avouched In to Defend the Same and in Case on final 
Tryal tlie Same Shall be Recovered over Against the (Trantors the Said 
Grantees Shall Recover Nothing over against the Giantors for the Said 
Lands Improvements or Expences in Bringing forward the Settlement. 

To all AVhich Premises I Joseph Blanchard Agent for & in Behalf of 
the Grantors have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 20"^ Day of May 
in the 25"^ Year of his ]\Iajestys Reign Annoque Domine 1752 



JOSEPH BLANCHARD 



This copy is a transcript from the Proprietors' Records, 
where it was written in a neat and beautiful manner by 
Joseph Blanchard who was allowed " ^1 8s. for calling the 
first meeting, and for the Proprietor's Book and recording 
the Charter." 

"At a meeting of the Prop""^ of the Township called 
Monadnock, No. V, held at the house of Joseph Blanchard 
of Dunstable in the Province of New Hampshire, Esq-" — 
Ma}^ the Twentyeth A.D. 1752," the following vote passed 
unanimously : — 

AAliereas the Projj'' of ye Lands in the Province of New Hampshire 
purchased by them of John Tufton Mason Esq, who held them under 
the title made l)y a common recovery did on the twentyeth day of JNIay 
afores'd, Grant the (juantity of twenty thousand acres, beginning at the 
Northwest corner of the Township called North Monadnock, No. 3, & 
runs from thence North eighty degrees west three miles & an half to a 
Beech tree in the west line of Masons Patent, & from thence Southerly 
in that line seven miles three quarters & forty rods to the northwest 
corner of the Township called Monadnock No. 4, from thence South 
eighty degrees East about four miles by the North line of s'd No. 4, till 
it comes to the West line of Monadnock No. 2, & from thence North by 
the Needle by Monadnock No. 2, & No. 3, to the first corner mentioned. 

Unto James Morison Jun"", Archibald Dunlap, Robert Clark, James 
Lyons, Robert Allen, And^^ Armer, Harlbert Morison, David Morison, 



THE MASONIAN CHAltTKl?. 15 

Sam' Morifsoii, John Morisoii. 'riioiiias IMorisoii, \>'illiaiii (lilliiior, John 
(iillmor. Sain' Alison, Sani'l Alison rliin'r, .laine.s Wilson .Iiiu'r, .lolni 
\\'ilson, l^obert ^^'ils()n, 'J'honias Wilson, Sani'l Wilson, Sani'l Steel, 
.James Moore, fJohn Wason, John Cochran, Isaac Cochran, Thomas 
Cochran, Sani'l Cochran, Ilunh Montgomery, Henry Xeal, John ^Nloore, 
Robert jNIoore, Sani'l INIitchel, Thomas ]\rCleary & James Wilson Sen'r. 
Under certain conditions Limitations, and reservations in s'd (irant 
mentioned as by lleferences thereto will iuUy appear. 

Voted that we do hereby accept said Title and for ourselves our heir.s, 
& assignees, do acknowledge that we hold said land under said Title, 
Conditions & Limitations with the Reservations therein mentioned. 

MATTHEW THORNTON Prop'^ Clerk. 

These grantees whom we will now call I'roprietors, were 
probably most of them residents of Londonderry and Dun- 
stable, and doubtless never intended to take up their abode 
here, but expected to realize something from the sale of 
lands to those Avho would settle thereon. 

Whetlier an effort was made by these Proprietors to bring 
forward the settlement of the township it does not now 
a})pear, for we find no record of their proceedings for over 
nine years. If any effort was made at this time it was 
suspended by the Frencli and Indian War which broke out 
in 1753, and was, no doubt, the cause of the nonfulfilnient 
of the charter stipulations. 

This war spread consternation throughout the settled por- 
tions of New England. It was the course ever pursued by 
the Indians upon the renewal of a war l)etween the French 
and English, to commence their attacks upon the frontier 
settlements. In August, 175-1, a party of Indians broke into 
the house of James Johnson at Charlestown, early in the 
morning, and captured the whole family consisting of eight 
persons. In 1755 Benjamin Twitchell was captured in 
Keene, and several persons were killed at Walpole and 
Hinsdale. 

Parties of Indians were also seen lurking round in various 
other localities. Exaggerated accounts of Indian atrocities 
spread with great rapidity throughout the settlements, and a 
general feeling of insecurily prevailed to such an extent that 
no progress could be made toward settling new townships. 



16 



HISTORY OF MARLBOKOCGH. 



In 1761 a number of individuals residing in tlie towns of 
Westborough and Marll)orough, Mass., obtained an interest 
in the township. Their names were as follows : — 



l)avi<l C'liuicli, 
Charles Biglo, 
^Villiam Barker,* 
John Taylor, 
.Jonathan Blanc-hard, 
Xoah Church, 
Joseph Biglo, 
Stejihen How, 
Ebeuezer Dexter, 



\A'illiani Eagei', 
Jacob Feltoii, 
flonathan Green, 
\A'illiani Badcock, 
Adonijah How, 
Isaac ^NIcAlister,* 
Daniel Harrington, 
Jesse Rice, 
Benjamin How, 

Ebenezer Joslin. 



Kichard Tozer,* 
Abraham How, Jr., 
Jonathan Bond, 
Silas Gates, 
Eleazer How, 
Silas V\'heeler, 
John Woods, 
Munning Sawin, 
Daniel Goodenow,* 



Those whose names are marked thus (*), afterwards 
became settlers : the others sold their interest to such indi- 
viduals as would promise to settle thereon. Several of 
these were men of distinction. Noah CUiurch was the son 
of David and Mary Church of Marlborough, Mass.; being 
a surveyor, he with Isaac McAlister rendered assistance in 
laying out the township. He afterwards removed to New 
Marlborough, Mass. Ebenezer Dexter was a physician in 
Marlborough. He married Lydia Woods, February, 7, 1754. 
He was for some time Proprietors' clerk, which office he 
held at the time of his death. May, 4, 1769. Munnmg 
Sawin was for many years a keeper of a pidjlic house in 
Marlborough, ]Mass. He was a member of C'apt. Abraham 
William's company, organized in 1757, in view of the 
dangers from the French and Indians. He died June, 28, 
1807, aged 87 years. Ja(M)b Felton was the son of Samuel 
and Sarah ((xoodel) Felton of Marlborough. He died 
November, 20, 1789, aged 77; his son John became one of 
the early settlers in the townshi]), and his son Matthias 
settled in Fitzwilliam. 

Silas (iates was the son of Simon and Sarah (Woods) 
Gates of Marlborough. He comnumded a company ■which 
turned out and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington 
alarm, 1775. He died August, 25, 1793. 



• THE MASONIAN CflAKTER. 17 

Friday, November, 20, 1761, there appeared in the New 
Hampshire Gazette the following notification: — 

Pkoa'ixce of Xkw IlAMPSiiipa:. Whereas application hath tliis T>ay 
been made to me y'^ Subscriber by y" owners of more than one 16"' part 
of the shares Rights or Interests of the whole of that tract or Township 
called Monadnock N" 5, — in said Province, Desireiug me to Notify & 
call a Meeting of the Prop'*' of said Tract of Land. — This is therefore 
to Notify & Warn all the Proprietors of the common and undivided 
Lands of the s'^ Tract or Township called Monadnock, N^ 5. aforesaid. 
To assemble & meet at y^ House of Colo. W'illiams, Inholder In Marl- 
borough in the County of Middlesex on the Tenth Day of December 
Next at Ten o Clock in the Morning in order to act and vote on the Fol- 
lowing articles, viz. 1 To chose a Prop** Clerk, 2'^^y A Prop*'* Treasurer, 
o Assessors, 4 a Proprietors Collector, 5"''^ To see if the Prop'" will agree 
to allot oiit the said Township or any part thereof and raise JNIoney l)y a 
Tax or otherwise for that End or any other, to carry on any Publick 
Matter or thing necessary to Brings forward the settlement of said Town- 
ship, 6"^ To agree on some Measures for calling Proprietors Meetings for 
the Future. 

November 10"' 1701 

JOSEPH BLANCHARD Jus. Peace 

The Proprietors assembled at the time and place specified 
ill the above notification, and we copy the following from 
the records of that meeting : — 

1^' Made Choice of Noah Chm-ch Moderator, 
2diy Ebenz'- Dexter Prop'" Clerk, 
3'^^y Jesse Rice Prop'" Treasurer, 
itiiiy Xof^ij Church T 

Jacob Feltou > Assessors, 

Ebenz"" Dexter J 
o"''y Stephen How Prop'" Collector. 

The meeting was then adjourned to April, 30, 1762 ; then 
to meet at the house of Jonathan Warren, Innholder, in 
Marlborough. 

At the adjourned meeting, the Proprietors voted to lay out 
the whole of the township into one-hiiiidred-acre lots, on or 
before the 20th day of the next June. "Dr. Bond, Capt. 
Joseph Biglo, Mr. Daniel Harrington & Lieut. Silas Gates," 
were chosen a committee to carry this into effect. 

To meet the expense, it was voted to raise five dollars on 

5 



18 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

each Proprietor's right. This meeting was adjourned to the 
30th day of June to meet at the house of Capt. Bezaleel 
Eager, Innhokler, at Westborough. 

At the adjourned meeting, the committee for lotting 
out the town reported that they were not ready for the 
drawing of the lots, "by reason of y^ whole of the above 
said Tract of Land not being allotted out"; and the 
meeting was further adjourned to the second Wednesday 
of October, to meet at the house of Col. Williams, Inn- 
holder, in Marlborough. 

At this meeting little was done beyond choosing a 
committee to couple the lots for drawing, and fixing upon 
a method for calling Proprietors' meetings, which was as 
follows: "Upon applycation of the owners of five original 
Rights Made to the Clerk in Writing inserting the articles 
to be acted upon, he shall thereupon Make out a notify- 
cation Warning all y^ Prop*^ at such time and place as they 
shall appoint, and He shall post up Two Notifycations Viz. 
one in Marlboro, & one in Westborough at some Public 
Places 14 Days before said ^Meeting, and all Meetings so 
Posted & Held shall be good & Valid." * 

The drawing of the lots took place on November, 22, 
1762. We insert here the schedule of the shares, with the 
lots drawn annexed. The names in the left-hand column 
are those of the grantees: on the right, those to wliom 
each rio-ht was transferred at the time of drawino'. 



*The town was .surveyed by Jonathan Liverraore, 'Noah Church, and Isaac 
MoAlister. A line was first drawn through the geographical centre from east to 
west. South oO this line there were eight ranges with thirteen lots in each range ; 
north, one hundred and five lots, the ranges not being numbered. 



THE MASONTAN CHARTER. 



19 



A List of the Pi'oprietors of IMouadiiock N" 5. With tlie Draft of Their 
Lotts excepting y" Lord Proj)'-. Reference Being JIad to the Phin 
and X umbers as y*^ came. 





"fe-t 




« 




» 


' 


§, 




«i 




SD 




« 




Names. 






1 


^ 

<! 


1 


o 


e 


i>2 


1 


HO 


1 


^ 


i 


Names. 


Thos. "Wilson 


1 


11 


3 


51 




10 


3 


7 


3 


1 


1 






David Church 


Henry Neal 


2 


12 


3 


52 




53 




1 


3 


2 


8 






Jona. Mlanchard 


James Lyon 


3 


17 




92 




9 


4 


10 


4 


3 


5 






Wni. Eager 


Thos. Cochran 


4 


22 




9 


7 


8 


7 


60 




59 








Addonijah How^- 
Richd. Tozer v' 


Wni. Gilmoie 


5 


93 




30 




3 


4 


4 


4 


27 








Robert Wilson 


6 


94 




6 


1 


5 


3 


6 


3 


105 








Eleazcr How 


Jno. Wason 


7 


49 




10 


7 


14 




15 




1 


5 






Charles Biglo 


Halbt. Morison 


8 


35 




2 


4 


1 


4 


62 




101 








Noah Church 


Saml. Mori<on 


9 


12 


2 


43 




13 


2 


103 




96 








Jacob Fclton 


Andw. Armor 


10 


32 




2 


6 


3 


6 


47 




5 


4 






Isa;ic jMcAllester 


Isaac Cochran 


11 


39 




7 


4 


38 




82 




2 


2 






Abraham How Junr. 


Saml. Allison Jr. 


12 


4 


6 


44 




102 




4 


1 


2 


6 






Silas Wheeler 


Arclifl. Diinlap 


13 


37 




12 


5 


6 


2 


58 




13 


4 






William Harker 


John Gilmore 


14 


*18 




5 


7 


10 


1 


11 


1 


5 


8 






Joseph Biglo 


Saml. Steel 


15 


23 




8 


4 


24 




83 




1 


2 






Jona. Hlanchard 


Robert Allen 


16 


7 


1 


97 




98 




13 


7 


4 


8 






Jona. Blanchard 


James Moor 


17 


7 


2 


73 




40 




81 




106 




2 


3 


Jona. Blanchard 


Thcs. McClary 


18 


7 


7 


41 




54 




100 




11 


7 






Jona. Green 


James Wilson Jr. 


19 


7 


5 


8 


5 


7 


6 


8 


6 


Mil 


1 Right 


Danl. Harington 


Jno. Morrison 


20 


84 




9 


1 


9 


2 


69 




13 


5 






Jonathan Bond 


Jno. Wilson 


21 


64 




5 


6 


48 




3 


1 


12 








John Woods 


Saml. Mitchel 


22 


65 




6 


6 


2 




3 




12 


7 






John Taj lor 


Saml. Cochran 


23 


50 




11 


4 


3 


2 


4 


2 


57 








Stephen How 


James Morrison 


24 


2 


6 


10 


6 


55 




56 




til 


6 






Wm. Badcock 


Hngh Montgomery 


25 


10 




9 


6 


91 




90 




1 


8 






Jona. Blanchard 


John Moor 


26 


9 




6 


7 


70 




78 




13 


3 


6 


8 


Jess'» Rice 


Robert ^loor 


27 


5 


2 


72 




67 




12 


1 


13 


1 


36 




Silas Gates 


Saml. Wilson 


28 


5 


1 


71 




68 




13 


6 


46 








Muning Sawin 


Thos. Morrison 


29 


11 


2 


95 




10 


2 


4 


7 


104 








Ebenz'r Dexter 


David Moi-rison 


30 


42 




1 


7 


8 


3 


1 




80 








Dan'l Goodenow 


Robert Clark 


31 


8 


2 


75 




85 




6 


5 


3 


8 






Benja. How 


Jno. Cochran 


32 


88 




12 


4 


33 




5 


5 


25 








Ebenz'r Jo-lin 


Saml. Allison 


33 


89 




1 


6 


34 




61 




9 


3 






Ebenz'r Dexter 


James Wilson 


34 


10 


5 














+11 


6 






Ebenz'r Dexter 


Minister 


35 


7 




13 






















Ministry 


36 


5 












116 














School 


37 


20 












J6 















A Copy. 



Examined by 



EBENZ'R DEXTER, Propts. Clerk. 



The Proprietors now began in earnest to prepare the way 
for settlement. To do this, convenient roads must be laid 
out through the township. Accordingly, at a meeting held 
at the house of Abraham Williams in Marlljorough, it was 
voted "to lay out and clear a Road from Dooblin to Keen.'" 
Isaac McAlister, Noah Church, and Muning Sawin, were 
chosen a committee for this purpose, and were instructed to 



* 10 Acres of this lot to be taken out for publick us a by Charter. 
t And north half of No. 11. 
t And south half of No. 11. 
II And north half of No. 6. 
§ And south half of No. 6. 



NORTH. 



?reT 



G each. 



8G acres J. 



99 acres. 



05 acres J. 




19 acres J. (l3 12 



42 acres. 1 13 12 



58 acres. | 13 



73 acres. I 13 



This is a Plan of Townshii) in Ntesnns Patent, in the Province of New Hampshire, called Mona^dk 
Vo 5 fotLd o.a into imudre'd acre lots, excepting the lots on the oitside of the Town, and them lots 
it lis sot down against each lot the number of acres contamed in each. 



.Marlborough, Dec, .3d, 1T08. 



Surveyed by Jo.na Livkrmore and Noah Chuugii, in ye year 17G2. 
A Copy, examined by Eiti:Ni-.y.i:i! Dexteu, Propts Clerk. 



THE MASONTAN CHAllTEE. 21 

lay out the road in the mainiev they tli(»ni;ht hcst. for the 
benefit and advantage of the Proprietors. 

To meet the expense, a tax was hiid of two (h)ll;irs on 
each Proprietor's right; at the same time, liberty was given 
for each one to work out his two dollars on the road at four 
shillings per day, " he finding himself at his own cost (Noth- 
ing being allowed for Travel & Expenses out & home)." 
This road commenced at Keene line on lot No. 58, "-and 
thence across lot No. 57, and through No. 39 and 40 ; across 
the corner of No. 32, and through Nos. 31, 30, and 29; 
across a corner of No. 28, to No. 22 ; through the south west 
corner of No. 26, and to No. 23 and 2-1: to Dublin line." 
Or, in other words, commencing at the Keene line and run- 
ning nearly the same as the main street, to the mill of the 
Monadnock Blanket Company, and thence through the mill- 
yard to the top of the hill; then following the present road 
up the hill by the Congregationalist church to the house of 
Oilman Whitcomb, and thence on to the Blodgett place, 
now owned by A. T. Woodward. 

From this point the road has been very much changed; 
and it would be a difficult matter to describe all its turnings 
and windings until it came to the place now owned by 
S-amuel Jones. Here it ran several rods north of Mr. Jones' 
house, and came out into the present highway at the foot 
of the hill east of his house, and thence followed the present 
road by the Stone Pond to the Dublin line. 

This was the first road laid out in the township, and 
when completed was little better than a bridle path through 
the woods; for up to this time the township was an 
unbroken forest with the exception of a small clearing 
on what is now "West Hill" in Troy. At this late day, 
Ave can hardly form any conception of the wildness of the 
scenery at that time. The bark of the wolf and the cry of 
the catamount, were no unusual sounds; the bear roamed 
at will through the forest, unpursued by man: the whole 
forming a striking contrast with that which the eye beholds 
to-day. The men who performed the labor of clearing this 
road have left us no record of their transactions. How 



22 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

many there were, the time eraph^yed, how they lived or 
Avliere they stayed, is all unknown to lis ; but certain it 
is that it was only through much toil and many privations 
that they Avere able to complete the road and make it lit for 
travel. 

At a meeting in August, 1763, the Proprietors voted to 
"lay out a road from Rowley (Rindge) to Doobleinn Road 
Leading to Keen." This road led through the south part 
of the town, but we have no means of knowing the exact 
location. 



CHAPTER 11. 

SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 

William Baijkek. — Isaac McAlistek. — Silas Fife. — Bex.jamin 
TucKEi!. — FiKST Meeting in the Township. — First Saav-Mill. 

— First Houses. — First Census. — Delinquent Grantees. — 
Enoch Hale's return of Settlements. — First Grist-Mill. — 
Difficulty of settling with Proprietors' Officers. — Breed 
Batciielder. — Partial Organization of the Town. — Town 
Incorporated. — Origin of the Name. — First Toavn Meeting. 

— TiTHINGMEN. — DeER-ReEVES AND HoG-EeEVES. — InVEXTOKY 

of Taxable Property. 

We have now reached the period in the history of our 
toAvn in which the first settlement was made. The fii'st 
to try his fortunes in this hitherto unbroken wilderness 
was William Barker, a native of Westborough, Mass. 
According to the best information we have, he first came 
to Monadnock No. V in 1761. It will be remembered that 
he was one of the Proprietors, and as such, had drawn 
several lots of land, and was, no donbt, influenced by the 
desire to know something of the quality and worth of his 
newly acquired possessions. 

At this time he did little more than to select a location 
for his future residence, which was lot No. XII in the fifth 
range, being on what is now called " West Hill," in Tro3\ 
In 1762 he returned, bringing with him a quantity of pro- 
visions sufficient to last him a limited time, and commenced 
a small clearing which, no doubt, Avas the first made within 
the limits of Monadnock No. V. 



24 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

His supply of proYisions exhausted, he went back to his 
native town, having made bnt little progress in levelling the 
forest. In 1764 he returned, enlarged his clearing, bnilt a 
log-house, and made arrangements for removing his family. 
Early in the fall he set out from Westborough, accompanied 
with his wife and three small children ; he also had an 
ox-team well laden with stores of provisions and domestic 
utensils. The roads being in a jioor condition, their progress 
was slow ; but they soon reached Winchendon, from which 
place there was no road, and they were obliged to be gidded 
by marked trees. This part of their journey was very 
difficult; but, after much toil and many slight accidents, 
they arrived safely at their new home the 17th day of 
September, 1764, being the firi<t family that settled in 
Monadnock No. V. 

Soon after the removal of INIr. l^arker and his family, 
Isaac McAlister who had previously constructed a log- 
house on the farm now owned by Ansel Nye, removed 
his family consisting of his wife — who was a sister of 
Mrs. Barker — and four children; this was the first settle- 
ment within the limits of the present town of Marlborough. 

These two families consisting of eleven members, were, 
it is presumed, all the inhabitants residing within the 
township during the winter of 1764-5. 

17(55. Silas Fife, a young man from Bolton, Mass., 
having heard much of the undeveloped resources and great 
adaptability of the Monadnock townships for farming pur- 
poses, together with their abundance of game (a matter of 
no small importance to the first settlers of our New England 
forests, as it was necessarily one of the principal sources of 
food for themselves and families), determined to visit them, 
with the vicAV of purchasing a tract of land for a farm. 

Consequently in the spring of 1765, as tradition has it, 
with a small quantity of food strapped upon his back, he 
started for ]\Ionadnock, accompanied only with his trust}^ 
dog and gun. On arriving at Monadnock No. V, he pur- 
chased a lot oi laud in the south-easterly part of the 



SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 25 

township, including most of the hind afterwards owned by 
Deacon Abel IJaker (for many years known as the Baker 
farm), sitnated within the territory set off from Marlborough 
in 1815 to form a part of the new town of Troy. Here 
he constructed a temporary shelter, near the entrance of 
which he cooked his food, while within he slept the livelong- 
night, gun in hand, ready at a moment's warning to send 
Bruin howling from his presence. Young Fife appears to 
have been an excellent marksman and fond of the chase. 
The abundance of game in the vicinity of the mountain 
afforded ample scope for the exercise of his skill. As his 
supply of food during the first few months of his residence 
in his isolated home was quite limited, he was ol)liged to 
depend upon his favorite amusement for his daily suste- 
nance ; and whenever he felt the pangs of hunger, the sharp 
crack of his musket was pretty certain to bring him relief. 

For several summers he toiled on mostly alone, clearing 
his ground and bringing it into a state of cultivation ; in 
the meantime he built a house, and then, thinking, like 
many others, that he had experienced fully his share of 
the sweets of single blessedness, married Abigail Houghton, 
a young lady from his native town, and took her to his 
wilderness home. 

They were married in Boston, Mass., August 15, 1772. 
Mrs. Fife was little accustomed to the rude life she had here 
chosen, and it is, therefore, no wonder that many perplexing 
incidents should happen to her in the discharge of her duties 
as housewife ; one of which in after years she often related 
with great merriment. 

A few days after becoming settled in her new home, she 
undertook to bake some pies, being arranged on pewter 
plates and placed in the heated stone oven. Shortly after- 
wards, on looking into the oven, it is perhaps unnecessary 
to add, she found her plates a liquid mass, rolling about in 
different directions. But a few such lessons probably 
served to correct her judgment, and led her to avoid similar 
unpleasant casualties. 

In August, 1765, Benjamin Tucker, with his wife, five 



26 HISTORY or MARLBOROUGH. 

sons, and two daughters, came from Leicester, Mass., to 
Monadnock No. V, and settled on the phxce formerly owned 
and occupied by Tarbell and Whitne}^; the house standing 
at the top of the hill, a few rods east of the present build- 
ings. Mr. Tucker was fortunate in choosing this location, 
for soon after his settlement here the great road from 
Keene to Boston was laid out directly by his house, Ayhich 
he opened as a tavern, being the first kept in the township ; 
a full description of which will be given hereafter. 

Mr. Tucker and his sons proved to be men of enterprise, 
and did their full share towards forwarding the settlement 
of the town. The meetings of the Proprietors were for 
several years held at his house; he was frequently moder- 
ator of these meetings, and also at different times held the 
office of clerk, assessor, and treasurer. Mr. Tucker was 
a man of natural business capacit}^ ; but this was not 
seconded by a good education, as is evident from the 
manner in which he kept the Proprietors' records, mixing 
up his capitals strangely, and using as many letters as 
possible in spelling. 

The population was further increased this year by the 
arrival of Daniel Goodenow, with his wife and four or five 
children, from Marlborough, Mass, Where he settled is not 
certain, but it was probably in that part of the township 
now included in Troy. Abel Woodward also became a 
settler the same year, but of how many persons his family 
consisted we are unable to say, as no records have been 
preserved. He located in what is now the village, on the 
Joslin place, now owned in part by Murray Fitch; his 
hous^ standing on the west side of the road between the 
residence of Joel tS. Knight and the sand bank. 

176G. Novemlier 13th of this year, a meeting of the 
Proprietors was held at the house of Isaac McAlister, Avhich 
was the first held within the toAvnship. At this meeting 
Benjamin Tucker Avas moderator, and Dr. Ebenezer Dexter 
of Marlborough, Mass., was clerk. The most important 
business transacted at tins meeting related to highways; 



SETTLEMENTS, ETC. -J? 

and the following is a copy of a vote passed in reference 
to the sixtli article of the warrant for this uicelinu-; 
"Voted that the great Roads so-callcMl Leading fnnn Keen 
to Doobleinn, and from Keen to Rowly,* and from Swanzey 
to Stoddard Townf so called, be Layed ont Three Rods 
wide and the other Roads 2 rods wide." The Doctor 
was, no doubt, a skilful physician, and if the medicine 
which he dealt out to his patients, was equally strong with 
his spelling, he must have met with unparalleled success 
in his practice. 

Nothing of importance seems to have been done this 
year towards bringing forward the settlement of the town- 
ship, nor does there appear to have been any increase in 
the number of settlers. 

1T67. Only one meeting was held this year, and that 
was at the old Williams Tavern in Marlborough, Mass., on 
the 19th of May. The most important transaction at this 
meeting was the provision made for the building of a saw- 
mill. By the schedule of the lots drawn by the Proprietors, 
it will be seen that Daniel Harrington drew the "Mill 
Right." Tradition tells us that this was located at the 
junction of the brooks, south of the school-house in District 
No. 4. 

Several attempts had been made on the part of the 
Proprietors to induce Mr. Harrington to erect a mill ; but, 
either from lack of means or wishing to have -the Proprietors 
bear the greater part of the expense, he neglected to go 
forward in the enterprise. At the meeting above alluded 
to, it was voted to "Raise one Dollar on Each Prpt^ Right, 
for the use of Daniel Harrington, in case he compleats a 
saw-mill fit for sawing of Boards, on or before the first of 
July Next Insueing; and in case Mr. Harrington Throws 
up the subscription made at Monad"^ No. five on the 13'^ 
Day of Nov. 1766, Also Mr. Harrington, agrees to allow 
Half a Dollar to Each Proprietor that lives in 9,^ Township 
per Day, if they choose to work out said Dollar." 



IviiiilKO. tFitzwilliain. 



28 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

The mill was completed during the season, and in the 
autumn the first two framed houses were erected in town. 
The first of these was built by Jedediah Maynard on the 
farm now owned by Ivory E. Gates, and is the eastern half 
of Mr. Gates' house. The second was that of Abijah 
Tucker, and was located on the site of the Congregational 
meeting-house. 

Previous to this time the houses were mere log-huts with 
stone chimneys, usually with but one room, no chamber or 
cellar, and oftentimes with no floor except the hard-trodden 
earth. The roofs were composed of large poles thatched 
with bark. Window-glass was at first unkno^vn, but a hole 
or two cut in the logs with wooden shutters, answered the 
purpose of windows. 

The immigration to the town this year was much larger 
than the preceding. Among the number were Joseph Col- 
lins, his wife and seven children ; Thomas Rig'gs who was 
the first settler on the Sargent place ; John Felton and 
Jedediah Maynard, each of whom was married. 

In September the Provincial Legislature ordered an 
enumeration of the inhabitants, and an inventory of the 
ratable estate in each town in the province to be made in 
December. The return of the inventory from Monadnock 
No. V has not been found, and if any was made at this 
time, it has been lost. The population of each town was 
arranged in classes. The returns from this township were 
as follows : — 

Unmarried men from 16 to 60 years of age, 9 

Married men from 16 to 60 years of age, 16 

Boys of 16 years and nnder, 25 

Men 60 years and above, 1 

Females unmarried, 26 

Females married, 16 

Male slaves, 

Female slaves, 

Total, 93 

This census is important from the fact that it shows 
the number of iiihal)itants in the towiisliip at the close of 



SETTL15MENTS, ETC. 29 

the third year after its settlement. Were it possible, we 
would like to give the name and age of each inhabitant at 
this time ; but it is impossible, owing to tlie fact that 
the descendants of several of those early families are so 
widely scattered we cannot obtain the necessary statistics. 
From this time to 1770, the Proprietors held but few 
meetings, and no business of importance was transacted ; 
their chief aim seemed to be to increase, as fast as possible 
the number of settlers, in order to fulfil the conditions 
of their charter. Some of the grantees, however, failed to 
perform their whole duty in this respect; and had it not 
been for the great forbearance and long suffering of the 
Lord Proprietors, for whose interest it was to forward the 
settlement of the town, they would, no doubt, have forfeited 
all claim to the land. 

These delinquent grantees were men of influence, and so 
controlled the Proprietors' meetings that those who had ful- 
filled their part considered, these delinquents were hindering 
rather than helping fulfil the stipulations set forth in the 
charter. In view of these proceedings, the resident Pro- 
prietors in 1768 presented the following petition to the 
Lord Proprietors : — 

Province of / 
New Hampshire. C 

To the Proprietors of Lands purchased of John Tiifton Mason, Esq'' 
in the Province aforesaid, (commonly called the Lords Proprietors of 
said Lands). 

Humbly showeth to your Honors, — 

We the Subscribers, inhabitants of jSIonadnock Xo. five (so called) in 
said Province, lying in said Mason's Patent, that on the twentieth day of 
May, A..D. 1752, your Honors was pleased to grant said ^lonadnock, 
number five to a number of people and gave a Charter of the same to 
said people, with sundry conditions and restrictions, as mentioned in 
said Charter. Since which we have purchased of sundry of the Grantees, 
and settled in said Township, and have fulfilled said Charter, as to our 
part, as fully as hath been in our power to do. By reason that there is a 
nmnber of said Grantees that neglect to settle their rights, or do any 
considerable part of the duty required of them by said Charter, altho' 
we conceive the time for the settlement on said Rights is long since 
expired, and said delinquents at our meetings for bringing forward the 



30 HISTORY OF jMAKLBOROUGH. 

settlements of said Townships &c., by means of tlieir own votes, the 
Interest they make, carry the votes as they please to the great damage of 
the inhabitants of said Township, and to the discouragement of others 
settling therein &c. 

The delinquent Rights are as foUoweth ; {\iz.) Henry Xeal, William 
Gihnore, Halbert Morrison, Samuel Allison Jr, Robert Allen, Samuel 
]Mitchel, John Moore, Thomas Morrison. We having thus opened our 
deplorable case to your Honors, as x>bedient children to theil* Parents, 
desire your Honors would take our case into your wise consideration, 
and if your Honors think proper, grant said delinquents Rights to the 
inhabitants of said Township, on such conditions as your Honors shall 
think jiroper; or otherwise release us, as your Honors in your great 
wisdom shall think proper. And we as in duty bomid shall ever pray. 
Monadnock, Nmnber five 25th day of July 17G8. 
Daniel Goodenough, Joshua Tucker, Caleb Tucker, 

William Barker, Isaac McAlister, Stephen Church, 

Joseph Collins, Abijah Tucker, Charles Bigelow, 

Abel Woodward, Moses Tucker, Richard Tozer. y 

The delinquent grantees now began to bestir themselves, 
and, fearing that the prayer of the petitioners would be 
granted, engaged Jonathan Blanchard who was supposed to 
have great influence with the Masonian Proprietors, to act 
for them in the matter of opposing the petition of the 
inhabitants for a new grant. Accordingly in December 
following, that gentleman presented to the Lord Proprietors 
the following memorial : — 

To the Gentlemen Prop'' Purchasers of the right of Jolm Tufton 
Mason Esq. in the Province of New Hampshire. 

The Memorial of Jonathan Blanchard of Dunstable in said Province 
shews, — 

That your JNIemorialist and others are largely intei-ested in the New 
Township called Monadnock No. 5, granted to your Right some years 
since. — That they (& other families) have at a large expense been & 
still are carrying on & completing the Settlement of said Township, as 
injoined by Grant thereof. — 

That your Memorialist, understands a Petition has been preferred to 
your Society, (as well as many causeless Insinuations mentioned) Setting 
forth that a number of the Original Grantees or their assigns are dila- 
tory, wholly neglect the improvement and settlement of their Rights & 
Shares. — 

That your Memorialist declares (so far as he can find out) that the 
Representation aforesaid is false, & that tliere is not one single right 



SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 81 

in said Townyliip, luit lluit has more or less cleared & Iiii]>roved oii, & 
that if the whole duty is not already done, as they are perfect of Uic 
same, he xirayes for your further indulgence & is persmided that any new 
Grant cannot hasten the Settlement. That if the Petitioners aforesaid, 
should again beg for the supposed forfeiture, your IMemorialist prays 
that he may have Xotice and Liberty to state the Facts touching the 
Settlement, before any New Grant takes place, whifh tho' perha]3s cannot 
take effect yet it may be prejudicial to the Present Claimers & no ical 
service, and your Memorialist as iu duty shall ever pray. 

JONA BLANCHARD. 

Portsmouth, Dec. 22'S 17GS. 

The Masoiiian Proprietors wishing- to act jiidicioiTslv in 
the matter, wrote to Benjamin Tucker requesting that he 
\\'oul(l forward to them " a just account of the settk^neut of 
^lonadnock, No. V," and how far they had compHed witli 
the conditions of their cliarter. 

They also employed Col. Enoch Hale of Rindge to 
investigate the matter. As the results of these two investi- 
gations were rendered at nearly the same time, and were 
substantially the same, we will give that of Mr. Hale, which 
is as follows : — 

An account of y*^ Settlements in Monadnock Xo. five, calletl Xew 
]\Iarlborough * in y*^ province of Xew Hampshire. 
Dra't. 

1. Thomas Wilson, settled by Thomas Riggs. 

2. Henry Xeal. 

3. .Tames Lyon, settled by Joshua Tucker. 

4. Thomas Cochran, settled by James Tiffany. 

5. William Gilmore, settled by Richard Tozer. 

6. Robert Wilson, settled by AVilliam Adams. 

7. John AVarson, settled by Joseph Peck. 

8. ILalbert Morrison. Jonathan Xicholds made some improvement. 

9. Sanniel ^lorrison, settled by John Felton. 

10. Andrew Armer, settled by Lsaac ^IcAlister. 

11. Isaac Cochran, settled by Abel Woodwart. 

12. Samuel Allison, settled by David Warrin. 

13. Archibald Dunlap, settled by Bennidick A\'eliber. 

14. John Gilmore, settled by Benjamin Tucker. 

15. Samuel Steel. Called Duty free. 

*This is the earliest date at which the name of Marll)orouf;h aiipears in 
connection with the town?hii). 



o2 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

10. Robert Allen, settled by Jonathan Goodenow. 

17. James Moore. Called Duty free. 

18. Thomas JNlcClary, settled by Jonathan Shaw. • 

19. James AYilson, settled by Jonah Harrington. 

20. John Morrison, settled by Silas Hooker; made some improvements. 

21. John AA'ilson, settled by James Grossman. 

22. Samuel ]\litchel. settled by Thaddevis Hastings ; made some improve*. 

23. Samuel Cochran, settled by James Brewer. 

24. James Morrison, settled by Benja. Tucker, Jr. 

25. Hugh Montgomery. Called duty free. 

26. John Moor, settled by Richard Robards. 

27. Robert Moor, settled by Stephen Church, Single man, 1. acre im- 

proved some acres girdled. 

28. Samuel Wilson, settled by Samuel Bishop. 

29. Thomas Morrison. 

30. David Morrison, settled by Daniel Goodenow. 

31. Robert Clark, settled by Joseph Collins. 

32. John Cochran, settled by William Barker. 

33. Samuel Allison, settled by Silas Fife. 

James Wilson Sen'' have one single share containing one hundred and 
fifty acres no duty to be done sooner than the last duties on the doul)le 
shares, which contains four hundred and fifty acres to each share. 

A true account of all the Settlements Err^ Excep"", per 

ENOCH HALE. 

April 24'i>, 1770. 

This account of settlements is interesting from the fact 
that it gives us a certain knowledge as to aa'Iio Avere the 
inhabitants of the town at so early a date. Of these set- 
tlers, twenty-seven in number, all had families except 
William Adams, Silas Hooker, Thaddens Hastings, Stephen 
Church, and Silas Fife ; and of this number, Thaddeus 
Hastings and Silas Fife afterwards married and raised up 
large families in this town ; the other three remained here 
but a short time, and then dej^arted, no one knows Avhither. 

This account of Col. Hale seems to have been satisfac- 
tory and to have ended the controvers}^ as we hear no more 
concerning the delinquent grantees ; and it is probable that 
they seeing the matter was to be investigated, made haste 
and settled their rights, as we find in this report that 
several of those who had been complained of as delinquent, 
were reported by Col. Hale as settled. 



SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 38 

During this period Joseph Collins had built a saw 
and grist-mill in the iiortli part of the township on the 
Riehardson brook near tlie bridge east of the place where 
Stillman Richardson now resides. This was the first frrist- 
mill erected in town. Not far from this time, Abijah 
Tucker built a saw and grist-mill on the site of the mill 
now owned by the Monadnock Blanket Company. The 
erection of these two mills did much towards advancinor 
the settlement of the town. Previous to this there was no 
grist-mill within six miles, and the early settlers must have 
hailed with joy the erection of one in their midst ; for 
carrying grain on their backs that distance through the 
woods over a rocky, rough, and uneven country with only 
marked trees to guide their steps, could have been no 
easy task. 

1769. Ebenezer Dexter wdio up to this time had held 
the office of Proprietors' clerk, died; and by virtue of a 
warrant issued by Thomas Frink of Keene, a justice of the 
peace, the Proprietors assembled on the 3d of January, 1770, 
at the house of Benjaniin Tucker, for the purpose of choos- 
ing new officers and transacting other important business 
relating to the township. 

At this meeting Benjamin Tucker acted a consj)icuous 
part: he was not only moderator and clerk, but was also 
chosen treasurer, chairman of the board of assessors, and 
chairman of several committees. It was at this meeting 
that the Proprietors voted to build the meeting-house ; the 
measures adopted for this purpose will be noticed in a subse- 
quent chapter. It was also voted "that every man shall 
vote in their meetings according to their interest in s^i 
township." " Voted that the oners of one sixteenth part of 
the Lands in said township, — Requesting ye Clark to call a 
meeting, he Shall l)e obliged to do it, b}- Posting a notifica- 
tion in sd town Ship, and in Marlborough, (Mass.) at some 
Publick Place near the senter of S'' Town." 

There was also considerable legislation relating to high- 
ways in this and subsequent years ; committees were chosen 



34 HISTOKY OF MAKLBOROUGH. 

to lay out and clear roads, and accounts were brought in 
at every meeting for " Worck done in ye Roads." The 
average price paid per day was three shillings. 

2^771. There were four Proprietors' meetings this year. 
Benjamin Tucker was dismissed from the office of clerk, 
and Stephen Church was chosen in his room. The legisla- 
tion related mainly to the difficulty which the Proprietors 
had in settling with Capt. Jesse Rice, a former treasurer, 
and the executrix of Stephen How deceased, and also 
Daniel Harrington, — two former collectors. 

Committees were chosen for the jmrpose of settling with 
the refractory persons ; but, meeting with no success, they 
were dismissed, and others were chosen in their stead, who 
met \yiih no better success than those who had preceded 
them. At length the Proprietors, M^eary of the delay Avhich 
had been made in settling, determined to bring the matter 
to a crisis : they discharged the old committee, and chose 
Col. John Weeks, Breed Batchellor,* and Silas Gates, " to 
Reckon & settle with the above mentioned Treasurer, & Col- 
lectors, and voted that the above committee be impowered 
to Discharge the said Rice, the former Treasurer, the 
executrix of Stephen How's istate, and Daniel Harrington, 
former Collectors, if settled with, or either of them that 
will Comply to settle." Voted, that the " Committee be, 



* Major Breed Batchelder was one of the earliest settlers of Packersfield (Nelson). 
He was a very wealthy man and a large landholder. He settled on the farm now 
occupied by Oilman Nims in Roxl)ury. He owned a considerable quantity of land in 
the north part of Marlborough, which gave him the right to vote in the meetings of 
the I'roprietors. 

When the Revolutionary war broke out, Batchelder became a Toi-y. His neighbors 
were so exasperated at his conduct that, in the summer of 1777, he was obliged to 
leave his family and reside some three months in a cave about eighty rods from his 
house, not daring to be seen by his neiglibors, who, had they known of his where- 
abouts, would have captured him, and he would have been shot or hung. The cave 
where he resided is still known as "Hatchelder's Cave." At length, satisfied that the 
only way to save his life was to leave the country, he bade his wife and children 
good-bye and tied. 

He joined the British army, and was mnde a captain in Lieut. -Col. Peters' corps of 
the "Queen's Rangers." He was with liis comi)any at the battle of Bennington, 
where he was severely wounded in the shoulder by a mu.sket-ball. After the war he 
became very dissipated, and finally was drowned in 1785 by falling from a boat in 
the Basin of .\nnapoHs. 



SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 85 

and are impowerecl to Bring an action in tliu Law against 
the said Rice Treasurer, the execntrix ol' llie estate of 
Stephen How Deceas^ & Daniel Harrington former Col- 
lectors, or either of them tliat will not comply to settle." 

In order to post themselves in all the formalities of the 
law, Joseph Collins was instructed to buy a Law Book for 
the use of the Proprietors. The committee, now armed witli 
this legal authority, at once proceeded to perform the duties 
assigned them. The delinquent officers satisfied that the 
Proprietors now "meant business," and seeing they could 
no longer hold back without being in danger of the law, 
readily closed in with the proposals made by the com- 
mittee, and came to a settlement. The terms upon which 
this settlement was made, are shown by the following- 
report rendered by the committee, and accepted at a 
meeting of the Proprietors, December 10, 1772: — 

We the Subscribers being appointed by the Proprietors of monad'', 
No. 5, as a Comitee to recon and Settle with Capt. Jese Rice Former 
Tresur for said Proprietors aforesaid, that we have Recond with the said 
Rice, and find that he has Payed out to Defray Proprietors Charges, 
Between four and five Pounds Lawful money more than he has Received, 
besides his Trouble of being Treasurer, and we have given said Rice a 
Discharge in full of all accounts, and all demands that y'' Proprietors 
have against him as being Treasurer for said Proprietors, and have taken 
a receipt in full of all accounts that the said Rice has against s^ pro- 
prietors ; the said Rice Throwing in the sum above mentioned and his 
service as being Treasurer, for the needless cost that he has put said 
Proprietors to for not settling when requested, and the Settlement made 
with Dan^ Harrington, Collector, may be seen by a paper bearing date 
July the 27*'' 1771, wherein we Turned over the said Harrington to 
L' Tucker the Present Treasurer, or to his Successors in said Office, with 
the whole account of what we have done towards a Settlement with him ; 
and as to the rate Committed to Stephen How Deceased, we have not as 
yet Discharged the said deceased widow, but have taken the rate into 
our hands as it appears that a number are not Crosed, to Examine and 
notifie Those that have Paid and Crosed to make it appear if paid, 
witness our hands this 9* Day of September 1772. 

Sn.AS GATES , ^ ., 

y Comitee. 
BREED BATCHELOR 



36 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

There was a rapid increase in the nnmber of settlers 
at this period, and many new names ap})ear in the records 
of the Proprietors. Among this number were Richard 
Tozer, with a family of six children, from Southborough; 
James Lewis, wife, and eight or nine children, also from 
Southborough; Ebenezer Rhodes, with his wife and one 
son, from Walpole, Mass.; Eliphalet Stone (who had not 
yet removed his family) ; Thaddeus Hastings and Daniel 
Emerson, both of whom were without families ; there were 
several others whose residence here was so short that we 
know but little about them or their families. 

1772. Only two meetings of the Proprietors were 
held this year, and nothing of importance was done beyond 
choosing new officers and raising money for building and 
repairing highways. 

1773. At a meeting, April 1, all officers were dis- 
missed, and new ones chosen in their place. Eliphalet 
Stone was chosen clerk and treasurer; James Brewer, col- 
lector; Jonah Harrington, Richard Roberts, John Felton, 
and Richard Tozer, highway survej^ors ; James Brewer, 
Andrew Colburn, and Eliphalet Stone, assessors; Lieut. 
Andrew Colburn, Lieut. Benjamin Tucker, and Richard 
Tozer were chosen a committee to survey, mark, and bound 
the roads, and make a return, in order to have the same 
recorded. The following year this committee reported 
twelve roads, the greater part of which were laid out three 
rods wide. 

This year the question of incorporation was pro})osed for 
the first time, and an article relative to this was placed in 
the warrant for a meeting held June 2fS, which, after being 
duly considered, was passed in the negative. 

1774. A meeting was held on the 19th of January, 
at which it was voted to "• Licorporate said Township Into 
a Town." "-Voted that Eliphalet Stone, Andrew Colburn, 
and Lieut Bcuia Tucker, be a committee to u'it it done." 



SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 37 

"Voted to raise half peney on Each acre in said Township 
for the purpose at'ore Said." "Voted that the above said 
committee sliall endeavor that said Township he Incorpo- 
rated after one of the three following names, viz: Oxford, 
Salsbiiry, or Worcester." 

Whether an attempt was made at this time to get the 
township incorporated, does not now appear. We find 
nothing on the Proprietors" records, or in the journal of the 
Provincial Congress, to indicate that there was any petition 
presented; neither do we find that this committee ever 
made a report. The legislation of this jear was mostly 
concerning the meeting-house, and for providing preaching ; 
and the records indicate that the people were anxious to 
settle a minister. In striving for this, they met with 
many difficulties, owing to the fact, they were not an 
incorporated town; and this, probably, was one of the 
main objects which led them the following year to pnt 
forth still greater efforts for the accomplishment of their 
purpose. 

1775. At a meeting in "March, Lieut. Benjamin 
Tucker, Eliphalet Stone, and Thomas Riggs, were chosen 
a committee to get the township incorporated. These 
gentlemen petitioned to the Provincial Congress for an 
act of incorporation. 

The petition was read July 6, 1775, and Congress having 
taken the same under consideration it was resolved " That 
it be & hereby is recommended to the said Town of Monad- 
nock, No. V, that they proceed to choose as soon as may 
be, the several Town officers, which may be necessary for 
the internal Government of s^ Town, such as Selectmen, 
Constable &c, as are chosen in other Towns in this Colony 
at their annual Town meeting ; also that they choose a 
Committee of Safety, or of Corrispondence for s'' Town, and 
also that the s,'^ town (if occasion requires it) may use the 
money in the hands of Mr. James Lewis for the purpose of 
purchasing of fire arms and ammunition, and for w^h money 
sd Towne is to be accountable to this Colony or Congress 



38 HISTORY OP MARLBOEOUGH. 

and County of Cheshire, when Demanded, and further it is 
Resolved, that Mr. Jonathan Frost be & hereby is appointed 
by this Congress the moderator of the first meeting in s^ 
Town and that j\Iessrs. Jonathan Frost, Benj^ Tucker 
and Thomas Riggs, be & hereby are impowered to call s^i 
meeting." 

We learn from a subsequent petition that the recommen- 
dations of Congress were complied with ; a meeting was 
held and officers chosen. No records of this meeting have 
been preserved, and we have no means of knowing who 
were chosen to fill the various offices. No charter was 
given at this time, and this partial organization only 
served to perplex the people and throw them into greater 
difficulties than before ; for they were very much in doubt 
whether the Provincial Congress intended they should enjoy 
equal privileges with other towns, or not. Accordingly, in 
order to extricate themselves from this difficulty, in Sep- 
tember they presented to the Provincial Congress then in 
session the following — 

PETITION. 
Province of / 
New Hampshire. I 

MoNADNOCK N" 5, September 28"', 1775. 
To the Hono''' Congress of Said Province, 

Whereas Iu the month of July last the Congress See fit to grant us 
privilidges which before we was Destitute of, and for whicli we do 
express our gratitude, viz. In recommending to us to choose Town 
officers, such as Select men, Constable and a Committee of Safety, all 
which we have don, but as it is a Doubt whether the Congress Intended 
we should Injoy privilidges equil to Towns Incorporated by a Governor; 
or not, and as we have a desire to Settle a Minister in this Town, and as 
we have one a preaching here whome the people miiversally like, — 

We, therefore, pray the Congress to Incorporate Said N" 5, by the 
name of Washington, and appoint a Day for our Annual meeting. In 
so Doing your Honours would much oblige your Humble petitioners, 

JONATHAN FROST, ■) Committee 

ELIPHALET STONE, V In behalf of Monad- 
THO. RIGGS, J nock. No. Five. 



SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 80 

This was a most mifortuiiate time for the i)rfS('iitatioii of 
such a petition. Already had hostilities eommeiieed with 
Great Britain, and the Provineial (Jono-ress which was then 
in session had more weighty and important business to 
attend to ; and there is no record to be found among the 
State papers to show that this petition was ever acted upon. 

This year IMonadnock No. V united with Dul)lin, and 
was represented by Eliphalet Stone in the fifth Provincial 
Congress, which assembled at Exeter, December 21st. This 
Congress continued in session until the fifth day of the 
following Jannar}- ; then, by leave of the " Hon'''% The 
Continential Congress, they Resolved themselves into a 
House of Representatives, or Assemldy for the Colony of 
New Hampshire." 

The proceedings of this Congress related mainlj- to the 
establishment of post-oflices, a committee of supplies for the 
army, and a committee of safety. This committee, under 
the leadership of Hon. Meshach Weare, acted with great 
boldness and judgment in the affairs of the Province, and 
soon after of the State, placing " New Hampshire in the fore- 
most rank both in j^oint of influence and achievements." 

1770. Tl^^ partial organization Avhich had been 
granted in 1775 to the inhabitants of Monadnock No. V 
was not deemed sufficient to overcome the difficulties under 
which they labored for the want of incorporation, and in 
September of this year Eliphalet Stone presented to the 
House of Representatives then convened at Exeter the 
following — 

PETITION. 
State of New 
Hampshire. 

To the Hon'"''' the Council and house of Representatives Convened at 

Exeter, Sepf 5, 1776, 
Humbly shows Eliphalet Stone, of a place Called New Marlborough 
in tlie County of Cheshire, Gent, in Behalf of the freeholders and 
Inhabitants of said place. That your Petitioners, under a title from 
the Purchasers of the Right of John Tufton Mason VjSif did enter 
into and upon the premises & have with Great Toil & Lai tor formed 
Settlements for themselves & families. 



40 HISTORY OF IMARLBOROUGH. 

That the said tract of Land is "Well Situated for a Township, & of 
the Contents of about Six Miles Square. That yoxu- Petitioners have 
Erected a Meeting-hoiise for Public Worship, & had preaching-, That 
they Labor imder Difficulties for want of an Incorporation wliicli 
Coud they Obtain are perswaded would be for tlie Public Good, 

Wherefore, your Petitioners humbly pray tl^at they may be Incorpo- 
rated in to a Body Politick, to have Continuance & be Invested with all 
the powers, Priviledges, & Immunities that other Towtls in this State 
by Law hold & Enjoy, and your Petitioners as in Duty bound Will ever 

pray, &c., 

ELIPHALET STONE 

In the foregoing petition it will be noticed that the 
inhabitants expressed no wish as to the name of the town ; 
but it was probably understood by all concerned that 
the name should be Marlborough. Although the meetings 
of the Proprietors were always called under the name of 
Monadnock No. V, yet the place was known by the name 
of New Marlborough as early as 1770. 

This name originated, no doubt, from the fact the 
majority of the early settlers were natives, or had been 
long residents of Marlljorough, Middlesex County, Mass. ; 
and very many of the Proprietors were residents of that 
place. At the time of incorporation, the qualifying word 
"New" was dropped, leaving the name which it now bears. 
We here present the charter as it is found in the town 
records : — 

In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six. 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



An act to incorporate a place called New Marl- 
borough in the County of Cheshire. Wliereas a 
petition has been preferred to the General Court in 
behalf of the inhabitants of that tract of land called 
New jMaiiborough in the County of Cheshire, setting forth that they 
labor under difficulties for want of an incorjioration, and praying that 
they may be incorporated, of which due notice has been given & no 
objection has been made, and it appearing for the public good. 

Be it therefore enacted by the Coucil and Assembly that there be & 
hereby is a township erected and incorporated by the name of Marl- 
borough within the following bounds, (viz) Beginning at the northwest 
corner of Dublin, and from thence running North eighty degrees West, 
three miles and a half bv Packertield to a beech tree standino- iu the East 



SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 41 

line of Keene ; thence rnnning Sontherly by Keene and Swanzey seven 
miles, three quarters & forty rods, to the Northwest corner of Fitzwill- 
iam; from thence South eighty degrees East, about four miles by the 
North line of Fitzwilliam, till it comes to the West line of Jaffrey ; & 
from thence running North by the needle by Jaffrey and Dublin to the 
bounds first mentioned; and tlie inhabitants of said tract of land erected 
into a, body politic & corporate, to have continuance & succession forever, 
and are hereby invested with all the powers, and enfranchised with all 
the rights, privileges & immunities which any towns in this State hold 
and enjoy : to hold to the said inhabitants and successors for ever. And 
Mr. Thomas Riggs is hereby authorized to call a meeting of said iidiab- 
itants, to choose all necessary and customary town officers, giving four- 
teen days notice of the time, place & design of such meeting, & such 
officers shall hereby be invested with all the powers of the officers in any 
other town in this State. And every other meeting which shall be annu- 
ally held in said town for that purpose shall be on the second Tuesday of 
March for ever. 

State of 
New Hampshire. 
In House of Representatives, December, the ninth, A.D. 1776. 

The foregoing bill having been three times read, voted that it should 
pass to be enacted. 

JONA LOVEWELL, Speak, P. T. 

In Council, Decembei', the 13*, 1776 this bill was read a third time 
and voted that the same be enacted. 

M. WEARE Pres. D. 

The public interests which had been controlled b}' the 
Proprietors were now in part assumed by the town. As the 
Proprietors were somewhat in del)t, and still laid claim to 
the meeting-house, they continued to hold meetings from 
time to time as necessity required, until 1801, when, having 
discharged their debts, the}" gave over their papers to the 
town, and their organization was dissolved. 

Although the town was incorporated December 13, no 
town-meeting was held until the annual meeting, the 11th 
of March, 1777. At this meeting the town officers for 
the ensuing year were chosen, but no other business was 
transacted. 

The record of this meeting, and also a copy of the 
charter, are found in the town records, in the handwriting 
of David Wheeler, the first town clerk. The record of this 
meeting is given entire. 



42 HISTORY OF MAELBOEOUGH. 

' >• State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss 
11"', 1777. i 

Having Received a coppy of incorporation act marlborough in said 
State, Wherein I the Subscriber Being appointed By the Honorable 
general Court of s'^ State, to cal the first annual meeting in order to 
Chose all Nesesary and Custuinary Town officers, have warned Said 
meeting to meet at the meeting House in said jMarlborough, on Tues* 
the Eleventh Day of march 1777, at ten O Clock in the morning, at 
which time and Place Preceded as follows, (viz) first made choice of nV 
thonias Kigg, moderator for said meeting, Secondly Chose David "^^^leeler 
Town Clark,* thirdly Chose Cap* James Lewis Treasurer, Chose Cap* 
James Lewis first Selectman; Chose Liu* Eliph" Stone Second Select- 
man; Chose m"" Richard Towzar third Selectman; Chose m"" Abel 
Woodard Constable, Voted that the Selectmen Be the Sessors (viz) 
Cap' James Lewis, Leu* Eliph'' Stone and Richard Towzer; Chose m'' 
Daniel Cutting Survior for the South west quarter of Marlborough; 
Chose William Tiney Survior for the South East quarter of said Town ; 
Chose Phinehas Parks for the Survior for the North west quarter of 
Said Town ; Chose m"" Theodore man Survior for the North East quarter 
of Said Town, Chose m'' Silas Fife and m"" Jedediah Taintor Tithering- 
men ; Chose m"' David Deufor and m"" Samuel Bishop, Dear Reaffs ; 
Chas Egn Richard Robards, Liu* Eliph'' Stone, David Wheeler, and m'' 
Reuben Ward, hog Reafs ; Chose Cap* James Lewis, David A\nieeler, m"" 
Thomas Riggs, m'' Oliver Wright, and m'' Benony Robens, a Committee 
of Safty ; Chose m"" Richard atwell, m"" Jedediah Taintor, m"" Jonathan 
goodenow, and m"" Thadeus Hastings, fence vewers ; all of the above 
Chosen Said officers to serve the insuing year. Voted that this meeting 
Be Dasolved, Thomas Riggs moderator ; Recorded from the miuuts pr 

DAVID WHEELER, Toivn Clark. 

The reader will notice that in the foregoing record several 
offices are mentioned which are not in nse at the present 
day, as tithingmen, deer-reeves, and hog-reeves. It was the 
duty of the tithingmen to keep order during public worship 
on the Sabbath ; and in addition to this duty they were 
expected to stop all needless travel on the Sabbath. As a 
badge of office, each tithingman was to have a black staff 
two feet long, with al^out three inches of one end tipped 
with brass or pewter. The laAv required that all persons 
chosen to this office should be " of good substance and sober 
life " ; but the law was not always complied with in this 

*0n the old records this is invariably written Clark. 



SETTLEMENTS, ETO. 43 

respect, for men were sometimes elioscii avIiosc love of gain 
was so great, they would not hesitate to take a bril)e, and 
allow the offending- traveller to go on his way rejoieing. It 
is related that on one occasion a young man who had been 
to sea, and was on his way home to visit his mother, was 
passing through this town one Sabbath morning, wlien he 
was accosted by a venerable man who held the office of 
tithingman, who asked him if he did not know it was 
"against the hiw to travel on the Sabbath." The young- 
man explained to him his circumstances, but the officer was 
inexorable ; and the poor man finding that he could make 
no impression upon him, offered him a dollar, stating at the 
same time it was all the money he had. The bribe was 
accepted, and the man was j)ermitted to pursue his journey. 

It was the duty of deer-reeves to expose any person who 
killed deer at unseasonable times of the year. These 
officers were chosen but a few years, as the deer became 
extinct and there was no longer any need of their services. 

The duties of the hog-reeves, though not laborious, yet 
when called for, were rather unpleasant to perform. In 
those days swine were allowed to run at large, if properly 
yoked and ringed ; and it was the duty of the owners to 
see that this was done as required by law : but in case they 
neglected it, then it became the duty of the hog-reeve to 
yoke and ring them, and recover from the owner thereof 
one shilling for yoking and sixpence for ringing each swine. 

It was the custom to choose every man lately married as 
hog-reeve. It sometimes happened that men who were " old 
and well stricken in years" would be chosen to this office, 
having- for the second time entered the matrimonial state. 
This was the case with Esq. Sweetser who, after being 
chosen to said office, arose in town-meeting, and in his 
{quaint manner thanked his friends for the honor conferred 
upon him, but begged to be excused on account of the 
infirmities of age, which, should he be called upon to per- 
form the duties of his office, would prevent his " catching 
the d — d hoo-s."" This was deemed a sufficient excuse, and 
the town voted ''to excuse ^Ir. Sweetser from serving as 
hog-reeve." 



4-1 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

For five years previous to the incorporation of the town, 
there was a rapid increase in the number of settlers. A 
large number of these were influential men, and their 
descendants have become useful and valuable citizens. 
Among this number may be mentioned David Wheeler, 
Reuben Ward, and Jedediah Tayntor, from jNIarlborough, 
Mass.; David Thurston, froni Leominster; Jonathan Frost, 
from Sherburn ; William Tenney, from Littleton, Mass. ; and 
Robert Converse and Oliver Wright, residence unknown. 
The whole number of inhabitants at this time must have 
been less than four hundred. 

The following inventor}' of taxable ijroperty for 1777 
shows that the inhabitants had not only met Avith tolerable 
success in clearing and bringing their lands into a state of 
cultivation, but were good livers and rapidly increased in 
wealth : — 

Inventory of Marlborough, 1777. 

No. Tolls 18 yrs. & over, 76 

" Acres arable or tillage land, . . . ' 82 

" " mowing " 403 

" " pastui-e " 423 

" Horses & Mares, 34 

" Colts 3 yi-s. old, 1 

a u 9 " " 7 

(( u -^ a u \ 

" Oxen, 04 

« Cows, 107 

" Cattle 3 yi-s. old, 39 

" " 2 " " 30 

" " 1 " " 38 

Sum total of money in hand and at interest, £253. G. 4. 

Sum total o|; Real Estate, £608.'). 10. 0. 

*Sum total, £141. 12. 7. 

Proportion to 1000, £ — £4. 6. 

As the main occurrences of this and succeeding years 
relate mainly to the part which Marlborough sustained 
during the war of the Revolution, we will pause here, 
leaving those events to be chronicled in another chapter. 

*I pi'esume this means the assessed value of cattle, horses, &c. 



CHAPTER III. 

REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 
The Amp:ricax Rkvoi.utiox, ax Impoktaxt Evknt ix Histokv. — 

COXDITIOX OF THE TOWX AT THE COMMEXCEMEXT OF THE WaR. — 

Resi'lt of THE Battle of Coxcokd and Lexingtox. — Battle 
OF BrxKER Hill. — Loss of Arms axd Clothixg. — Report of the 

SELECTMEX. — EXPEDITIOX AGAIXST QUEBEC. — JACOB AXl) Pe ARSON 

Neavell. — The Fourteexth Regimext. — Tories Djsarmeb. — 
AssociATiox Test. — Discharge of Bexjamix Goodexoav. — 
GoL. Baldavix's Regimext. — Alarm axd Defexsia^e Measures. 
— Bouxties Offered. — Battle of Stillavater. — Lieut.-Col. 

AXDREAV COLBURX. — AlARM AT TiCOXDEROGA. — CAI^T. LeAVIS' 

Compaxy. — Three Mex at the Battle of Bexxixgtox. — Eight 
Mex IX Col. Moor's Regimext. — Elea^ex Mex ix Col. Hale's 
Regimext. — Report of the Selectmex, 1780. — Mex called 
FOR AXD Measures takex to Fill the Quota. — Coxtixextal 
Moxey. — Letter to the Committee of Safety. — Names of 
those aa'ho Served ix the Army at Differext Times. — Some 
AccouxT of Soldiers avho afteravards became Ixhabitants 
of the Toavx. — Alexaxder Fish. 

The American Revolution is one of the most interestinof 
events in modern history. Changes equally great, and con- 
vulsions equally violent, have taken place ; and history tells 
us of many instances in Avhich oppression urged beyond 
endurance has called forth the spirit of successful and 
triumphant resistance. But in this event Ave see feeble 
colonies Avithout an army, Avithout a navy, Avithout a 
revenue, A\'ithout munitions of Avar, Ijoldly stepping forth 
to meet the A^eteran armies of a poAverful and A'indictiA'e 
nation. 

We see these colonies amidst Avant, povert}', and mis- 
fortune, supported by the perA^ading spirit of liberty, and 
guided by the hand of a good Providence, for nearl}^ eight 
years sustaining the Aveight of a cruel conflict upon their 
OAvn soil. 



46 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

At length we witness them victorious. Their enemies sul- 
lenly retire from their shores, and they stand forth enrolled 
on the page of history as a free and independent nation. 

What people can dwell with more just satisfaction upon 
their history than ours? Almost all others trace their 
foundation to some ambitious and blood-thirsty leader who 
sought only to aggrandize himself by enslaving others. We 
may with truth say that our independence was won by the 
people who fought for the natural rights of man. 

Whenever we advert to this portion of our history, and 
review it as Avell we may with patriotic pride, let us not 
forget the gratitude we owe to those who " fought and bled 
and died" for us, as well as to that benignant Providence 
who stayed the proud waves of British tyraiuiy. 

In giving this part of the history of Marll)orough relating 
to the Revolutionary war, it will not be necessary to detail 
the causes which led to the struggle for American Inde- 
pendence ; these are too well known to require reiteration 
here. 

At the time of the breaking out of hostilities with Great 
Britain, Marlborough was but sparsely populated. There 
could not have been more than sixty men in all the town 
who were capable of bearing arms; the greater part of 
whom were heads of families, who found it extremely diffi- 
cult to provide food and clothing for themselves and those 
dependent on them. When we consider this, we can see 
that had they been ever so much inclined to join their 
companions in the camp and field, they could only have 
done so at the risk of bringing upo]i their families privation 
and suffering. But these men were ardently attached to 
liberty, and were not wanting in patriotism ; nor were they 
indifferent to the interests of their country in its struggle 
for independence. 

On the 19th of April, 1775, that movement occurred which 
opened the war of the Revolution. That day's experience 
at Lexington immeasurably increased the courage of the 
Americans : as its tidings spread, the voice of war rang 
through the land, and preparations were everywhere made 
to carry it forward to a successful cud. 



EEVOLUTIONAKY HISToUV. 47 

It is to be regretted the public records give so liKlc 
inforniiitioii concerning the residents of tliis town -vvlio 
served in tlie army during the Revolutionary war. To 
make the list complete the most faithful research has been 
made, not only of the town records, but of the militar}^ 
papers in the office of the Adjutant-General at Concord. 
We cannot learn as any of our citizens were j^resent at 
the battle of Concord and Lexington, l)ut immediately 
following that action a large number of troops from New 
Hampshire joined the arni}^ then assembled near Boston ; 
and among them were six men from this town, viz.: INIoses 
Tucker, Timothy Rogers, Robert Worsley, Daniel Collins, 
Lieut. James Brewer, and Pearson Newell. These men 
were all in the Third New Hampshire Regiment, connnanded 
by Col. James Reed of Fitzwilliam, and participated in 
the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Moses Tucker 
and Pearson Newell were in Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb's 
company; Timothy Rogers, in Capt. Phillip Thomas' com- 
pany; Lieut. James BreAver, Robert Worsley, and Daniel 
Collins, in Capt. Benjamin jNIann's company. 

This regiment was stationed for a season at Medford, luit 
on the 12th of June received orders from Gen. Ward to 
march to Charlestown Neck, for the purpose of guarding 
the ferry at that place. At the battle of Bunker Hill, the 
NcAV Hampshire troops took their position behind a rail 
fence between the redoubt and the Mystic River. Here 
they threw up a breastwork of stones across the beach to 
the river, extending the fence down the hill to the wall. 
This hastily-constructed parapet served an excellent pur- 
pose, as those behind it could take a most deadly aim at 
the advancing foe ; and it is an established fact that the 
British troops in front of this wall were almost completely 
annihilated. 

The following are the articles lost and the amount paid to 
the several men in behalf of the Colon v: — 





£ 


s. 




£ s. 




Moses Tucker, . . 


2. 


8. 


Rol>ert A\'orsley, 


15. 




Pearson Xewell. 


o 


s. 


Daniel Collins, . . 


8. 




Timothy Kogers, . 




15. 


L' Brewer, . . . 


(5. 


11, 



48 HISTORY OF MAKLBOROUGH. 

The articles lost for Avldeli the above sums were })aid were 
as folloAvs : — 

Moses Tucker st. Bod, d coat. 

Pearson Xewell Gun, i^owder-liorn and cartridge-box. 

Timothy Rogers one shirt. 

Robert Worsley a pair of Stockings. 

Daniel Collins a pair of Breeches. 

James Brewer a pair of Shoes. 

In August the Provincial Congress sent to the selectmen 
of the several towns and places in New Hampshire, desiring 
them to make a return of the number of inhabitants in 
their respective towns, and also the nund)er of tire-arms fit 
for use, and the number wanting to complete one for every 
person capable of using them, and also the quantity of 
powder in each place. The selectmen of Monadnock No. V. 
made the following — 

REPORT. 

Males under 16 years of age, 104 

Males from 16 years of age to 50, not in the army, 54 

All Males above 50 years of age, 2 

Persons gone in the army, (out of which no. 2 are dead), .... 16 

All Females, 148 

Negroes and Slaves for life, 

824 

Monadnock, No. 5, Oct^ S'^ 1775. 
In Obiediance to the Directions herein given, we have taken a true 
account of all the persons belonging to this place, and Set the same 
Down in the Collums above, also an acct of Fire arms fit for Use (viz.) 
26, & the nund)er wanting is 28. Powder 5 1-2 lb. those persons that 
are gone in tlie army have furnished them Selves with Fire Amies. 

BEXJA TUCKER? Selectmen of 
ELTPLA STOXE J Monadnock Xo. 5. 

The comparative population of the town at this time with 
others in this vicinity will l)e seen by their returns : Jaffrey, 
351; Marlow, 207; Nelson, 18G ; I)ul)liii, 305; Peterbor- 
ough, 549 ; Keene, 758. 

Of the sixteen who were in tlie army at this period we 
know l)ut little: it is jjrohablc that Lieut. James Brewer 



IIEVOMTTIONAKV IllS'nUtV. 40 

iind 'Piiiiotliy Ho^xts -wi'Vi' aiuoiin' tliis iiuinhrr. iiiid icmaiiKMl 
^\■itll the army in the vii-iiiity of Hostoii until tlie close of tliu 
year. 

Robert Worsley M'as another: lie was in tht- cxpcditidn 
against Quebec, under (Icn, Arnold. This expedition left 
Cambridge in September, and marched to Newbnryport, 
and proceeded tlience by water to the head of navigation 
on Kennebec River, thence through the forests of INIaine 
and Canada to Quebec. Seldom was there an expedition 
attempted during the Revolution in which more hardship 
was endured or more untiring perseverance manifested 
than in this of Arnold's. 

In ascending the Kennebec, his troops were constantly 
obliged to work against an. impetuous current, and often to 
haul their bateaux up rapids and over dangerous falls; nor 
was their march through the country by an unexplored route 
of three hundred miles less difficult or dangerous. They 
had swamps and woods, mountains and precipices, alter- 
nately to cross. Added to other trials, their provisions 
failed; and to support life they were obliged to eat their 
dogs, cartouch-boxes, clothes, and shoes. While at the 
distance of one hundred miles from human habitations, 
they divided their whole store, about four pints of flour to 
a man ; Avlien thirty miles distant, they had baked and eaten 
their last morsel: yet the courage and fortitude of these 
men was unshaken. They were suffering for their country's 
cause, and contending for the rights and blessings of free- 
dom. After thirty-one days of incessant toil through a 
hideous wilderness, they came to a settlement. 

]\[r. Worsle}' in his later j-ears was fond of relating anec- 
dotes illustrating the sufferings and privations through 
which he passed while on this expedition; some of these 
are mentioned in Mr. McCollester's Centennial Address. 

Jacob Newell, Jr., was also in the army at this time; he 
joined the expedition tliat was sent to Canada, and was 
stationed several months at Ticouderoga. His brother, 
Pearson, was one of the two who were reported as d}ing in 
the army. 

9 



50 UlSTOltY OF MAltLBOllOUGH. 

Of tlie renin iiiiiig- luiniber of this little company we can 
give no information, as no army rolls of this date have been 
found. About this time the State was divided into seven- 
teen geographical regiments, and a colonel was appointed 
over each, whose duty it was to see that his proportion of 
the soldiers ro(][uired was raised. The Fourteenth Regiment 
was composed of the towns of Rindge, New Ipswich, Jaffrey, 
Peterborough, Temple, Fitzwilliam, Duldin, Marlljorough, 
Stoddard, Nelson, Washington, and Sharon. Enoch Hale 
of Rindge was appointed colonel of this regiment, Nov. 
2, 1775. 

In iNIarch, 1776, the Continental Congress took measures 
to disarm all persons who were notoriously opposed to the 
cause of America. They passed a resolution on the subject, 
a copy of which was transmitted to all the Colonies. The 
Committee of Safety for New Hampshire, under the leader- 
ship of Hon. ^Meshach Weare, immediately sent to the sev- 
eral towns a copy of this resolution, and also a pledge of 
loyalty for the citizens of each town to sign. This pledge 
was called the "Association Test "; all those who refused to 
sign it were supposed to be Tories, and were looked upon by 
their neighbors with suspicion. 

The original paper containing the signatures of fifty of 
the citizens of ]Monadnock No. V. was found in the office 
of the Secretary of State at Concord, from Avhich the fol- 
lowing copy was made : — 

COLONY OF NEW IIAMPSIIIIJK, &C. 

COMMITTEE OF SAFETY. 

April, 12, 1770. 

To the Selectmen of Monadnock, No. Jive: In order to carry tlie uiider- 
^s•ritten RESOLVE of the Honorable Continental Congress into execu- 
tion, you are requested to desire all Males above twenty-one years of age, 
(lunatics, idiots and negroes excepted,) to sign the DECLARATION on 
this iniper, and when so done, to make return thereof together with the 
name, or names of all who shall refuse to sign the same to the (iEX- 
EUAL, ASSEMBLY, or Conunittee of Safety of this Colony. 

:\I. AVEARE, Cliairnian. 



IIKVOLUTIONAKV MISTOUY. 



",1 



IN" CONGRESS, Maucii, U"' 1770. 

Resolved, That it l)e i-econiincMuled to the several A.s,senil)li(.'s, Couvoii- 
tions and Councils, or Connnittees of Safety of the United States imme- 
diately to cause all persons to be disarmed ^v'\th\u their respective Colonies, 
who are notoriously disaffected to the cause of A^NIEHICA, or who ha\e 
not associateil and refused to associate to defend by ^VUMS the United 
Colonies against the hostile attempts of tlie British Fleet and Armies. 

Extract from the minutes, 

CHARLES THOMPSON, Secretary. 

In consequence of the aliove Resolution of the Continental CON- 
GRESS, and to show our determination in joining our American breath- 
ren in defending the lives, liberties and properties of the inhabitants 
of the UNITED COLONIES ; 

We, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we 
will to the utmost of our power, at the risk of our lives and fortunes, 
with ARMS oppose the hostile proceedings of the British Fleets and 
Armies against the United American COLONIES. 



This was signed by the 
returned by the selectmen : - 

Benjamin Tucker. 
Jonathan Frost. 
Thomas Riggs. 
Abijah Tucker. 
Eliphalet Stone. 
Benoni Robbins. 
Phinehas Park. 
Silas Fife. 
Abel Woodard. 
Benjamin Goodenow. 
Berodick "Webber. 
Samuel Bishop. 
John McBride. 
Daniel Collins. 
Joseph Cutting. 
James Lewis. 
Joseph Collins. 
James Field. 

Isaac McAllester. 

Timothy Biemies. 
Ebenezer Ilixson. 
«\ John Tozer. 

Stephen ^Voodard. 
Moses Tucker. 
Oliver Wri"-ht. 



following persons, and duly 

David Wheeler. 

John Felton. 

Richard Tozer. -^ 

Daniel Emerson. 

Dfmiel Goodenow^ 

Thaddeas Hastings. 

Reuben Ward. 

Elnathan Newton. 

Jonah Harrington. 

WiUiam Adams. 

Jedediah Tayntor. 

William Tenney. 

Richard Robbards. 

Ebenezer Rhodes. 

James Brewer. 

Solomon Woodward. 

James Flood. 

David Dufer. 

ms 
Abraham + Brooks. 

Mark 

Jonathan Goodenow. 
Daniel Cutting. 
David Thurston. 
Jacob Newell. 
Robert Converse. 
Theodore Mann. 



52 HISTORY OF IVrARLBOROUGH. 

MONADNOCK, XO. FiVE, Julj, JQ 9"', 1776. 

In obedience to the witliin Riten we have ofered the same to all our 
inhabitants and they have all sined excepting those whose names are 
heare under liiten ; 

William Barker. Icabard Shaw. 

Richard Atwell. Daniel Lawrence. 

Jonathan Shaw. 

BEXJAMIX TUCKER, ^ Selectmen of 
THOMAS RIGGS, \ Monadnock 

ELTPHALET STONE, J Xo. five. 

Tradition tells us that William Barker, although he 
refused to affix his name to this resolution, was not a Tory 
at heart, but, holding an office under the king, and not 
knowing certain which party would in the end become 
victorious, he withheld his name rather as a matter of 
prudence than from any disaffection towards the cause of 
the colonists. 

Richard Atwell so far overcame his scruples that he 
enlisted and joined the army at Rhode Island. Jonathan 
and Ichabod Shaw were probably Tories indeed ; but, know- 
ing that the sharp eye of the Committee of Safety was 
upon them, they remained quiet and peaceable, and as such 
were undisturbed. Daniel Lawrence was, we are informed, 
at the battle of Banker Hill, but why he refused to sign 
his name to this resolution is a mystery that, at this late day, 
we are unable to solve. 

hi July, 1776, a regiment of New Hampshire militia was 
raised to reinforce the army in Canada, but joined the 
northern army then commanded by Gen. Gates. This 
regiment, commanded by Col. Isaac Wyman of Keene, 
remained in the vicinity of Ticonderoga nearly five months, 
and suffered much from sickness. On the roll of Capt. 
Joseph Parker's company in this regiment, we find the 
names of Benjamin Goodenow, Abel Woodward, and Peter 
Tozer, who enlisted for five months. Benjamin Goodenow 
was discharged before the expiration of his term of enlist- 
ment for reasons set forth in the following: 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 5:] 

DISCIIARGK. 

Mount Indki'endknck, October (lie 11"', 177(j. 
This May Certify, that Benjamin (xoodenow, a Trivate in Cap' Joseph 
Parker's Comjiany, of Col" Isaac Wynians Regiment, is rendered unfit 
for future Service this Campain, by Reason of a Slow intermitting fever, 
these six Weeks past, And is hereby Recommended for a Discharge. 
To Col" ^Vyman. 

SAML WIGGLES AVORTH, Surgeon. 

In consequence of the above certificate, and convinced that the 
complaint of Benjamin Goodenow is not fictitious, I Recommend the 
said Benjamin Goodenow, Private in Captain Joseph Parker's Company, 
of the Regiment under my command. Aged Twenty Xine years, about 
five feet Eight Inches higli, Dark Brown hair, Blue Eyes, Dark 
Complection, Belonging to the Towai of New Marlborough in Xew 
Hampshire, New England, as a proper Person to be Discharged from 
the Army of the United States of America. 

To The HonW*^ Major Gen^ Gates. ISAAC WYMAN Col" 

Commanding at Ticonderoga. 

I, Benjamin Goodenow, Private in Captain Josej:)!! Parkers company 
of Col" Isaac Wyman's Regiment, do acknowledge that I have Received 
all my pay and Arrears of all kinds, due to me for my Service in tlie 
Army of the United States of America. 

BENJAMIN GOODENOW. 

Benjamin Goodenow a Private in Cap* Joseph Parker's Company of 
Col" Isaac Wyman's Regiment, is for the Reason above Mentioned, 
Discharged from the Service of the United States of America. 

HORATIO GATES. 

Given at Head Quarters, 

11'" day of October, 1776. 

In September, another regiment was raised to reinforce 
tlie army in New York. This was commanded by Col. 
Xahum Baldwin. The third company in this regiment 
was commanded by Capt. Abijah Smith, of New Ipswich. 
The pay-roll of this company gives bnt two men from this 
town ; viz.^ Daniel Goodenow and Jonah Harrington. This 
regiment was stationed on Long Island and in the vicinity 
of New York until tlie first of December, and was under tlie 
immediate command of Gen. Washington. 

In the spring of 1777, it was settled in England tliat an 
invasion of the States should be attempted from tlie north. 



54 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

and a communication formed between Canada and New 
York. The execution of the phm was committed to Gen. 
Burgoyne who left Canada with seven thousand troops, 
besides a powerful train of artillery and several tribes of 
Indians. 

Measures were immediately taken by the colonists to raise 
a sufficient number of men to prevent this invasion which 
now seemed inevitable. Orders were issued to fill the 
regiments with men enlisted for three years, or during the 
war. The number required from Col. Enoch Ilale's regi- 
ment was one hundred and nineteen men ; of this number, 
Marlborough was to raise six. 

Calvin Goodenow, Frederick Freeman, and Reuben 
McAlister immediately offered themselves to help fill the 
quota. No others being found who signified their willingness 
to serve their country in this time of peril, a town-meeting 
was called for the purpose of devising some method to fill 
their quota. At this meeting, the town voted to give 
" twenty pounds apiece to the three men that are now to 
raise. " David Wheeler, Capt. James Lewis, and Ens. 
Richard Roberts, were chosen a committee to procure the 
men. 

The offer of this bounty was sufficient to tempt Adino 
Goodenow, Timothy Rogers, and Jabez McBride to add 
their names to the list and complete the quota. The fact 
that one-half of the number received twenty pounds apiece 
more than the rest was probably the cause of some dissat- 
isfaction on the part of those who had volunteered without 
the promise of any bounty. 

The town feeling that they had acted unjustly in the 
matter, called a meeting on the 23d of June, in the warrant 
for which was an article "to See if the town will Cum into 
any method, Whereby Each person Liable By Law to pay 
taxes, may Bare an Equel part with others, in Supporting 
the american Cause according to their interest Both for the 
time past and yet to Cum." In response to this article, 
William Adams, Abijah Tucker, and Richard Tozer, engaged 
to pay f'alvin (joodenow twenty pounds for his services in 



BEVOLUTIONAllY HISTORY. 55 

the Avar; Stephen Woodward, John Felton, and IMiiiiehas 
Parks engaged to pay Frederick Freeman twenty ponnds 
for his services in the war ; and William liarker, Oliver 
AVright, and David Wheeler engaged to pay Reuben 
]\IcAlister twenty pounds for his services in the war, '' if 
called for." 

Peter To/.er also enlisted about this time, and received a 
bounty of twenty pounds, as is shown by the following 
}>a[)er, which was copied from the original, now on tile in 
the Adjutant-Generars office at Concord: — 

A Muster lloll and Pay IvoU of a part of Cap. Daniel Liverniore'.s 
Coiup ill Col" Scaiuniels Regt mustered at the desire of L' Col. Coll)urn 
of said Reg' wliich Regiment was raised by the State of New Hamp- 
sliire for the Coutiiu-ntial Service, 1777. 

We the SubscriV)ers Do acknowledge that we have recei^'ed of Tho. 
Sparhawk one of the muster masters for the State of New Hampshire 
the several sums prefixed to our names. 



Adiuo Goodenough, May 2 
Calvin Goodenough, " " 
Fredrick Freeman, " 4 
'Peter Tozer, " 30 

Joseph Porter, June 17 



0) 








jf 


tn 


H 


<i 


Private 


22 


'• 


17 


(i 


17 


a 


18 


ii 


10 



o 




>-> 

1 
o 
PQ 


0) 


Marlboro 


31 


£20 


5. 2 


" 


31 


20 


5. 2 


u 


31 


20 


5. 2 


i( 


31 


20 


.5. 2 


Chesterfield 


29 


20 


4.10 



^ >^ 



£20.5. 2 
20.5. 2 
20.5. 2 
20.5. 2 
20.4.10 



I haA^e mustered the above men able 
bodied, Effective and have paid them the 
several sums set against each of their 
names. 

THOMAS SPARHAWK ^l.M. 

These men were in Scammel's regiment, of which Andrew 
('oll)urn of this town, was lieutenant-colonel. This regi- 
ment participated in the battle of Stillwater, September 19, 
1777. Never was more bravery and determination shown 
than on this occasion. By turns the British and Americans 
drove each other, taking and re-taking the field-pieces, and 
often mingling in a hand-to-hand wrestle and fight. Scam- 
mel's regiment was in the thickest of the battle ; it is said 



56 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

the colonel fouglit like a hero, never leaving his post nntil 
he was wounded and taken off the field. Lieiit.-( Ol. 
Colbnrn arose that morning with a severe headache, and 
instead of wearing his hat he tied a handkerchief over his 
head and entered the battle with his companions. The 
handkerchief became a mark for the British, and he was 
killed in the early part of the action. Of the history of 
this brave and active ofiftcer, but little is known beyond 
what is recorded here. He is first mentioned in the Propri- 
etors' records in 1771, and for several 3'ears served as 
moderator of the meetings. Col. James Reed, in a letter, 
commended him to the appointing power as a man worthy 
to receive the commission of captain, asserting that he had 
had experience in the French war, etc. Frederick Freeman 
was also killed in the same battle. Adino GoodenoAv was 
discharged December 18, 1778, by Gen. Poor. 

In the sj)ring of 1777, the storm of war which had for 
some time lieen gathering at the North, almost unnoticed by 
the Americans, began to roll down upon the frontier settle- 
ments Avitli alarming rapidity. Although the leaders of the 
Continental army were aware that a large British force had 
landed at Quebec, from which an invasion was expected, 
either by way of Oswego or through the valle}' of Lake 
Champlain, yet, counting on the same dilatory action which 
had ever characterized the movements of the enemy since 
the battle of Bunker Hill, they supposed it might be late in 
the summer before the hostile army would reach the mili- 
tary posts on Champlain. But in this they were greatly 
mistaken ; for as soon as the waters of the North became 
navigable. Gen. Burgoyne landed at Montreal, and in 
another week his army was march ino- alon<>- the sliores of 
Lake Champlain. 

The American generals were greatly surprised at the 
rapid advance of the enemy; and, having delayed to 
strengthen their defences, they were but illy prepared to 
meet so powerful a force. An alarm Avas immediately 
sounded throughout tlie country, and men A\ere seen in 
every direction ma veiling toAvard Ticonderoga. 



R-EVOT.UTIONARY MISTOKV. 57 

We do not. learn as any of our citizens enlisted at this 
time ; but at a second alarm, a few weeks after, James 
Lewis innnediately enlisted a company of twenty-six men 
(all but three of them Avere from this town), and marched 
for the scene of action. 

Pay Koll of Capt. James Lewis' Company in Col. E. Hale's Regt. 
which marched, June, 29, 1777, to reinforce the Garrison at Ticonderoga. 

Capt. James Lewis. Robert Converse. 

Lieut. Richard Robbins.* James Brewer. 

Ensign Oliver Wright. Edward Wright.J 

Sergt. John Rogers. James Dean. 

Corp^ Benja Goodenougli. Samuel Bishop Jr. 

John Felton. John Tozer. ' 

Moses Tucker, Richaixl Tozer. ' 

Jonathan Harrington. f Eliphalet Stone. 

Thomas Upham. Phinehas Park. 

John Lewis. William Tenney. 

James Bemis. Elnathan iS^e\^'ton. 

Elijah Park. David Barrass.J 

James Flood. Ezra Towne.J 

On the fourth day of their march, they received informa- 
tion that Gen. St. Clair was about to abandon the fortress, 
and, the company being ordered to return, soon after 
disbanded. 

Gen. Burgoyne now determined to send a large force 
through Vermont, — or " Ncav Hampshire Grants," as it was 
then called, — and subjugate New England, As soon as it 
became known that" this was his object, the Committee of 
Safety of Vermont sent out expresses to alarm the adjacent 
States. The legislature of New Hampshire held a session 
of three days, and divided the militia of the State into 
brigades, to be commanded by Col. William Whipple and 
Gen. John Stark. The brigade under Stark was soon filled, 
and marched to Vermont with instructions "to act in 
conjunction with the troops of the new State, or any other 
of the States, or the United States, or separately, as it 

*This probably means Richard Roberts. 

t Jonah Harrington. 

t These three men were probably fn m other towns in this vicinity. 

10 



58 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

should appear expedient to him for the protection of the 
people and the annoj^ance of the enemy." 

For this brigade Capt. Salmon Stone, of Rindge, raised 
a company of sixty-five men, which was joined to the 
regiment commanded by Col. Moses Nichols.' In this com- 
pany jNIarlborough sent three men; viz.^ Isaac McAlister, 
Sergeant, William Teuney, Corporal, and John Tozer. ^ 
These men were in the thickest of the fight at the battle 
of Bennington, and also participated in the stormy scenes 
prior to and at the surrender of Burgoyne. 

In September another company was raised in this vicinit}-, 
and James Lewis was appointed captain. In this company 
were the following men from Marlborough : — 

Jedediah Tayntor, Sergeant. John Tozer. 

John Felton, Corporal. John Lewis. 

James Bemis. Thomas Upham. 

Moses Tucker was first lieutenant in the fourtli company 
of the same regiment which was commanded by Col. 
Daniel Moore. This regiment joined the army at Saratoga, 
and was present at the capitulation of the army of Gen. 
Burgoyne. 

In the summer of 1778, a French lieet was sent upon our 
coast to operate against the British who were then in 
possession of Rhode Island. While this fleet was to act 
against them seaward, Gen. Sullivan was to attack them by 
land. New Hampshire famished a brigade of troops for 
the occasion, commanded by Gen. William Whipple. Col. 
Enoch Hale, of Rindge had command of a regiment raised 
in tliis section of the State. In the fourth company of 
which James Lewis was captain, we find the names of 
eleven men from Marlborough, as follows: — 

Moses Tucker, Sergeant. Thaddeous llaystings. 

John Lewis, Corporal. John ^McBride. 

David Wheeler. Thomas Kiggs. 

Phinehas I'ark. Itichard Atwell. 

Jonathan Goodeiiough. Abijah Tiidccr. 

Abel Woodward. 



REVOLUTIOlSrARY HISTORY. 59 

James Lewis entered the service August 8tli, and served 
twenty-three days, for whieli he received £21166-.; Moses 
Tneker received for his service at this time =£12 4.S'. 4:d. 

In 1779, the State authorities called for five hundred men 
to lill up the three Continental battalions from this State. 
James Lewis and Russell Oliver were hired by the town to 
enter the service. We find no other enlistments during the 
year. 

From the following returns made l)y the selectmen in 
1780, it would seem that the town had as yet spent but 
little in paying bounties to soldiers, and that those who had 
hitherto entered the service had enlisted more from a sense 
of duty and love of country tlian for the sake of obtaining 
a bounty : — 

To the Honorable general Court of the State of Newhampshire, 
gentlemen, the town of marlborough Was called upon for six men to 
Engage for three years, "Which men the towTi made out to acceptance 
of our head Colonel, as our proportion of Contineutial men. Jabez 
incBride, Reuben mcalester and timothy Rogers, Received no money of 
the to\\Ti as a hire, adino goodenow, Calvin goodenow, and Fredarick 
freeman, have received twenty pounds Each as town Bounty Which the 
to-s\Ti Paid the tenth Day of april, 17 — (records defaced.) 

In July, 1779 the town hii"ed two men more for to serve in the Conti- 
neutial army for the term of one year. Gave to Capt. James Lewis, as a 
liire, 130 Bushels of Rie and forty pounds of money. Russell Oliver 
Received 120 Bushels of Rie and iortj pounds money this Being the 
Whole that the town of marlborough hath paid to the Contineutial 
Soldiers. AYliich they had to Raise from January the 1, 1777, to Jan- 
uary ye, 1, 1780. 
Marlborough Feb. the 9"' 1780. 

DAVID WHEELER ) Selectmen of 
OLIVER WRIGHT \ marlborough. 

There is no record of any enlistments during the year 
1780 ; but Feb. 13, 1781, a meeting was held for the purpose 
of devising some method to fill their (j^uota. The records of 
this meeting show that it was no easy task to obtain the 
requisite number of men. They voted first that Adino 
Goodenow, Calvin Goodenow, and Timothy Rogers, answer 
for " three of our Quota of Contineutial men Dnring the 
war." James Brewi-r, Moses Tucker, and Kliphalet Stone. 



60 HISTORY OF INIARLBOROLTGH. 

were chosen a committee to procure the remainder of the 
quota. Tlie meeting was then adjourned to the 2Gth of the 
month. 

At this meeting, it was voted to " Except of the man 
John Tozer hired during the war and to make Return of 
him as one of our Quota." Voted, to give "Sixty pounds 
okl way apeace for Each man for three years, or During 
the war." Voted, " that the committee get the men Before 
march meeting, if to Behad for the above Sum." Voted, 
".that Mi\ Atwell and L' Brewer go to the muster 
marster and make Return of thoes men which this town 
has Engaged During the war." 

At an adjourned meeting, it was voted "to give mr. 
Daniel Goodenow three Hundred hard Dolhirs as a hire for 
his son Ebenezer three years in the Continential Service." 
Voted, "to pay one hundred DoHars to mr GoodenoAv in 
one month, one hundred more in two years. Interest to 
Begin with the second years service." Voted, "to pay 
mr Goodenow one hundred more in three years Interest 
to Begin in two years from now." Voted, "that the 
Selectmen Give notes for the above Sums in Behalf of the 
town to mr. Goodenow for his son's hire. Voted, that L*. 
Moses Tucker see the men mustered which this town hires 
for the army." 

At the same time Lieut. James Brewer who was moder- 
ator of the meeting, made the town the following proposals : 
" If I engage for the town for three j^ears, I will have five 
hundred dollars continential monej^, one hundred dollars the 
old way the first year, one half in four months, if I serve 
six months, and one hundred more for the second year, if I 
serve six months in the second year, and one hundred more, 
if I serve the third year six months more." The town 
accepted these proposals, and the selectmen were instructed 
to give Mr. Brewer security for the above sums in behalf of 
the toAvn. 

One great barrier which rendered it difficult to procure 
men for the service was the extreme scarcity of hard money. 
In June, 1775, Congress issued bills of credit to the amount 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 61 

of two millions of dollars. This emission was soon followed 
by another of one million. For their redemption the con- 
federated colonies were pledged ; each colony to provide 
means to pay its proportion by the year 1779. At the 
expiration of eighteen months from their first emission, 
when abont twenty millions had been issned, they began to 
depreciate. At first this was scarcely perceptible, bnt they 
continued to lose in value daily. Desirous of arresting the 
growing depreciation. Congress at length resorted to loans 
and taxes ; but it was difficult to negotiate for the loans, 
and taxes could not always be collected. 

Pressed with the necessities of an army. Congress was 
obliged to continue to issue bills after they had begun to 
depreciate, and to pay that depreciation by increasing the 
sums emitted; so that by the year 1780 the amount in 
circulation was no less than two hundred millions. 

The progress of this diminution is worthy of notice. At 
the close of the year 1777, the depreciation was two or 
three for one ; in '78, five or six for one ; in '79, twenty- 
seven or twenty-eight for one ; in '80, fifty or sixty for one 
in the first five months. From this date, the circulation of 
these bills was limited ; but when they passed they soon 
depreciated to one hundred and fifty for one, and finally 
several hundred for one. Several causes contributed to 
diminish the value of the Continental currency. The 
excess in quantity at first caused a natural decline in value, 
which was increased by the enemy who counterfeited the 
bills and spread their forgeries through the States. These 
causes cooperating with the decline of public confidence, 
rapidly increased the decline, until bills of credit, or what 
was commonly called " Continential money," became of little 
or no value. The evils which resulted from this system 
were immense. From this fact, it became extremely difficult 
to raise an army and provide for its subsistance. At the same 
time, it originated discontent among the officers and soldiers, 
since their pay in this depreciated currency was inadequate 
to the support of their families " Four months' pay of a 
private would not procure his family a single bushel of 



62 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

wheat, and tlie pay of a colonel would not purt-liase oats for 

liis horse." 

That Marlborough experienced her share of the evils 

arising from this state of the currency, is clearly shown 1)y 

the following letter from the Selectmen to the Committee of 

Safet}' of New Hampshire: — 

May yS 20"', 1782. 

To the honourable, the Coimnittee of Safety of the State of New 
Hampshire. 

Gentlemen, in obediance to a precept Received From the Honorable, 
the General Court to procure our Cota of Continential men, we have 
yoused our utmost Endeavours to procure said men our-selves, we 
Emeadately called a town meeting and Chose a Com*" for that pur^wse 
which Committee has made a return that they cannot procure said men 
witliout paying such a large sum of hard money in hand to procure said 
men that it puts the matter beyond our power to prociu-e said men 
upon so short Notice, we therefore Begg Leave to Inform your Honours 
that it is not in Disobedience to that precept but it is the Extreame 
Scarcity of hard money in this New town has put it out of our power 
at present to yeild that obediance that we should have been glad to 
have Done. 
N.B. 

we would Inform your honours that we have one man Now in the field 
that was not Creadited for Last year, viz Calvin Goodenow who was 
hired in y*^ year 1777 by this town to Serve for Said town During the war 
and at the avacuation of ticonderoga he was taken prisoner and Never 
joined his Regt till Last may and since that he Deserted and was Last 
march taken up and is Now in the first Regt in the hampshire line. 

JAMES BREWER 
JAMES FLOOD Select 

EBENEZER TEMPLE } men of 
SILAS FIFE ]\Iarlborough. 

DANIEL CUTTING J 

Amono- the soldiers mustered from this town in 1781, we 
find the name of Shem Kentfield who was mustered in April 
16. Dr. Caverly repOTfs""ninnrs " hanged, June, 1782," but 
for what offence he does not state! iTe was ^proBalfTTy the 
man spoken of as hired by John Tozer. 

In addition to the names already given of those who 
entered the service from this town, we are informed that 
Shubael Stone, Theodore Mann, Abraham Brooks, Peter 



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63 



Starkey, Eli Lewis, and Walter Caprou wvw in the arni\ 
for a longer or shorter time, but at what period of tlu' wdv 
we cannot say, as we have been nna])le to lind their names 
ii[)on any muster-roll. Other persons who afterwards settled 
ill Marlborough were soldiers of the Revolution. Their 
names are as follows: — 



Benjamin Spaulding, 
Francis Barker, 
Jonas Gary, 
Joel Porter, 
Asa Porter, 
Jacob Woodward, 
TiinotliY Harvey, 
Kiniber Ilarvey, 
Aaron Willard, 
David Wilkinson, 
Daniel Farrar, 
George Farrar, 
Ebenezer Tobnan, 
Benjamin Tolmaii, 
John Garfield, 
Thomas Moors, 
Joseph French, 
Oldham Gates, 
Jonathan Adams, 
Theophilons Howard, 



Jonadab Baker, 
Hezekiah Ilodgkins, 
Nathaniel Corbin, 
Seth Harrington, 
Lawson Moors, 
William Collins, 
Ebenezer Tufts, 
Benjamin Thatclier,' 
Ebenezer Hemenway, 
John Wiswall, Sen., 
Oliver Parmenter, 
Hugh Mason, 
John Bliss, 
Jonathan Blodgett, 
Elias Hemenway, 
Enoch White, 
Daniel Lawrence, 
Jonathan Beldiiig, 
"^Paul Fitch. 



Francis Barker "was a native of Concord, ]\[ass. At tlie 
age of fourteen, he was apprenticed to Capt. Timothy 
Wheeler ^\'llo was a miller and malt-maker. Mr. Barker 
was tifteen years old when the battle of Concord took place, 
and was eve-witness to much that transpired between the 
British and Americans in Concord that day. 

The British soldiers on their arrival divided into parties, 
and went directly to the several places where the province 
stores were deposited. They rolled out the barrels of flour 
which, unheaded, the}' emptied into the streets and rode 
their horses through it. Mr. Wheeler had a large (piantity 
of provincial Hour, together with some casks of his own, 
stored upon his premises. A Britisli ofBeer demanding 
entrance, he readily gave him admission. Tlie officer 



64 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

expressed his pleasure at the discovery, and ordered his 
soldiers to destroy it ; but Capt. Wheeler, with much 
affected simplicity, said to hiui, putting his hand on one of 
his <)-\vn l)arrels : " This is my iloiir, I am a miller, sir ; 
yonder stands my mill ; I get my living by it. In the 
winter, I grind a good deal of wheat, and get it ready for 
market in the spring." 

The officer supposing they were all his, and replying that 
he did not intend to injure private property, turned away 
and left it unmolested. This was all of the government flour 
and grain saved in Concord that day. 

The proceedings of the British on that occasion were 
more than young' Barker knew how to bear, and he was 
heard to say in later years that it " made his blood boil with 
indignation." He at once obtained leave of his master to 
enter the service ; but, on going to the recruiting office, he 
was told by the officer in charge that he "was not large 
enough for a soldier, and that he must go home and get his 
mother to make him anotlier pudding." He waited one 
year, and again offered liimself to his country ; but again he 
was doomed to dii^appointment. At the age of seventeen, 
he entered the arm}', where he remained three years and six 
months. 

Jonadab Baker was in the camjDaign at Rhode Island, 
where he remained three months. After his return, he 
again enlisted, and went to West Point, and was there when 
Major Andr(3 was taken as a spy. 

Joel Porter was in the army about two years : he was in 
the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was shot through the 
ankle near the commencement of the action. The bone was 
badly shattered; but, having poured some .rum from his 
canteen through the wound, he continued in the fight till 
his ammunition was expended and a retreat Avas ordered. 
In consequence of his wound, he received a pension of fifteen 
dollars per annum during the last twenty years of his life. 

Asa Porter, a brother of Joel, Avas in many of the most 
famous battles of the Revolution, including Monmouth, 
White Plains, and Yorktown, and witnessed the surrender 



llEVOLUTrONARY lIFSTOltV. 05 

of Cornwallis. Tlie battle of IMoinuouth was fought on the 
28"' of June, 1778. Mr. Porter used to say that the 
extreme heat of that day "killed more men than the British 
did." The tongues of many of the soldiers were so swollen 
that it was impossible to retain them in the mouth. Mr. 
Porter said that he, with many others of his companions, 
drank gunpowder with their rum: and this he ])elieved 
prevented their l)eing overcome by the heat. At the battle 
of White Plains, Mr. Porter picked up a cannon-])all which 
he brought home as a trophy of the war. It is still pre- 
served by his descendants. 

Jacob Woodward was in the arm) at three different 
times, entering the service at the age of sixteen. He was 
at West Point also at the tinu' of the capture of Major 
Andrd, and was one of the soldiers who guarded him the 
night before his execution. 

Timothy Harvey and his lu'other Kiml)er enlisted from 
S\vanzey. Kimber was hired by the town of Swanzey to 
serve for the period of eight months, for which he received 
lliirteen pounds. 

William Collins entered the army from Southborough, 
when only sixteen years of age, serving at first in the 
capacity of captain's serA^ant. At one time, the army being 
short of provisions, a strict guard was kept over the bread, 
Avhich was dealt out to the soldiers in very small quantities. 
One day Collins and two or three of his comrades, feeling 
more than usual the pangs of hunger, formed a plan to steal 
a quantity of bread. Collins was to watch for an oppor- 
tunity, when the guard Avas looking the other way, to catch 
the bread and run; nnd, if discovered, his companions in the 
jdot were to call the attention of the officers in the opposite 
direction. They sauntered up near the pile of bread, when, 
seeing a good opportunity, Collins suddenly snatched a loaf 
and ran. The theft was immediately discovered; but his 
companions, acting well their part, started and ran in the 
opposite direction, crying as they did so, "This way! this 
way ! '' thus deceiving the officers, and enabling Collins to 
escape to the place previously agreed upon, where he 



66 HISTORY or ISIAELBOEOUGH. 

divided the loaf equally witli his companions who had 
assisted him in the plot. 

Aaron Willard was at White Plains. The following 
incident was related by him to Deacon Abel Baker, of 
Troy who in turn gave it to the author. On the night 
before the battle, a picket-guard, under a colonel including 
the company to which Mr. Willard belonged, was ordered 
on dut}'- between Washington's camp and the British army. 
They advanced through a piece of woods, and were 
stationed for the night about thirt}' or forty rods toward 
the British camp, leaving the woods between them and 
the American lines. In the company to which Willard 
belonged there was one (rreeu who, though he had l)nt one 
eye, .was considered the smartest man in the company. As 
it began to grow light in the morning, a thick fog came on, 
so that nothing could be seen at any distance: but, as 
the fog cleared away about eight o'clock, they beheld the 
British Light Horse Guards within twenty or thirty rods 
of them. As soon as the colonel discovered the enemy, he 
ordered his men to fire and retreat to the woods. The 
British cavalry pursued, in order to overtake them before 
they had time to screen themselves behind the trees ; but 
Green stopped on the field and gave them a second shot, and 
then followed his comrades towards the woods, but M-as 
singled out by a horseman who raised his sword in order 
to finish him at a single bloAV. Green loaded his gun as he 
ran; and, when he jumped the fence at the edge of the 
timber, the horseman brought his sword down and gave him 
a slisrht flesh-wound in the shoulder. As Green struck the 
ground, he brought his gun round ])ack-handed, and fired 
with so good aim that the horseman paid dearly i'or his 
recklessness, for he fell from his horse a dead man. 

Benjamin Thatcher, it is said, served during the greater 
part of the war, and was in many of the most important 
battles. He was in the retreat from Ticonderoga to Still- 
watei' ill Angust. 1777, and was also present at the snvrcndci' 
ol" (icii. iJnrgoyne. 

David Wilkinson, Senior, enleivd the army at the age of 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 67 

sixteen from Walpole, Mass. He was at West Point at the 
time of Arnold's treachery, and was present at the execu- 
tion of Andrt;. The records of AValpole state that the town 
"voted to give each s(ddicr one-half l)nshel ol" Indian corn 
for each day's service, and the same quantity for every ten 
miles' travel." 

Daniel Farrar was one of the minute-men at Concord, 
and also took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, where a 
musket-ball clipped a lock of his whiskers. His term of 
enlistment expired soon after, and we do not learn as he 
again entered the service. His brother George was in the 
army some five or six j^ears, but we have not been able to 
gain any information of his military career. 

John Wiswall, Senior, the father of Major John Wiswall, 
entered the army from Newton, Mass. He was at the battle 
of Lexington, being a member of a company from Newton 
which was commanded by his brother Jeremiah. His 
father, Capt. Noah Wiswall, was in the same company, 
being at that time seventy-six years old. The History of 
Newton states that, in 1777, John Wiswall lent the town 
twenty pounds to pay the soldiers. 

Ebenezer Tolman enlisted from Fitzwilliam. He was 
under Col. Stark, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. 
He assisted in building the breastwork of rail-fence and 
hay, and fought behind it when the British made the attack. 
He was also in the expedition against Quebec under Arnold, 
where he was captured and held a prisoner four months. 
After being exchanged, he re-enlisted and served through 
the greater part of the war. 

His brother Benjamin was in the battle of Lexington 
and also of Bunker Hill, where he was in the thickest of 
the light. In a hand-to-hand conllict, his gun was wrenched 
from him by a British soldier ; but he stood his ground, 
defending himself with the weapons Nature had furnished 
him, until his captain, seeing his condition, quickly brought 
him another musket, with which he continued to fight until 
ordered to retreat. Mr. Tolman was paid by the State for 
articles lost in the battle, as follows : '•'• For shoes Is. : for 



68 HLSTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

stockings 2s. ; for trousers 2s. 6d. ; for shirts 5.s'. ; for sun- 
dries 2.S." He was in the army about two and a half 
years, receiving a compensation of £4 10s. per month. 
The hist battle in which he was engaged was that of 
Bennington, where he passed through one of .the most- 
trying scenes of his military life. Ezekiel Mixer, his 
companion in arms, and the one who had been his most 
intimate friend for two years, received his death-wound 
while linhting bv his side. Mr. Tolman bore him from the 
field and closed his dying eyes. 

Enoch White entered the service from Bolton, Mass. 
The following is copied from an old book which formerly 
belonged to Mr. White, and was once the property of his 
father, Samuel White, having been purchased by the latter 
in 1764. 

A list of towns which I went through a going to Benington and half 
moon in the American revolutionary war, July, 30, 1777, left Bolton in 
the Bay State and went to Lancaster, Starlin ; JShuesbury ; Holden ; 
Rutland: Bare: Petersham: Xew Salem; Shutsborough : Amherst: 
Hadley : North Hamten ; Chesterfield : Withington ; Patridgefield : Gage- 
borough : New Providence : Whosick : Pownal : Benington : Dutch Who- 
sick : Mapleton Pitsfield : Half moon. Came home September 3"^ 1777. 

Also a list of towns I went through to llhodeisland. Sept. 1781, left 
Bolton Masachusets Bay and went to Marlborough, Southborough : 
Hopkinton Milford : Belinghani : Cmnberland: Rehoboth: Swanzey: 
Waring: Bristol: Pary: llhodeisland Come home, November 30 1781. 

ENOCH WHITE. 

Jonathan Belding was at West Point, and witnessed the 
desertion of Arnold: he saw him (with the aid of a 
spy-glass) climbing over thd" side of the vessel. Several of 
the soldiers with himself were so excited they fired their 
guns at Arnold, but a cannon-ball would have failed to 
reach him at so great a distance. Mr. Belding used to 
relate that upon one occasion when on a long march their 
rations failed ; and such was their famished condition that 
they roasted and -ate their shoes, after which they could 
be tracked by the blood from theii" feet for two dnys. The 
first food they came across was an ox Avhich they 



REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY. 69 

sl.iuglitered and coinineuced dressing, l)iil such was their 
hunger that, when they eanie to the inwards, these were cut 
or torn open, tlirown upon the fire, roasted, and being eaten 
were dechired to be the best food that ever passed their lips. 

Josci)k French was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He had 
been serving in the eapaeitv of Drum-major; but one of his 
neighbors to whom he had lent his gun, lia\ ing served his 
time, returned the gun to French just before the battle. 
Mr. French laid aside the drum, and took up his musket 
and entered the ranks. Near the close of the action, he was 
wounded in the back of the neck. 

We regret that so little is known of the military career of 
those men who fought for their country's liberty; but they 
long since passed from earth, and their descendants have 
treasured up but little of their history, so that at this late 
day it is impossible to give any connected account of their 
adventures and experience. 

There was one man who, although he was a British 
soldier, must not be forgotten in these pages. Alexander 
Fish, a Scotchman by birth, was a soldier in the British 
army. He started with Burgoyne from JNlontreal, and 
shared in the trials and difficulties of the campaign from 
that place to New York. His business was to drive a span 
of horses attached to a large brass gun belonging to one 
of the batteries. After the battle of Saratoga, and before 
the surrender of the army, an order was given to drive that 
gun away from the encampment and bnry it. The order 
was obeyed. Fish drove the gun to the spot, the hole was 
dug, the gun dismounted and buried. Fish marked the spot 
with the intention of securing *t at some convenient time 
for his own benefit. Soon after the surrender, and before 
the prisoners were exchanged, he deserted, and took up his 
residence in Marlborough. He married an Englishwoman, 
by the name of Mary Montgomery, whose history was even 
more singular than that of her husband. She belonged to 
the titled family of Montgomery in England, and was 
brought up in affluence. At the time of the breaking out of 
the Revolutionary war, she was receiving the attentions 



70 HISTORY OF MARLBOKOUGH. 

of a British officer, iniicli against the will of her parents. 
The officer being ordered to America with his regiment, 
invited her to aeconipan)' him, which she did, expecting to 
be married npon their arrival in America ; but in this, for 
some reason unknown to us, she Avas disappointed, and 
instead of being married became an article of merchandise 
among the soldiers. She followed the fortunes of the army 
until the surrender of Burgoyne, when Fish having made 
up his mind to desert, bought her of a comrade for a gallon 
of rum, and brought her to Marlborough where they were 
married. They resided in the east part of the toAvn on 
what is now called the Alger place, living in what was 
called the "Old Tomb," being a dug-out, in a knoll near 
where the Hunt road intersected with the one leading 
to the Phinehas Farrar place. It is quite likely he 
constructed this rude habitation, as it is not known that 
any one had resided there before him. 

Some years after the war was over, he made a journe}" to 
Saratoga to secure. the buried gun: he probed about with a 
bar where he supposed it was, but finally came away without 
accomplishing his object. He then applied to a conjurer 
for information, and being informed •'• that he struck the 
muzzle of the gun with his iron bar," he started again about 
1804 or 1805, accompanied with Luther Tenney and Tisdale 
Howard ; but, after searching for some days, they gave up 
the project without finding the gun. 

In his intercourse with his neighbors, it is said, he was 
not always conciliator}'-, and did not lose his fighting 
qualities while in the army. 

The latter part of his life* he lived on the north side of 
the road, about half way between the place where William 
C. ^lason now resides and the farm formerly owned by 
Noah Porter. For many years he was intemperate, and 
died leaving no descendants. He died about 1824 or 1825 ; 
his wife having died, October 3, 1821. 



CHAPTER IV. 

ADOPTION OF THE STATE COXSTITUTIOX. — WAR OF 1812. — 
IXCOIU'OIJATIOX OF THE TOWNS OF ROXBUHY AXD TllOY. 

Articles of Confedebatiox dkaavx up. — Rejection of the Plan 

OF GOVERXMEXT BY TUE TOWX. — ReJECTIOX OF THE SeCOXI) 

Plax of Govekxmext. — Amexdmexts offered. — War declared 

AGAIXST EXGLAXD. — AmMUXITIOX PURCHASED BY THE TOAVX. — 

Mex called for. — The Draft. — Ixspectiox of the Militia by 
Col. Prei^cott. — A Sham P'ight. — Roxbury set off. — Troy 

IXCORPORATED. 

Soon after the Declariition of Independence, the Conti- 
nental Congress believing that snccess mnst eventnally 
crown their efforts, commenced drawing up varions articles 
of confederation and perpetnal nnion between the States. 

Snch articles were obviously necessary, in order that the 
line of distinction betw^een the powers of the respective 
States and of Congress shonld be exactly defined. In tliis 
way only, conld the peace and liarmony of the Union be 
preserved. Accordingly, snch articles were digested, and 
at the sitting of Congress, October 4, 1776, w^re signed 
by all the members, and copies immediately sent to the 
respective assemblies of each State, and by them sent to 
each town in the State for approval. 

These articles of confederation were bronght before the 
citizens of Marlborough at a meeting called for that purpose, 
February 6, 1778. At this meeting, Lieut. Oliver Wriglit 
was moderator, and it Avas ''voted to accept all the articles 
of confederation except the eighth." At the same meeting 
it was voted to give Benjamin Tucker who Avas representa- 
tive to the General Assembly, the following instructions: — 
"■Voted, that all the articles of Confederation IJe Concurd 



72 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Avith Except .the Eiglitli, Which Wee Look upon that Every 
Residaiit in tlic united States, ShoiThl Bare their Equil pro- 
portion according- to wliat- thay poses,- Both in Real and 
personal Estate. Voted, that there Be a free and Ful Rrep- 
resentation, to La}^ a Lasting, just and Righteous Sistim of 
government in this State." 

A convention for the above purpose assembled at Concord, 
June 10, 1778. We find no record of any delegate being 
sent from this town to attend that convention. From the 
following record of a town meeting held September 2, 1779, 
it appears that the convention prepared and sent abroad 
a system of government. "Voted not to Except of the 
Declaration of Rites and plan of government ; the Return 
of Said Vote, forty fore Voters : forty three votes for not 
Receiving S^ plan, and one for Receiving Said plan." It 
was rejected by a majority of the votes in the State. 

Another convention was called June, 1781, which held 
nine sessions before a plan was devised that was wholly 
accepted, not closing until October, 1783. In 1782, the 
convention formed a plan of government, which they sent to 
every town, desiring the people to act upon it, and then 
return it. At a town meeting held November 29, 1782, 
this constitution having been read, it was Aoted not to accept 
-it ; and Alexander Parkman, David Wheeler, Joseph Follet, 
Samuel Soper, Moses Tucker, Jedediah Tayntor, and James 
Brewer, were chosen a committee to draw up an amendment 
to lay before the town. The meeting was then adjourned 
for a week ; when, having met according to adjournment, 
they voted to accept the amendments as drawn up l)y the 
committee, which were as follows : — 

111 the 30 article in the Bill of Rights coiiceniiiig pensions, it is the 
opinion of the inhabitants of this town, that no pensions Be allowed to 
any jierson. Excepting particular persons meeting with Extraordinary 
misfortune, as Loss of Limbs and the Like, 2">', that all Representatives, 
their wages for their attendance, as well as travel to the genei'al assem- 
bly, be paid at tlie Expeuce of the State, 3.'y, that it is the opinion of S'' 
town that where the Constitution limits any time as two, seven, or any 
Number of years, for any jierson to Be an inhabitant in the State to 
attain to office ; that any person ought to be Elected without that 



WAR OF 1812. 73 

Restraint, and that tlie Electors ought in all Reason to Ije Sole juflges of 
such Elections, i.^y and that the governor & Counsil have power in the 
recess of the General Court, to adjourn thirty Days, 5"''y and that the 
governor and Counsil have power to put the inhabitants of this State 
into marshal array upon any sudden Emergency, but not to keep them 
longer than thirty Days without order from the general Court : 0">'>' all 
Judicial officers to be appointed by the general Court, and Commis'sioned 
by the Governor, Except Justices of the peace. Captains and Subaltern 
of Company, to be Chosen and appointed by inhabitants of Each town, 
and to be Commissioned as aforesaid, T""'-^ and it is the opinion of the 
inhabitants of Said town, that the town Clark be ap[)ointed Rejerstor of 
Deeds of Land Lj'ing in their Respective towns, and in Such proceeding- 
would save Emense Cost, 8"''^ and it is further the ojiinion of S*i town 
that the State Treasurer and Commisery General, be under Sufficient 
Bonds for the execution of their trust. 

The new plan of government was not finished nutil 
October, 1783, and was not declared to be the Constitntion 
of New Hampshire nntil June, 178-1. 

WAK OF 1812. 

Although generally spoken of as the icai- of 1813, it was 
not till June, 1814, that Congress passed a bill declaring war 
against Great Britain, which soon after received the signa- 
ture of the President. The principal grounds for war, as 
set forth in a message of the President to Congress a short 
time previous, were stnnmarily : the impressment of Ameri- 
can seamen by the British ; the blockade of her enemies' 
ports, supported by no adequate force, in consequence of 
which the American commerce had been plundered in every 
sea, and the great staples of the countrj' cut off from the 
legitimate markets. On these grounds President ^Madison 
uro'ed the declaration of war. 

Preparations were immediately made for hostilities ; and 
each town provided itself with a stock of ammunition, 
^larlborongh following the example of her neighbors in 
tliis respect, called a meeting August 31, at which time it 
was voted to purchase oue liundred pounds of powder, two 



74 HISTORY OF MAKLBOEOrCH. 

hiimlred pounds of lead, and four lumdred flints. Wliat the 
town expected to do with such a qnantity of ammunition, 
the record does not state : certain it .is that it was never 
used in defending her territory against the invasion of the 
enemy, but was stored in the attic of the old meeting-house, 
where it remained until after peace was declared, when it 
was divided equally among the several voters in town. 

INIay 29, 1812, his Excellency, John Langdon, issued 
orders for detailing three thousand five hundred men from 
the militia of this State to be organized into companies, 
battalions, and regiments ; the same to be armed and equipped 
for actual service, and to be ready to march at the shortest 
notice. The orders were executed at the annual training, 
the last Wednesday in June. A draft, however, was not 
made, because a sufficient number of volunteers were 
accepted to fill the quota. When the Mal'lborough Light 
Infantry (which was the first organized company in the 
twelfth regiment) was called upon for volunteers, the ivhole 
company responded to the call ; and when Major Wiswall 
who then commanded the company, said that out of the 
whole number eight must go, the right number immediately 
came forward ; and when thc}^ were notified that they must 
be ready to take the field at a moment's notice, one man, 
whose clothes were very clean, said he was ready, only his 
clothes needed mending ; the man next to him, whose uniform 
was somewhat soiled, answered that he was ready, only he 
wanted a " grist in his gun." These men were never called 
into the field ; and no one from this town elitered the service 
until 1814, when the Governor called for troops to garrison 
the forts at Portsmouth. To fill this (^uota, a draft was made 
on training day about the twentieth of September ; and the 
following persons were either drafted or hired as sub- 
stitutes : — 

Etheel Parmenter, Sergt. Ileiivy II. Cutler. 

Benjamin Fife. Natlian I). Barker. 

Abncr Fairbanks. 

These men were all on the road towards Portsmouth early 



^VAR OF 1812. 75 

the next moiiiing-. They were attached to Capt. Oliver 
Warren's company, and served tliree months. 

A Aveek later, when another draft was orchn'cd, the select- 
men came Ibrward, and oi'l'ered to make ii[) their wages to 
iitteen dollars per month ; and a snfficient number imme- 
diately volunteered for tlie service. Their names were : — 

Moses Perkins. Darius Williams. 

Stephen White. Aaron Ilodgkins. 

Ezekiel AVhite. Levi Gates, Jr. 

These men were in Capt. Silas Call's company, and served 
about six weeks, when they were discharged, and returned 
home. 

After the second quota of troops had been despatched to 
L'ortsmouth, as a very active campaign was expected the 
next year. Col. Prescott, probably at the request of the 
Governor of the State, ordered a military training in every 
town belonging to his regiment. He and Adjutant Luke 
Howe, of Jaffrey, inspected every company iii these towns, 
to see if they were lawfully and properly equipped in order 
to make them efficient soldiers in case they were ordered to 
take the field. 

Sufficient notice having been given for a lawful training, 
to show the interest the people in Marlborough felt in 
defence of their rights, a company of old men came out in 
very respectable nund)ers, and were organized. They made 
choice of Col. Joseph Frost for Captain, Major John Wiswall 
for Lieutenant, and Capt. Sliubael Stoile for Ensign, with 
Lieut. Jonathan Frost for Orderly Sergeant. 

A company of Indians had also been organized under the 
leadership of Luke Blodgett as Chief, which was encamped 
in the woods between the connnon and the Meeting-house 
Pond. 

After the companies had been inspected by the field 
officers, the troops were formed into a hollow square, and 
Adjutant Howe made a famous military speech which was 
highly a[)preciated by all present. 

After the field oiVn'crs had retired, pnqjarations liaAiiig 



76 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

been previously made for a Hliam fiijltt^ the troops were dis- 
posed of ill the following manner. The light infantry, 
commanded by Capt. Asa Frost, and the Indians, represented 
the British army Avhich had concentrated on our borders and 
used the rifle and tomahawk upon our defenceless settle- 
ments. The Indians under Blodgett retained their position 
in the woods, wliile the light infantry posted themselves, at 
the north-west corner of the woods, near the north-east 
corner of the cemetery. 

The company of infantry under command of Capt. E. K. 
Frost, and the seniors under Col. Joseph Frost, were to 
represent the United States army, and were disposed of as 
follows : Capt. E. K. Frost with his company remained on 
parade, while Col. Joseph Frost with his command (in which 
was Deacon Tucker who was on duty with his three-cornered 
hat, small clothes, and the old hunting gun) was posted at 
the east side of the woods near the Cummings pasture. 

The acticni was commenced by a party of Indians falling 
upon and scalping John Rodgers, an old Revolutionary 
soldier ; wliile another party fired a few sliots from behind 
the horse-sheds at E. K. Frost's men on parade. A ser- 
geant's guard was ordered to dislodge the Indians, but in 
so doing were obliged to retreat with the loss of one man 
(Samuel Goodnough), who was taken prisoner, dragged off 
to the woods, and condemned to be burned at the stake. 
He was tied to a tree, and the fire was lighted ; but, before 
they had accomplished their oliject, Col. Frost's men appeared, 
and with a very heavy discharge drove the Indians back on 
the light infantry, and released him from his perilous situa- 
tion. At this juncture Col. Frost's men were joined by 
Capt. E. K. Frost's company. The light infantry coming 
up to the support of their Indian allies, the two companies, 
after a severe fight, retreated towards the church, and were 
pursued by the light troops and Indians for some distance, 
when, turning upon them again, they in turn lied, and 
finally took refuge in the pound which was used as a fort. 
I'liis fortress Avas assailed from the most advantageous 
positions wit h much s])irit l)y the two eouipauies \\'lio kept 



INCORPORATION OF TOWNS OP ROXBURY AND TROY. 77 

\\\) (lu'ir liriiig t'or some time, while those witliiii fought 
bnively in its (.leieiiee, showing a determination to drive their 
assaihints from tlie tield ; but, as they manifested no disposi- 
tion to raise the siege, terms were agreed upon, and the liglit 
infaiitr}^ and Indians were adowed to mareh out with the 
''honors of war." 

Col. Frost afterwards notilied the Governor of tlie State 
that he with his eompany woidd be ready to take the fiekl 
whenever in his wisdom it might be necessary to defend the 
State from foreign invasion. 

In the year 1812, the spirit of scces.sion prevailed in the 
northern part of the town to an alarming extent. For 
several years, the people residing in that part of the town, 
together with those in the south-Avestern part of Paekers- 
held and the eastern portion of Keene, had become dissat- 
isfied with living so far from the places of public worship in 
their respective towns, and not only this, but they had 
suffered much inconvenience in residing at such a distance 
from the place where their public business was transacted. 
At that time, this district had become quite thickly popu- 
lated ; the dense forest had given place to well-cultivated 
farms, and it was thought to contain inhabitants sufficient to 
entitle them to the privilege of being incorporated into a 
town by themselves. 

In 1803, those residing in Packersfield, not getting a road 
to the middle of the town altered to their satisfaction, united 
with the others, and 1)uilt a meeting-house. Soon after, they 
petitioned to the Legislature whieh sent a eommittee to 
examine the district the}' desired to have organized into a 
town. This committee decided in favor of the petitioners. 
Keene remonstrated, and the matter was delayed for some 
time. Petitions were, however, presented from time to time 
to the several towns, asking leave to be set off as a separate 
town l)ut were refused. 

In 1812, the subject was again agitated to such an extent 
that near the close of that year a new town was incor. 
porated by the name of Roxl)ury. lly this act, two ranges 



78 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

of lots, including those w.'di/c-shapcd, were severed from 
Miirlborough. 

The spirit of diseoutent wliirh luul l)eeu so long moving 
among the people of Marll)orough did not end with the 
incorporation of lloxbury. The inhabitants of the south part 
of the town and the northern portion of Fitzwilliam had 
long been agitating the subject of a new town in conjunction 
with a part of Swanzey and Richmond. The reasons urged 
why this separation should take place, were "that the 
surface of this territory was so uneven and hilly, and the 
hills extended in such directions as to render it inconvenient 
for the inhabitants of some parts of it to reach the centre 
of their respective towns." That part which now consti- 
tutes the pleasant village of Troy, had become thickly 
settled, and was fast becoming a place of extensive business ; 
and, being built uj) on the borders of two towns, it was 
" under a divided jurisdiction." This being the case, they 
must have felt that their interests to a certain extent were 
divided : this feeling could have been neither pleasant nor 
conducive to the prosperity of the place. 

The first intimation we have that the inhabitants of this 
territory desired a new town was in 1781. In the warrant 
posted for a town meeting, February 6, 1781, the following- 
article appeared : — 

"to See if the town will vote off pat of the South End of 
marlboro, that is Required to Be voted off By part of the 
inhabitants of marlboro, and part of Fitzwilliam, and part of 
Swanzey, and part of Richmond, in order to make a town." 
The only response to this article was a vote to pass it over. 
The matter now lay dormant for ten years, when it was 
ao-ain taken up, but with no better success than before. 
Again and again was the subject brought up, but in vain ; 
for, although Swanzey and Richmond wei-e willing to con- 
tribute their share of the territory for a new toAvn, P'^itz- 
william and Marlborough were inexorable. In the summer 
of 1812, seeing that the north end of the town was likely to 
meet with success in their efforts to form a new town, the 
subject was again revived, citizens' meetings were held, and 



INCOnrOEATlON OF TOWNS OF ItOXIU'lIV AM) I'ltOY. 70 

niTangements made for 1)uil(liiio- a iiu'ctin^-liousc. Duiino- 
the following year, this was completed, and a, ('harter jx-ti- 
tioned for ; but this was not so easily obtained. Marlborough 
and Fitzwilliam placed every obstacle in the way, and for 
a long time the battle raged; but at hist it resulted in a 
verdict for the petitioners, and a new town by the name of 
Troy was incorporated, June 23, 1815. By this act, Marl- 
borough lost not only a large piece of her territory, but some 
of her most enterprising men, — a loss that was deeply felt 
for many years. 



CHAPTER V. 

THE CENTRE MEETING-HOUSE. 
Charter Stipulatioxs concerning a Meeting-House. — Voted to 

BUILD a MeETING-HoUSE. — OPPOSITION. — LETTERS FROM BeN.JAMIN 

Tucker to George Jaffrey. — Building raised. — Measures 

TAKEN to finish THE HOUSE. — DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERIOR. — 

Phinehas Farrar's Account. — Warming the House. — Members 
OF other Denominations excused from Paying the Ministeimal 
Tax. — Use of Meetixg-House divided among the several 
Denominations. — Repairing Meeting-House. — The Bell. — The 
House forsaken. — It becomes an Ob.ject of Contention. — 
Sold at Auction. — The Purchaser meets with Difficulties. 
— The Town again becomes the Owner. — The House legally 
DISPOSED OF. — Its Destruction. 

One condition of the charter granted by the Mnsonian 
Proprietors required the grantees to bnikl a convenient 
meeting-honse in the township witliin ten years from its 
date, provided they were not j)revented by Indian wars. 

At a meeting of the Proprietors held at the house of Isaac 
McAllister, November 13, 1776, the following article was 
acted upon : " to see if the Prop'^ will Choose a Commtte to 
Lay out a Spot to set a Meeting House on, Cut Down and 
kill ye growth on Two acres thereof." This was j)assed in 
the negative. The subject of l)ni](liug was ealk'd up at 
subsequent meetings; but no movement was made towards 
accomplishing the object until January 3, 1770, at Avhich 
time a Proprietors' meeting was held at the house of Benja- 
min Tucker, when it was voted to build a meeting-house 
forty-five feet long and thirty-eight feet wide. Benjamin 



THK CENTHE ISIEETINC-HOUSE. ^^ 

Tucker, Daniel Goodeiiougli, Joseph Collins, Jonah Ilai- 
lington, Moses Godard, James Brewer, and Isaac INlcAllisier 
were chosen a building committee. Voted "to raise ten 
Dollars on each Prop'* Kight for to Huild a meeting House." 
"• Voted that the committee that are appointed to build the 
meeting House, are im powered to notify the Lord Prop's 
and Request their Voice where it shall be set."' 

A subscription paper was circulated for the purpose of 
raising funds to aid in buihling the house. How large an 
amount was raised we have not learned, but a majority of 
the settlers in the township contributed something, as will be 
seen by the following list of subscribers : — 

fJoseph Collins. Richard Tozer. 

Benjamin Tucker. Moses Godard. 

Joshua Tucker. John Felton. 

Abijah Tucker. Jedediah Maynard. 

Caleb Tucker. Stephen Church. 

Jedediah Tayntor. 

The following is a copy of the request sent to the Lord 
Proprietors, relative to locating the meeting-house: — 

Mr. Geohge Jaffrey, 

We the Subscribers being chosen a Coiiimittee by the Grantees of 
^lonadnock Xo. 5 to build a Meeting house for public worship, and like- 
wise to acquaint the Grantors of said Township, of the Proceedings in 
that affair, and request their voice in it agreeable to the Charter of the 
Grantors. We have, therefore, according to our judgment, chosen the 
l)est spot to set a ^Meeting house on nighest the Centre of said Town, 
both in respect of the Grantors and the Grantees, and request the 
Gfantors to come and give their consent to it if they think proper, or 
signify their nunds to us any way as they shall think proper, We being 
informed that ]\Ir. Jaffrey was Clerk for the grantees of said Township, 
we have prepared to send the above request to him, and hope his favor 
in laying the retpiest befoj-e the grantors and his doing the same and 
acipuiinting us of their minds, will greatly oblige the Grantees and us; 

Y-^ Hmnble Serv'ts, 

BENJA. TUCKER. 
.^lunadnock, No. 5, Jan. \' 11, 1770. DAXIEL (iOODENOUGH. 

JOSEPH COLLTXS. 

ISAAC :\IcALLTSTER. 

MOSES GODD.VRIX 

JA^IESBREAVER. 

JONAH llAi;itIX(/l'()X. 



82 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

We do not learn that any dififienlty was experienced in 
reg'ard to locating the house, but it seems that some dissatis- 
faction Avas felt on the part of many of the proprietors 
relative to its size. 

Another meeting Avas called, and held at the house of 
Jonah Harrington on the eighteenth day of the folloAving 
April. At this meeting, it was voted "to Reconsider what 
was don consarning a meeting House in the last meeting at 
the house of B. Tucker." The committee chosen to build 
the house was dismissed. It was then voted to build a house 
thirty feet square, without the help of any subscription ; and 
a new committee was chosen to carry this vote into effect. 
But this decision like those of the former meeting, were 
destined never to be carried out ; for another meeting was 
held at the house of Benjamin Tucker on the twenty-third 
day of May, when the committee first chosen were reinstated. 

What instructions were given to this committee in regard 
to the size of the house does not appear : but certain it is 
that the building was much larger than had been voted at 
either of the previous meetings, it being fifty feet long and 
forty feet wide. 

The two following letters, written by Benjamin Tucker to 
George Jaffrey, will explain the state of affairs in the town- 
ship at this time : — 

roRTSMouTH, April, y*^ iT''', 1770. 
Esq'r Jaffrey, Sir, 

These with my due regards to you, hoping they may meet you in 
good health, and Sir, I would inform you that I made a journey to 
Ports'^ on purpose to see yourself with some others of the gentlemen 
Grantors of our Tow^ashi]), IMonadnock No. 5, hut my fortune happens 
to be here when Esq'r. Jaffrey is not at home, which I am exceeding 
sorry for. I much wanted to see the Escfr. and to advise with him 
concerning the affairs of our town, for I received a letter from the 
Esq'r. last winter, wherein he desired me to return him an answer 
concerning the settlement of our township, wliich answer 1 had wrote 
sometime ago, hut having no opportunity to send it, I made this journey 
to bring it, with a letter from a committee chosen to build our meeting 
house, desiring the gentlemen Gsantors of oin* town, to give their advice 
where our meeting house shall stand, which they have a right by charter 
to do. And, Sir, yon will see in my answer to your lettei', that we had 



thp: centre meeting-house. 83 

iiG^i-eed to build a meeting house, and how large, and when to be ready to 
raise, but I must now let you know, that that part ol' my answer is 
uncertain, for there is a number lliat has arose up and calleil anotlier 
meeting the 18 of tliis uu)nth, and reconsidered what was done at our 
meeting, y'' •> of flan, last, after they were recorded on book, and say they 
will not have this meeting house so large, but will have one 30 feet 
.square, and they dismissed the committee that was appointed to build 
the meeting house, that I give you an account of in my answer to your- 
self, and have not got any coimnittee to build the 30 foot meeting house, 
and we are now in a bad situation concerning our meeting house, for the 
worknum that we agreed with to build the house 40 feet wide, and 50 
long, has cut the chief of the great timber, and hewn the long sticks, and 
they are drawn together where we expect the house will stand, and ye 
connnittee has entered into bonds to see ye workman paid by the first of 
Septemlier next, and have taken bond of him wherein he is obliged to 
have the house ready to raise by that time, and the committee were 
obliged to draw all the timber to the spot, and to find all the work at ye 
s]iot, but since they are dismissed by the last meeting from that office, 
they think and say they have no further concern with it, which if that 
meeting stands good, it must be so, and when ye workman has hewn all 
the timber, he must stop his hand, for he will find no man to draw it 
together for him, and there is nobody any power to agree with him to 
stop, and not to proceed any further in this affair as things now stand, 
and I would let the Esq'r. know that it was by reason of 3 or 4 persons 
giving power to Capt. Jesse Rice, and Mr. Daniel Harrington, both of 
Marlborough, to act for them, was the means of bringing us into this bad 
situation, and they are those persons that are the most behind as to 
settling; viz; the Right of Henry Neel & Robert Allen & Thomas 
Morrison, with ye three duty free rights which belong to old Madam 
Blanchard, & others of that family, which you will see in my answer to 
your letter, hold ; I have retm-ned them, and in whose hands they are 
now. Tu the Right of James Morrison, which is now in the hands of the 
AVidow Dexter, you will see in my answer to you that I wrote in her 
favor, but inasmuch as she has empowered those men to act in her behalf, 
to the damage of our town, I have no more to say in her behalf, and. Sir, 
if you would be so kind as to get the gentleman Grantors together as 
soon as may be, and lay our case before them, and see if they will take 
so much notice of us, as to give us their advice in all affairs concerning 
our town, and whether that meeting be good wherein they disannulled 
what was done before, and put on record, also to see what method they 
will come into, in order to join with us on a spot to set om- meeting 
house, if we ever agree to build one, for we want to clear up ye spot to 
set it. No more at present, so I remain your humble servant at com- 
niand. . BENJA. TUCKER. 



84 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

P.S. Sir, I have lei't some papers in ye hand of Cato Atkinson for 
yourself, and Sir, Mr. Morse of Dublin gives his services to yourself, & 
desires me to inform you that he received your letter last Friday, wherein 
you desired him to return to you a true acooiuit of their settlement, 
which he would do as soon as })ossihly lie could. And, Sir, in my answer 
to your letter, I did not set forth to you the number of acres that each 
man had got cleared, but there is not above "2 or 3 but what has got more 
land than the Charter required." 

MoxAT>xocK, Xo. 5, ]\Iay ye 2!)"' 1770. 
EsQu. Jaffkey, Sir, 

I wrote to you in a letter when I was at rortsnu)ut]i, that we met 
with some dithculty about our meeting house, and that the Committee 
that was appointed to build it was dismissed, and there was none to 
carry on the work, l)ut we ]ia\e had a meeting since and have )uadc 
choice of the old Committee again, and the House is like tu go on as 
it was fii'st proposed to be, and if the gentlemen Grantors would take 
so much notice of our letter, as to appoint some man or men as they shall 
think jiroper, to come and see the spot that w'e have chosen to set the 
Meeting house on, and give their consent, if they think proper, for we 
want to clear it up as soon as may be, for we cant draw tlie timber to the 
spot, till the land is cleared up, and, Sir, what I wrote to you concerning 
the Rights that were not settled according to Charter, still remain so, as 
far as I know excepting the liight of Ilalbert Morrison. There is a man 
daily at work and has got his family to Swanzey near by his work, and 
designs to bring them in to town as soon as he can get a house up to jmt 
them in; and, Sir, you wrote to me in your letter, tliat I should be paid 
for my trouble, but as for that, I leave with you to do as you think 
proper, I vsras exceeding sorry that Esqr. Jaffrey was not at home, for 1 
wanted much to see him, but was disappointed. Xo more at present, so 
I remain your humble servant at command. 

J',J:XJA. TUCKER. 

The framing of the house was let to Stephen Church, and 
the frame was raised sometime previous to November 21, at 
which time a meeting was held at the house of Benjamin 
Tucker, when it was voted to accept of " accompts brout for 
sarvis don about the meeting house." Voted " to give Isen- 
jamin Tucker 3.s. 2d. Iq. pur gallon for 8 gallons of Rum at 
ye raising of y^ meeting house." We are not to suppose from 
this item that the early settlers of our town were more 
temperate than those of the neighboring towns ; for it is a 
well-known fact that it was customarv on all occasions like 



THE CENTRE MEETING-HOrSE. 85 

this to procure at least one barrel of mm. Tradition tells 
us that the customary barrel was provided on this occasion ; 
l)ut the demand for the indispensable article was so jj^reat 
that this (piantily Avas not sullicient, and lieiijaniin Tncker 
being chairman of the bnilding committee, procured the 
additional eight gallons, iV)r which he brought in a separate 
account. 

When we take into consideration the fact that at the same 
meetino- it Avas voted to allow Benjamin Tucker's account in 
full, and that at a vendue, sometime afterwards, when a 
luunber of articles belonging to the proprietors were offered 
for sale, a l)arrel was sold to Moses Tucker for 2s. Sd., we 
may safely conclude tliat the first meeting-house was raised 
with appropriate ceremooiics, according to the custom that 
prevailed in our New England towns at that day. 

It would seem that, in taking the job of framing and 
raisino- the house, Mr. Church did not correetlv estimate the 
cost, as the following vote was passed at tlie same meeting : 
" Voted to give Stephen Church £5 12s. Id. to make up 
what he.Saith he Loast by building the meeting house." 
Subsequently, we find that Stephen Church received for 
work done on the meeting-house £44 6s. 4(7. 2q. At the same 
meeting, it was " Voted to Raise five dolers on itch propt^ 
Rite to cover the meeting house with,'' " Voted to dismiss ye 
Commity that was appointed to Buld the meeting house," 
" Voted to Choues 3 men for a commity to take care and 
cover y^ meeting house, and made choice of Benja Tucker, 
Isaac ]McAlister & John Felton for that purpos." 

During the next fifteen years, the subject of finishing the 
house was discussed in the meetings of the proprietors ; but 
little was done bej'ond finishing th^ outside, and even this 
was not completed until 1779. At a meeting in January of 
that year, it was " Voted to finish Cleapboording the meet- 
ing house and colour it, to hang the Doors to Lay the Lower 
floor and build the body seats and Git one Box of Glass to 
Glaize it in part."' 

In 1785 the proprietors gave up all claim to the meeting- 
house, and it passed into the hands of the town, and was 



86 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

fiiiislu'd (lining' tlie next five years. To meet the expense, 
pew giounds were sold at public auction at different times. 

This l)arn-like structure was located on the north-west 
c(»rncr ol" tlic common, and was as near tlie geographical 
centre of the town as it could Ix- conveniently. It had 
entrances on the south, east, and west sides. The pulpit 
was on the north side, over which was suspeiuled a huge 
sounding-board. There was a row of pews round the house 
next to the walls, and an aisle ran round just inside of this 
row. There was also a middle aisle which led from the 
south door to the pulpit, which was called the '' broad aisle," 
and had two rows of "body pews" on eai-h side. The 
Deacons' seat was a narrow pew in front of the pulpit, 
facing the congregatit)n. The communion table Avas at- 
tached to the Deacons' seat like a common table-leaf, and 
was let down when not in use. The gallery extended on 
three sides of the house, and liad, as below, a row of pews 
next to the wall, and three roAvs of seats in front. The 
seats in the west galler}^ were designed for old men, and 
those in the east for old ladies ; the singers occupying the 
front seats in the south gallery. 

In 1785 twenty-one pew-grounds were sold at vendue by 
Oliver Wright, Abijah Tucker, and Daniel Cutting, who 
were a committee chosen by the town, for the purpose of 
finishing the meeting-house. The terms of the sale were as 
follows: "Each Pue struck off, the highest Bider Shall pay 
one Dollar Down, three Dollars in four weeks from the sail, 
the remainder in six months." These brought sums varying 
from £3 to £1 16,s-. The ])ews were made with panel-work, 
surmounted by a light balustrade of minute ornamented 
columns : they were nearly square, and had a row of un- 
cushioned seats round the interior except at the door. 
These board-seats were hung on hinges, so as to turn up 
against the side of the pew for convenience in standing dur- 
ing prayer-time ; and, as the congregation resumed their 
seats, these were let down with a zeal that betokened some 
interest, at least in this part of the ceremony. We know of 
no language l)etter adapted to describe this scene tlian the 




FIRST MEETING-HOUSE IN MARLBOROUGH. 

Drawn from memory by Rev. P. Wallingford. 



THE CENTRE M KI-yPlNC-lK »rSK. H7 

following selection from the poem I'eiid Ity Siimuel liiiinliaiii. 
at the ('eiileiiiiiiil ( 'eU'hnitioii of the town of IJiiidge. 

Ami wlii'ii, at last, the loml Aiin'ii 
Fell Iruiu aiui'l, liow (luickly tiicu 
The seats cann' down willi JR'avv rattle, 
Like miisketrv in tieiH'csJ haltlcl 

At a meeting in October, 1789, Capt. Phinehas Farrar 

presented the following aecouut Avliich was allowed by the 
town : — 

the Town of Marlboro, D'. riiiiiehas Farrar 
for Servis as Committee Fiuisliini;- the ]Meeting' iiou.s in v'' \7bd. 

^ s. (I. 

to half a Day Settling with the old Committee, 1 (i 

to two jonrnays to John Parkhni'st aft(?r Nails, ;j 

once to Jose[)h Cuttings after Corn for Mr. Cnminings, . . . (I 1 ti 

once to Calvins Stones after Nails 1 

to five time attending vandue to Sel the I'ues, . . . . . . (I ."i 

and once to Keene after Iron, 10 

to Part of a Day after Boards, 10 

to Ciiting and Drawing stage Poles, -l 

to one Day underpiuiug the Meeting house o 

to Carting one Lode of Boards from Tuckers mill, d ;; 

to Carting one Load of Plunk, ■ .... 2 

to eight and a half wate of honey, ( i ."> 8 

to one journey to Fitzwilliam after Nails o L' 

to tune spent after ,stnf, o 1 

to two journey to Warrins after Nails, . . .' o ;> (i 

once to warrins after Bund) for the Car^ienlers, i) 1 li 

to me and horse one Day after Calves pates, 1 (i 

to' making tlie same, o o 

to one journey to Bindge to settle with the ('ar|H'Ulers, . . . (i 

to three half Days .settling with j)eopie () 1 (> 

Once to Keene after Ballisters, (i 1 li 

to time spent at sundry times, • (i li' o 

to Cash Paid for Calves Pates for sising -J 

to Cash Paiil for Rum 7 (Quarts and a i)iut, .") 7 

to Cash Paid for glew Oil 

to one hundred of Boards, -020 

to uiy Cart to Dublin after a Barril of Bunib. . - 1 

to one Day and a half settling accounts, Oof! 



4 8 7 
PlilXKllAS FABBFB. 
:\Iarlboro the 12 October 17biJ. 



88 HISTORY OF MARLIiOUOUGH. 

Tilt' meetiiig-liouse was warmed ehietiy by the sun, for 
stoves and furnaces were unknown in those (Uiys. A poor 
substitute, however, Avas resorted to from necessity ; namely, 
the fiinf-xtovc which the matron of each family aaus i-arcl'ul 
in the coldest weather to have well prepared with living- 
coals from the hearth-stone. ^Vside from these, the worship- 
pers were entirely dependent for their cond'ort upon the 
ardor of the minister's exhortations and the fervor of their 
OAvn religious emotions. 

Here our ancestors worshipped (iod ; many of tliem 
coming the distance of four or five miles, and sitting on 
a cold winter's day while the Rev. HalloAvay Fish, with 
the collar of his great coat turned uj) about his ears, 
and striped mittens on his hands, put forth his doctrinal 
views in sermons of not less than one hour in length. The 
morning service beino- over, durino' the intermission the 
women retired to the nearest house for a fresh supply of 
coals for their foot-stoves, the men repaired to the tavern, 
to warm themselves, and regale the inner man with a 
mug of warm toddy^ while they discussed the principal 
events of the week, or expressed their views on the subject 
of the morning's discourse. 

For the annual meeting of 1823, an article was })lace(l 
in the Avarrant as follows : " To see if the town Avill vote 
(jr consent that a stove, or stoves, may be Placed in the 
jNIeeting hoiise in Marll)orough to render said house com- 
fortable during public Avorshi^) on the Sabbath and on other 
occasions in cold Avcather, Avhich shall be furnished and 
supported by Su])scribers."' NotAvithstanding some men of 
influence Avere o})])()sed to the nu'asure, the town voted: 
"that the Stove or Stoves maybe Placed in the Meeting 
house to render said House comfortahh; in cold weather 
to be placed in said house by Subscribers." " Voted, the 
Stove or Stoves to be placed in the Meeting house may 
be Placed at the east and Avest Doors during the pleasure 
of the toAvn." Sometime previous to the next annual 
town-meeting, the stoves Avere procured and placed in the 
house in accordance Avith the vote of the town. A l)rief 



Til!'; cRNTiiK :\iKi:TiN(;-n()rsK. 89 

experience in a Avarni elmrcli elianged public o})inion, and 
only a short time elapsed before those who had been most 
opposed to stoves seemed to rejoice equally with the rest 
in their warmth and comfort. 

Previous to 1825, money was raised for the support of 
preaching by a tax assessed on all ratable polls in the same 
manner as for schools, or any other public purpose. Near 
the close of the last century, however, laws were enacted by 
which any person entertaining different religious opinions, 
and joining himself to some other society, and contributing 
to the support of its minister, was excused by the town 
from paying this tax, on the presentation of a certificate 
signed hy the minister or clerk of his society. The fol- 
lowing is a specimen of these certificates: — 

DuHLiN April y« 8«^ 1794. 

These may certify whom it may concei'ii, that William White Jr. has 
joined the Baptist Society in this place and has agreed to do his propor- 
tion toward tlie support of the ministry with them. 

JOHN MUZZEY Clerk. 

It not unfrequently happened that some persons not 
willing to identify themselves with any society in their own 
town Avould go the distance of thirty or forty miles to 
connect themselves with some other church or society. It 
would seem by the following certificate that Richard 
Roberts was one of these : — 

Claremount, Ajjril, 4, 1797. 
To all whom it may concern. This may certify that Richard Roberts 
Usqr has joined the Episcopal Church and pnt himself under my care. 

Test. DANIEL BARBER, 
Rector of Union Church Claremounl. 

These certificates were not numerous at first, only five or 
six a year ; but in 1824, the last year the town was taxed 
for this purpose, out of one hundred and sixty-six tax-payers 
there were only fifty-one assessed for the minister's salary. 
Most of the persons presenting certificates were Baptists 
who had connected themselves with tlie society in Du])lin. 
In later years, a Baptist church was formed in 1o\^n. some 
account of which will be given in another chapter. 

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90 iiisTOKY OF ^iAi;Li!ouor(;H. 

July 1, 1819, a law was enacted in this State, wliieli 
opened the "way for a nic le t^ntisfactory nietlicd of tniptnt- 
ino- the gospel. In the langnaoe of this statute, ''Eaeh 
sect or denomination of Christians in this State, may asso- 
ciate and form societies, may admit n)end)ers, may establish 
rules and by-laws for their regulation and government, and 
shall have all the corporate powers which may be necessary 
to assess and raise money by taxes upon the polls and 
ratable estate of the members of such associations, and to 
collect and appropriate the same for the purpose of building 
and repairing houses of public worship and for the support 
of the ministry." There was also a provision that no person 
should be taxed ])y such society, or be considered a member 
thereof without " his consent was first had and o1)tained"; 
and any person having become a member of such an asso- 
ciation had libert}' to withdraw his name at any time. No 
a(h'antage was taken of the provisions of this act until near 
the close of Mr. Fish's ministry. 

In 1823, the towji voted that the selectmen be a committee 
to proportion the time of occupation of the meeting-house 
to each religious denomination. This the selectmen Avere 
ijistructed to do each year, also to divide the interest of the 
ministerial fund among the several denominations, " accord- 
ing to the proportion each pavs of the public taxes." How 
long each society was allowed to occu})y the meeting-house 
at this time is not known, but in 1835 it was proportioned 
as follows : — 

Unitarians, 1§ days. 

Baptist, 6§ " 

Methodist, 10^ " 

Congregationulist, V) " 
Universali.st, 20^ •• 

It is probal)le that the Congregationalists did ueit occupy 
the house their proportion of the time, as they had tnts^-ear 
previous built one of their own at the village. 

The old meeting-house now began to show marks of decay, 
till" exterior being in a somewhat dilapidated condition. 
The town had been rejieatcdly asked to repair the house. 



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and the siil)ic'c't liad Ix't'ii (list'iissod at Ujc annual mcctjiiy 
each year, with tlic same result, — a refusal to take any 
definite aetion. 

In 1884. the town was again rcK^uested to repair tlie Jiouse, 
but the only aetion taken Avas a vote to dismiss the article. 
But the citizens were now thoroughly alive to the subject; 
and with such men as Samuel Jones, Sen., Abiel Alger, 
and Benjamin Whitiie}^ Jr., for their leaders, they were not 
disposed to give up the project so easily, and it was deter- 
mined, if possible, to procure by subscription a sum sufficient 
to repair the house in a suitable manner. The following 
is a copy of the subscription paper circulated throughout 
the town for that purpose, together with the names of the 
subscribers, and the amount each one contributed : — 

We the undersigned, inhabitants of.tlie town of Mavlboi'ougl), do 
hereby severally agree to pay the sums set against our names, to be 
appropriated for repairing the old meeting-house in said town. Provided 
that a sum shall be subscribed or contributed sufficient to make the 
necessary repairs on said house, otherwise this to be void. 

Marlborough, March 24, 1834. 

Names. 

Eber Tenney, f 17.50 

Asa Porter, 17.00 

Noah ^Vliite, 1.00 

William Tenney, .... 25.00 

John Lane, 17.00 

Clark Mason, 6.75 

Abel Nutting, 5.00 

Luther Hemenway, . . . C.12J 

George Richardson, . . . •2.50 

Asa Hastings, 2.25 

Levi Gates, 6.12^ 

Abiel Alger, 7.00 

Levi W. Porter, .... 7.00 

Caleb Baker, 3.00 

Allen Woodward, .... 5.00 

Moses Hunt, 10.00 

Isaac T. Chase, .... 1.00 

Aaron Stone, 5.00 

Charles Gilbert, .... 5.12^^ 

Levi Thatcher, 1.00 



Names. 




Ziba Nason, 


. 15.00 


Ziba Nason, Jr., . . . 


. 2.00 


David Wilkinson, . . 


. 6.00 


Daniel Buss, .... 


. 1.00 


Thomas Frink, .... 


. 3.00 


Benjamin Whitney, Jr., 


. 19..50 


Calvin Hastings, . . . 


. 5.00 


Tabatha Baker, . . . 


. 3.00 


Aaron Parker, .... 


. 5.00 


Asa Porter, Jr., . . . 


. 5.00 


George Harvey, . . . 


. 8.50 


Asa Bemis, 


. 3.00 


John B. Farrar, . . . 


. 2.00 


Jeremiah Herrick, . . 


. 2.00 


Ebenezer Herrick, . . 


. 1.00 


Arteraas Collins, . . . 


. 2.00 


Charles Collister, . . . 


. 1.00 


Thomas Adams, . . . 


. 12.00 


William Richardson, 


. 1.00 


James Harvey, .... 


. 1.00 



02 



FrrSTOKY OF ^rArvLROTJOTTOTT. 



Names. 

Jonathan Bemis, Jr., . . !§2.00 

Daniel Reed 3.00 

Jabez Wight 1.00 

Franklin Priest, '25 

Peter Starkey, 1.00 

Thaddeus Parnienter, . . 5.00 

Josej^h Woodward, . . . 15.00 

Enoch Bemis, o.OO 

Calvin Newton, .... 15.'25^ 

Miriam Newton. .... 2.00 

Xancy Newton 2.00 

Jonathan Bemis, .... 7.00 

Nathan E. Wild, .... 5.00 

James Batcheller, .... 15.00 

Luke Blodgett, .... 5.5(? 

Ezekiel Cudwortli, . . . 5.00 

Archa Tenney, 6.00 

Samuel Jones, 30.00 

Calvin Stone, 5.00 

Calvin Tenney, .... 20.00 

Stillman Woodward, . . . G.OO 

Daniel Cutting, .... 1.00 

Charles Ilolman, Jr., . . 1.07 

Albert Jones, 1.00 



After the circulation of this paper, tlio subscribers met 
on the twelfth day of May, 1834, and organized by choosing 
Levi Gates, chairman, and Nathan Wild, clerk. Allen 
Woodward, Calvin Tenne}', Samuel Jones, Benjamin 
Whitne}', Jr., and Abiel Alger, were chosen a committee 
to examine the house, and report what repairs were nec- 
essary to be made. • 

Tlie committee made examinatiou. and reported as 
folloA\s : — 

1st. To iuider]>in said linuse with split stone, eighteen inclies wide, 
suitably fitted. 

2d. Two thresholds, one in the front, and the other at tiie west door, 
with suitable door.stones. 

3d. One new door in front, 3.i- or 4 ft. wide, and mnv doors at the west, 
the size of the old ones and close the east door. 

4th. To luive all new window-frames, and sashes where it is necessary. 

5th. All new clapboards on the front, and to repair the other side and 
ends with those now on the fi-ont. and suitably paint tlic sanif. 



Daniel Emerson, . 






$1.00 


Curtis F. Hunt. . 






1.00 


Oliver Boyden, 






3.50 


Daniel Woodward, 






l.(»0 


Joseph Collins, 






1.00 


Amos Sargent, . . 






5.0(1 


Aluier Russell. . . 






1.00 


William Greenwood. 






2.00 


John 8ai-geiit. . . 






1.00 


^Elijah Fitch, . . 






1.00 


Lorenzo Hunt, . . 






1.00 


Daniel Clapp, . . 






1.00 


Osgood Collister, . 






1.00 


Lorenzo White, 






1.00 


Franklin Clapi), . 






1.00 


DanierWade, . . 






1.00 


Darius Richardson. 






1.00 


Jedediah T. Collins, 






1.00 


G. and N. Converse, 






.25 


Cyrus Ayers, . . 






.25 


Jonah Davis, . . 






.12.1. 


Abraham Priest, . 






. 1.00 


Abner Bovden, 






. 1.50 



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93 



This repoil luiviiig bi'tui accepted by tlic siihsciihcrs, 
Saiiuiel Jones, Abiel Alger, and Allen Woodward, were 
chosen a coniniittee to make the necessary repairs, llic esti- 
mated cost of which was tw(t hniidred and iifleen (ioliai's. 
There having been considerable more than tliis snm raised, 
the snl)scribers voted, at an adjourned meeting, to build a 
belfrv on the west end ol" thi' house, according to a ])lan to 
be drawn bv Capt. Charles (iilbert. The Avork ol" re])airing 
went forward as ra])idly as circumstances would j)erinit, and 
by the ndddle of Novend)er the work was completed. ' 

The belfry was two stories in height : the hrst st(nT was 
about ten feet sij^nare, and rose twelve feet above the ridge- 
pole ; the second story was proportionate in size and height, 
and the appearance of the house was greatly improved. 

No sooner was the work of repairing completed than those 
who were the prime movers in this good work began to 
agitate the subject of procuring a bell for the house. Sat- 
isfied that the town would not aid in this project, it was 
decided to pay for the bell in the same w'ay the repairs were 
made ; nameh', by subscription. Accordingly, the following 
paper was drawai up and circulated through the toAvn, and a 
sufficient sum raised to purchase a bell : — 

The undersigned do hereby severally ayi-ee to pay the .sums against 
their names to purchase a Bell for the old Meeting house in Marl- 
horough, said Bell to be divided into one hundred and ninety shares, 
estimated at one dollar each, and l)e the property of tlie subscribers. 

Dec. 9, 183i. 



Eber Tenney 'f 5.00 

Asa Porter.' 5.00 

William Tenney 5.00 

John Lane, ;3.00 

Clark Mason, 4.00 

Luther Hemenway, . . . .'5.00 

(4eorge Richardson, . . . 1.00 

Calvin Newton, 10.00 

-Miriam Xewton 1.00 

Xancy Xewton, .50 

Jonathan Bemis, .... 4.00 

James Batcheller, .... 10.00 



Luke Blodgett. 



Ezekiel Cudworth, .... §1.00 

Samuel Jones, 10.00 

Moses Hunt, 1.00 

Isaac T. Chase, 1.00 

Charles Gilbert 2.00 

Ziba Xason, Jr.. 1.00 

David Wilkinson 1.00 

Daniel Buss, 1.00 

Benjamin Whitney. Jr.. . . 5.00 

Aaron Parker, 1.00 

Asa Porter, Jr., 2.00 

George Harvey, 5.00 

. . . 1.00 



2.00 I Jolm B. Farrar, 



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HISTORY OF :\iAi;i.r.oi;or(;ii. 



Artf-mas Collins ii^l.OO 

Charles CoUister 1.00 

Tlioinas Adams "J.OO 

Calvin Toniu-v 'j.OO 

Emery J)iokinsi)n, .... 1.00 

(reorge W. Ilowanl, . . . 1.00 

Benjamin Tliatolier, . . . 1.00 

Elijali CJates :5.00 

Abraham Priest 1.00 

Asa Hastings 1.00 

Levi Gates, 1.00 

Abiel Alger, 5.00 

Levi \y. Portei- --'.00 

Caleb Baker 1.00 

Joseph AVoofl ward 1.00 

Enoch Beniis -J.OO 

'Stillman AVoodward, . . . 1.00 

Curti.s F. Hunt, 25 

Oliver Boyden, 1.00 

Joseph Collins. 1.00 

Amo.s Sargent. 1.00 

William Greenwood, . . . ;5.00 



John 8argt>nt, 
Daniel Clapp. . . 
Daniel Wade. . . 
-lonathan Bemis, ,Ir., 
(t. and X. Converse. 



iJil.OO 
1.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 



Cyrus Avers, 1.00 

Jonah Davis, 1.00 

Josiah Knight 1.00 

Josiah Fitch 1.00 

Ebenezer Ilemenway. . . . 1.00 

John Morse 1.00 

Stephen AVheeler 10.00 

Daniel W. Farrar .5.00 

Joseph Haskell 10.00 

Daniel Priest 2.25 

Keuben Ward 1.00 

.Jacob Brown .50 

Ruth Stone, 1.00 

Xathaiiiel Richardson. . . 1.00 

Lucy Collins .50 

Amos Cummings, .... 1.00 



The bell, which weighed about seven hundred pounds, 
was purchased by Samuel Jones at an expense of -$175.25. 
The ancient custom of ringing the bell at noon was followed 
for several years, the town employing Nathan Wild who 
lived near the meeting-house, " to ring the bell at noon and 
on funeral occasions." 

The meeting-house was now used by tlie Methodist, Bap- 
tist, and Universalist denominations. In 1842, the jNIetho- 
dist Society, having l)iiilt a house of worship in Pottersville, 
removed to tliat place. They Avere soon followed by the 
Baptists, who built a church in the village. The house was 
now mainly occupied b}^ the Universalists, who had j)reach- 
ing about one-fourth of the time ; but they, feeling that 
their place of worship was too far from the now rajjidly 
growing village, built a house in the latter place in 1851. 

The old house, now unused except for town-meetings and 
funeral occasions, began to show signs of decay ; and a severe 
hail-storm, wliicli swept oncv (lie town, broke nearly all the 



THIO CKNTIM': MKKI'INC-llorSK. 05 

Q'lass in tlu' west ciid, iiiid niiscliicNdiis l)()\s, l)\' llirow iiiL!' 
stones at the windows, coniplctcd the \\i'('(d< ('(ininicnccd hy 
the storm, so that in a slmrt time tlicic was iidt a wIhiIc 
pane of ghiss rcniaiiuni;'. 

The town now l)t'canu' anxious to sell the Imnsc. liut a 
(litHc'ulty here presented itself. It was niainlaincil hy sonic 
that the town had no k'^al viii,ht to tlic huildini;', l»nl that 
it was the property of tlie j)iM\'-liohh'rs. Tlu' subject was 
warmly discussed at towu-nicctings; l)ut those li\in<j,- in its 
immediate vicinity and at the soutli part of the town Avere 
so op})Osed to selling' the liouse. no nio\c was nia(h' in that 
direction. 'J'liere were some wise heads wlioargucMl that the 
town should purchase of the pew-holders all the right they 
had in it, and then repair it, or take it dowai and remove it 
to the village, and lit it u]) for a town-hon'se ; ])ut this 
proposition did not meet Avith a favorable reception, and 
thus the matter remained for several years, the old house 
becoming an object of contention between the north and 
south parts of the towai, wdiih' at the same tinu' it was 
rapidlv going to destruction, and l)ecoming ol' less Aalue 
each year. 

A})ril 7, 1849, at a meeting called for that purpose, tlu' 
town voted -to sell at Public Auction all the right, title, 
and interest that they have in the centre Meeting-house 
in said toMU." N^elson Converse, Charles (nlberl. an<l Asa 
Greenwood, were chosen a connnittee to carry tiiis vote 
into effect. The house was accordingly set up at auction 
August 18, and was bid off by Asa (ireenwood h)r the sum 
of •islOO.50. 

When the sale took place, nothing was said about the bell 
which was clearly the property of the subsci'ibi'rs. Mr. 
Greenwood supposed that, when he bought the house, he had 
])urchased all connected with it : but Samuel .lones. Sen., 
wlio was one of the largest ow iuts, disputed his right to the 
l)ell, and, Mr. Greenwood refusing to give it up, the matter 
was carried into court, wlierc; the case was decided in favor 
of Mr. Jones. While the suit was pending, Mr. (irecuAvood 
sold tlie bell wdiich was carried to a foundrv in ^Nlassachu- 



06 iiisToKV OK :MAi;i;i!()i;()r(;ii. 

setts, to be recast. Mr. (Jreemvood, fearful he sliould meet 
witli the same opposition, if he attempted to remove the 
house, that he did in removing the bell, now wished to have 
the town take it oif liis liands. 

At the annual meeting in 1852, the town voted " to pay 
Asa (ireenwood what he had paid for the old Meeting-house 
with interest, -by his redeeding it to the town." 

The people of Marlborough now found themselves no 
better off than they Avere before ; having in their possession 
an old dilapidated building, with no prospect of getting rid 
of it. The people, tired of the controversy, were now will- 
inu- to let the matter rest, as indeed it did for manv vears. 

We remember of having heard one man remark at that 
time, "it was the Lord's house, and that he was willing that 
the Lord should dispose of it in the way he thought best." 
This feeling seemed to prevail throughout the town ; but, 
as the Lord did not see lit to dispose of it without liuman 
agency, the subject was again brought up at the annual 
meeting in ]\Iarch. 1856. At this time, Benjamin Wliitney, 
Thomat* White, Jr., and Charles Gilbert, were chosen a com- 
mittee to investigate and report at the "• fall meeting the 
best method for the town to a(U)pt, to dispose of their interest 
in the Centre Meeting-house." This committee reported that 
they were unanimous in the opinion that the house might 
be legally sold. This report served to revive the old con- 
troversy, but nothing was done in relation to the matter, 
fartlier than choosing connnittees from time to time to dis- 
pose of the property legally. 

^Marlborough was not the only town in New Hampshire 
which found it im])ossible to dispose of their meeting-house 
in a legal manner under the existing laws. There were 
many such scattered throughout the older portions of the 
State ; and, in view of this fact, the Legislature of 1858 
fortunately came to their aid, and passed an act, the lirst 
section of which reads as follows : — 

If any lui'L-dug-lioiiisc lias ci-ascd to lie occupied by tiic [Udpi-iclors 
thereof as a place of piililic worsliip for the space of two years, said 
proprietors, at a meeting called for that purpose, may by major vote 



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THE CENTIIE M F.KTING-HOUSK. 97 

decide to sell the same at auclioii, and a]>iioiiit a coiiiiuitlcc with lull 
power to make such sale and execute a conveyance oi' said house and 
its appurtenances to the purchaser, said commitfet; firsl jiuhlishing notice 
of the time and place of sale. 

At the annual nieetino- in 1800, the selectmen were 
instructed to sell the house, and make a conveyance of 
the same according to law. On the fifth day of the follow- 
ing j\lay, it was again set up at auction, and bid off by 
James Townsend for fifty dollars. The door-stones were 
bid off by Rev. T. L. Fowler, and were soon after placed 
before the doors of the Methodist meeting-house, where 
the}' still remain. 

Mr. Townsend removed the pews and the best of the 
finish inside, which he used for building and other purposes ; 
Init the house was allowed to stand until the summer of 
1865, Avhen in the stillness of the midnight hour, no longer 
able to withstand the ravages of time, it fell to tlie ground. 
Mr. George Thatcher purchased the timbers. The best part 
being old pine, he manufactured it into pails ; and nearly 
every family in town purchased one or more of these pails 
as a memento of the old Centre Meeting-house. 



CHAPTER VI. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Eablt Efforts to secure Preaching. — Cuurch formed. — Settle- 
ment OF Rev. Joseph Cummings. — Difficulties with Mr. Cum- 
MiNGS. — His Dismissal. — Protracted Controversy with Mr. 
Cummings. — Half-way Covenant. — Different Ministers em- 
ployed. — Rev. Ebenezer Hill. — Halloavay Fish called. — 
His Letter of Acceptance. — Ordination of Mr. Fish. — His 
Character. — His Death. — Union between Church and Toavn 
Dissolved. — A Society formed. — Rev. Sai-mon Bennett. — A 
New Society. — Building of the Brick Church. — Rev. Moses 
G. Grosvenor. — Rev. Giles Lyman. — Meeting-House enlarged. 
— A Parsonage built. — Resignation of Mr. Lyman. — Rev. 
Henry B. Underwood. — Rev. Silas P. Cook. — Rev. John L. 
Merrill. — Meeting-House repaired and enlarged. — A New 
Organ. — The Chapel. — The Sabbath School. 

The Proprietors' charter reserved one right of land for 
the ministry, and another for the first settled minister ; but 
these could not be made available until a minister was 
settled. 

The early settlers having come from towns in which the 
institutions of Christianity were maintained, must have felt 
severely the deprivations to which they were subjected, in 
having no public worship on the Sabbath. Especially was 
this the case with those who were members of the Christian 
church. Accordingly, as soon as they had reared a comfort- 
able shelter for their families, and brought their fields into 
such a state of cultivation as to supply their daily food, they 
commenced to make preparations for uniting in the public 
worsliip of God. 

No record exists to show that there was any preaching in 
tlu! township) jjrcvious to 1771. At a meeting the 21st of 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 99 

March in that year, the Proprietors voted "to Lay a tax 
of one farthing on the acre for to liire preaching with." 

"Voted that Mr. Benjamin Tucker, Mr. Daniel Goodenow 
& Mr. James J3rewer, be a Committee to liire a preacher & 
voted that the preaching begin about tlie iirst of June 
next." 

The sum raised amounted to £1Q Ss. 6d., or about 'f54.75. 
Whether the whole of tliis sum was expended for preaching 
tliis year is unknown ; but we find on the Proprietors' rec- 
ords that twelve pounds were paid to Mr. Abraham Wood, 
and also allowed " Lieut Benj-' Tucker for boarding Mr. 
Wood £2 lis. 4cZ." Mr. Wood was a graduate from Har- 
vard College, of the class of 1767, and was ordained the 
first pastor of the church in Chesterfield, December 31, 
1772, where he remained till his death, October, 1823, 
aged seventy-five. 

In 1772-73, the same sum was raised for preaching as in" 
the preceding 3'ear ; but there is nothing on the records to 
show who were the ministers employed, beyond the fact 
that during this time there were five children baptized by 
the Rev. Benjamin Brigham of Fitzwilliam. It is probable, 
however, there was some preaching during the summer 
months by different ministers. 

In 1774, the desire to settle a minister seems to have 
increased; for, at a meeting the 19th of January of this 
year, it was voted to " Chuse a Committee to provide a 
minister on Probation, in order for a Settlement. Voted 
that Eliphalet Stone, andrew C-olburn, and Phinehas Parki 
be a Committee for that purpose. Voted to Raise half 
peney on the acre for to provide preaching as afore said." 

As no report of this committee has been found, we are 
unable to give any account of the ministers employed. 

At a meeting, July 12, 1775, it was voted "to hire some 
preaching this summer." A committee was chosen to pro- 
vide a minister. At a subsequent meeting, Capt. Jonathan 
Frost was allowed £1 2s. "for procuring a minister and 
keeping his liorse." Nothing farther toward settling a min- 
ister seems to liave been doiu' by the Pro[)rictors. 



100 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

The town being incorporated tlie next year, it riglitfully 
belonged to the citizens to provide preaching. They, how- 
ever, did nothing about the matter until April, 1777, when 
a meeting was held, and it was voted "to hire preaching. 
Voted, to Raise twenty Pounds for that Purpose. .Voted, 
that Capt James Lewis, Abijah Tucker and David Wheeler 
Be a Committee to hire Preaching. Voted, to give the com- 
mittee this instruction, Nt)t to a grce with one for more 
than fore Sabbaths at first. Not without he hath a mind 
of settling." 

This committee appear to have been no more successful 
than the former ; but the people were in earnest as to this 
matter, and the subject was brought up at subsequent 
meetings. 

About this time, the Rev. Joseph Cummings, a native of 
Topsfield, Mass., came among them ; and, after preaching 
several Sabbaths as a candidate, a town-meeting was called, 
August 6, 1778, at which it was voted " to Cum into sum 
method of Settling a minister in said Town." 

Voted, to give Mr. Cummings a call to settle witli us as 
a preacher. 

" Voted to Cliuse a Committee to propose a method of his 
settling with us. 

" Voted, Lent Benjamin Tucker, Capt James Lewis, Lent. 
Eliphalet Stone, Lent James Brewer, and Mr. Samuel Soper, 
a Committee for that jDurpose. 

" Voted, to Except of this Connnittees Proposals," which 
were as follows : — 

State of New Hainpsliire. 
Cheshire Ss August y^' 0, 1778, att a Legal meeting of the 'J'owu of 
marlborough the sixth Day of August inst, made Choise of Mr. Richard 
Atwell moderator for s'^ meeting, Voted to give the Rev, mr, Joseph 
Cummings of Sea Brook a Call to Settle in S'^ marlborougli as a gospel 
minister. Voted By Said town to make the llev, m'' Cummings the fol- 
lowing proposals for a settlement, to take one share of Land in said 
. marlborough Containing By Estimation one hundred and fifty acres, one 
hundred acre Lots the Lot on which the meeting house stands on Which 
we Desire to Reserve four acres Round the meeting house For jmliliik 
use. Voted to Clear Kigliteen acres on said Lot Leaving ten trees on 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 101 

Each acre in addition to what is ah'eady C'lcaied on Said Lot in two 
years, From t)rdi nation one hall' yearly, A'oted that the Kev'' in'' Ciiiii- 
niings Shall have Liherty to go onto the ministry Land in said town 
Cut any quantity of timher of any sort that shall lie Nesesary for liis 
own Buildings. For his salery to have For the first year Forty pounds, 
for the Second year Forty five pounds, for tlie third year fifty pounds 
and to Continue Fifty pounds yearly, until thei-e Becomes one hundred 
and ten families in said Town then to have Sixty Six ])ounds thirteen 
shillings and fore pence yearly so Long as he shall Kenuiin our gospel 
minister all the above sums to be made equevelent to lly at three Shil- 
lings and fore pence p'' Bushel. 

Lieut BENJa TUCKER 
LiKUT JOSEPH COLLI NGS Committee 

MH DANIEL GOODEXOW - in Behalf of 
MK WILLIAM BARKER marlborough 

Lieut JAMES BREWER J 

DAVID AVHEELER Town Clark. 

The following answer of Mr. C'unimings is dated at INIarl- 
boroiigh, October 12, 1778 : — 

To the Inhabitants of the Town of i\Iarlborough. Friends and 
Fellow Christians, — Whereas, it has pleased the great head of the 
Church to incline your hearts to settle the gospel ministry among you 
and disposed you to give me (unworthy as I am) an invitation to the 
important work ; after mature deliberation and many anxious thoughts 
upon a matter of so great moment ; having been im}>ortunate with God 
for direction and asked advice of men — 

I conclude to accept your invitation (provided you \\il\ allow me two 
or three Sabbaths yearly during my ministry to visit my friends as they 
live at a distance,) Humbly confiding in Divine goodness for assistance 
faithfully to discharge the duty of a gospel minister, and begging your 
earnest prayers . that a blessing may attend my ministerial labors. 
Heartily wishing that grace mercy and peace may be the stability of our 
times — I subscribe your aifectionate Friend and Servant, 

JOSEPH CUMMINGS. 

Nov. 11, 1778, was the day chosen for the ordination ; 
and Benjamin Tucker, Eliphalet Stone, William Barker, and 
Daniel Goodenow, were chosen to send letters-missive to 
the several churclies selected to call a council to ordain 
Mr. Cummings ; namely, to the churches of New Ipswich, 
Fitzwilliam, Swanzey, Dublin, Keene, and Winchendon. 

How h)ng Mr. Cummings had preached before his ordiua- 



102 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

tion is not known, but tlie following accounts copied I'roni 
the records give evidence that it must have been, at least, 
two months : — 

"•Voted to Except of Capt James Lewis account For his 
keeping m"" Cummings horse too weeks and three Days one 
pound and ten shillings. 

"• Voted to Except of the widow martlia frost account for 
her Boarding m"" Cummings fore weeks & his horse, thirty 
six pound. 

"Voted to Except of m"" Samuel Serjents account for 
Bording mr Cummings one fortnit and for keeping his horse 
three pounds." 

The council convened on the day appointed. Rev. Mr. 
Farrar of New Ipswich was chosen moderator of the council, 
and Rev. Mr. Brigham of Fitzwilliani scribe. After its 
organization, it proceeded, to form a church, consisting of 
eight members, with a covenant, the following being a 
copy : — 

We, whose names are hereunto .Subscribed, appreliending ourselves 
called of God into the Church State of the gospel ; do first of all confess 
ourselves unworthy to be so highly favord of the Lord : and admire 
that free and rich grace of his, that triumphs over so great unworthi- 
ness ; and then with an humble reliance on the aid of divine grace, 
therein prongiised, for them that in a sense of their inability to do any 
good thing, do humbly lay hold on his covenant, and would choose the 
things which please liim, — , 

We do publicly and solemnly declare our serious belief in the Chris- 
tian religion, as containtid in the Sacred Scriptures, heartily resolving to 
conform our lives unto the I'ules of that holy ivligioiras long as we live 
in tlie world, — 

We give up ourselves to the Lord Jehovah who is tlic Fatlicr and the 
Son and the Holy Ghost, and avouch Him this day to l)e our God, our 
Fatlier, our Saviour, and our leader, and receive him, as our portion 
foi'ever, — 

We give up ourselves to the l)lessed Jesus who is the Lord -IcIioNali, 
adhere to Him as the head of his people in the coseiurnt of grace, and 
rely on Him, as our Prophet, and our Priest, and our King, to bring us 
unto eternal blessedness. — We acknowledge our cxcrlasting and in<lis- 
pensible obligation to glorify God in all the duties of a godly, sober, and 
religious life, and very particularly we seriously and solemnly promise 
tliat we will u]>liol<l Ihc woi'sliip of (!od licrc and not I'orsalvc the asscm- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 103 

bling of ourselves together as the manner of some has been that we will 
attend on the ordinance of baptism, bring our children thereunto waiting 
for Christ's blessing upon them, and will endeavor to bring them up in 
the nurture and admonition of the Lord, We also solemnly promise 
and engage to attend constantly on the ordinance of the Lords supper. 
We likewise promise and engage constantly to attend on pul)lic ptjiyers, 
preaching of the word and on every part of public worship and perform 
therein. 

We promise and engage to watch over one another as the gospel 
directs, and to assist our Rev'* Pastor when God shall give us one in 
upholding that government and discipline which Christ has set up in his 
church and to submit ourselves thereunto together with our cliildren, 
taking the word of God for our only platform, and rule of faith and 
practice. We seriously promise religeously to observe the Lord's day to 
keep it holy. — We likewise promise to keep the worshij) of God in our 
families, — To make our houses places of prayer ; and that we will 
endeavor to w^alk soberly, rigliteously, and Godly among ourselves, set a 
good example before others ; and in a word we will make it our care, to 
live according to that rule Christ has set us, to do to others as we w^ould 
they should deal by us. — We also invite our christian neighbors, in this 
town to join with us in this profession of faith and these covenant 
engagements ; that so this Church of Christ may become beautiful as 
Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem and terrible as an army with banners. 

We promise to hold communion with all regular sister Churches, 
asking their help, when we stand in need of it and willingly lending 
them ours when properly desired. We pray that Grace, Mercy and 
Peace, may be multiplied to all the Churches of our Lord Jesus Christ 
and tliat the kingdoms of this earth may become his kingdom and the 
whole earth be filled with his glory. A. MEN.* 

JAMES FLOOD WILLIAM ADAMS 

JAMES LEWIS TIMOTHY BEMIS 

SAMUEL SOPER BENJAMIN TUCKER 

EBENEZER RHODES 

JOSEPH CUMMINGS the first Pastor. 

When this had been signed by the covenanting brethren 
who formed themselves into a "Church State," it was "unani- 
mously voted by council that they acknowledge them to be 
a regular Church of Christ." The council then proceeded 
to make inquiry respecting jNlr. Cummings' call to the work 

of the gospel ministry in this place, and likewise into his 
J 

* During the pastorate of Rev. Moses G. Grosvenor, this covenant was laid aside 
and a new one adopted, which was revised in 1867, leavinp; it as it now stands upon 
the records. 



104 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

religious principles and qualifications for that position. 
" Voted that they were satisfactory to the council." 

After this, the council voted " that the Rev. Mr. Sprague 
of Dublin shall make the introductory prayer, that the 
Rev. Mr. Brigham of Fitzwilliam make the prayer preceding 
the charge, that the Rev. Mr. Brown of Winchendon give 
the charge, that the Rev. Mr. Goddard of Swanzey give the 
right hand of fellowship, and that the Rev. Mr. Hall of 
Keene make the concluding prayer." 

At this time, the meeting-house wa,s in an unfinished state, 
having no doors or glass windows, and only a loose floor 
laid inside ; and tradition tells us that the interesting ser- 
vices of the ordination were performed on the carpenter's 
bench. 

That this council was well provided for is shown by the 
fact that at a town-meeting, October 20, Lieut. Eliphalet 
Stone and Mr. William Barker agreed to provide for the 
council at the ordination for fifty-five pounds, " a sefQsioncy "; 
and it was voted " to accept of the men for the above said 
purpose." 

The salary of Mr. Cummings — f 133.33 — not extrava- 
gantly large at the best, was soon rendered wholly inadequate 
by the depreciation of paper money, which began in 1777, 
and went on so rapidly that by 1781 it had become nearly 
worthless. At a meeting in February, 1780, the town 
" voted that the Rev^' nv. Joseph Cummings's salary for the 
last year Be Doubled forty Times." But even this sum he 
undoubtedly found to be quite unequal, in actual value, to 
the original salary. At a meeting in October of the same 
year, the town voted to "Dubblc Mr. Cummings second 
year's salary seventy two for one, or in other words to give 
•forty Dollars to Mr. Cummings in Lieu of each three shil- 
lings and four pence Being what was in Lieu of one Bushel 
of Rie." 

At a church-meeting, July 5, 1779, James Flood was 
chosen deacon ; and Eliplialet Stone, chorister. The Rev. 
Mr. Cummings undoubtedly presided at this meeting as 
moderator, though he did not sign tlie record. Nothing 



KCGLESEASTLCAL IllSTORV. 105 

worth}' of notice appears to have taken phicc in tlie cliureli 
alter this meeting, except the admission of a few members, 
and the baptizing of a number of children, until the difficul- 
ties arose, which terminated in the dismission of Mr. Cum- 
mings. So meagre are the records of the town and church 
at this period that we can get no information as to how 
these difficulties commenced, but they probably arose from 
his neglecting the duties of a pastor, and failing to lead a 
godly life before the people. 

The town on its part, had failed to i'uliil the contract lo 
clear eighteen acres of Mr. Cummings' land, which was to 
be completed within two years from his settlement. What 
excuse there could have been for the nonfultilment of this 
contract does not appear ; but it seems that, at the breaking- 
out of the troubles with him, only one-half of tlie first nine 
acres had been cleared. 

Considerable excitement prevailed throughout the town, 
the people charging Mr. Cummings with unfaithfulness, and 
the pastor denouncing the people for not fulfilling their con- 
tract, and also cliarging them with unkindness. 

If there were any church-meetings held at this time, the 
record of them has been lost ; and what little we have been 
able to learn, was gleaned from the town records. At a 
meeting held Nov. 30, 1780, the town chose Lieut. Benjamin 
Tucker, Dea. James Flood, Samuel Soper, Daniel Cutting, 
Lieut. Phinehas Farrar, Reuben Ward, and Lieut. Moses 
Tucker, a committee " to goe and try to settle Dificulties 
Between m"^ Cummings lind the Town, and if not, to goine 
with liini in calling and Chusing a Counsel." The meeting 
was then adjourned to the fifth day of December, at whicli 
time this committee was ordered to report. At the adjourned 
meeting, it was voted to accept of the report of the committee, 
which is as folloAvs : — 

Wee the Subscribers Being a Coiumittee appointed by the Town of 
laarlboro to treat with the Kevd. mr. Joseph Cummings to see what, 
method to Come in to. In order to Settle the Difficulties Subsisting 
Hetween mr Cummings and this church and Town having attended upon 
that Business Beg Leave to Report (viz) — 

ti) Clmsc a counsil Consist iug t>\' <i\«' Cliinchcs \'i/., (lie Kcv'^ mv. 
\r, 



tot) HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Farrar of New Ipswich, the Rev*i nir. lirowii of Wincheiidon, the Kev"' 
mr. Lee of Royalstoii, the Kev'^ mr. Brighum nf tit/.williain, the Rev'' iiir. 
Goddaicl of Swauzey, agreed to per lue 

.JOSEPH crj\iMix(is 



December v"' 1'' ITbO muses Tucker 



Committee 



Beiija Tucker "] Committee pliinehas Farrar 

James flood ]■ of th(! Daniel Cuttuig | 

Samuel Soiier J Church Keubiu Ward J 

The council convened on the 26th of December, and was 
composed of the pastors and delegates from the churches of 
Fitzwilliam, Swanzey, and Royalston, and two delegates 
from the rhurch of New Ipswich. The Rev. Benjamin 
Brigham of Fitzwilliam was moderator; and the Ke\. 
Edward (Joddard of S\\an/ey, scribe. The following is 
the result of their deliberations : — 

Tlie council was opened by the llev' ^loderator with huml)le prayer to 
the Father of lights for influence and direction. The council then Avent 
into a full lii'ariiig of the objections of the committee of the Chh. ami 
Town against the Hev' ^Ir. Cunnnings, and also of the Revd Mr. Cuiu- 
mings against the Ciili. and ]>eo[ple and also tlieir several defenses and 
luiving attained all the light and evidence we could, came unanimously 
into the following resolutions, viz. 

With regard to the first general article charging the ReV' Mr. Cuni- 
mings witli unfaithfidness iu the great work of the gospel ministry, 
which general being <li\ ided into particulars, was considered in tlie fol- 
lowing manner, viz. — . 

•• Part P' His not s]iending a reasonable pari of liis time in liis studies, 
it was unauimously voted that the complaint was well snppoi'ted. 

Part "J'' His not visiting the sick, voted unanimously to be well sup- 
ported. 

Part •)'' His nut catechising tlie eliildren, \dted unanimously, tiial 
aldioiigli we do not view this complaint in this particular, to lie fully 
su[)])orted, yet we would express our sorrow that the Rev''. Mr. Cum- 
mings JKis not taken greater pains in tiiis branch of pastoral duty. 

Part 1"' His not seeking after thos(! that went astray, or those he 
sup|iosed weut astray, voted inumimously to be well supiioited. 

Pai'l .')"' His not faithi'ully wai'uiug of ]i;irticidar ])ei'sons in private, 
which he has accused to others, votetl unanimously to be well sujiported. 
Article li' Iu which ^Ir. Cummings is duirged with l)eing unexem- 
plarv iu walk, imiirudent in conversati(jn, unchristian in com[)aring, lasli 
iu judging, and slandering, voted unauimously to be well supported iu all 
its jiarts oi- particulars. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 107 

Article 111'' Cliargiiig tlic Rev''. Mr. Ciiinmiiigs witli inotanily, voted 
miaiiiinousl}' to he well .supported, — 

Article 1111"' Charging tiie Uev'' JNIr. Ciiininiiigs witii deeeitl'ulness. 
\'oted uiiauimously that although this article witli regard to particular 
instances does not appear to us to be supported by such evidence as the 
laws of God require in order to full conviction ; yet we are constrained 
to say that in our opinion there are some circumstances wliieh render 
Mr. Cummings character at least siispicious. 

The council then took into consideration the matters of grievance on 
the part of the Pastor and, 1 Voted unanimously that the i^eople are 
ehargable with breach of contract in not clearing the land and payment 
of salary, yet that this breach of contract is not such as to afford any 
reasonable excuse for his unfaithfulness in pastoral duty. 

11 With regard to unkindness from individuals, complained of by 
the Pastor, it does not appear to this council that he has just cause of 
complaint. 

This council having seriously considered these things, cannot think 
t hat it would be either for the honor of God, the interest of religion in 
general, or the spiritual peace and edification either of the Pastor, or 
people that the relations between them should be continued. And must 
accordingly advise, that the Rev'l JSIi-. Cmnmings ask and the Chh. and 
people immediately vote him dismission. And that they mutually refer 
all matters of controversy of a civil nature, if any such they have to 
referees as it is the judgment of this council, that they cannot come 
properly under our cognizance. 

After some words. of admonition and advice to Mr. Cum- 
mings and the cliurch, the result of the council was pub- 
lished in the meeting-house. 

Mr. Cummings being asked by the Moderator whether he accepted it, 
publickly declared his acceptance, and asked a dismission. Whereupon 
the question was put to the Chiu-ch whether they accepted it, and did 
dismiss the Rev'^ Mr. Cummings from his pastorate relation unto them, 
and the vote being tried, passed unanimously in the affirmative, Where- 
upon the Moderator in the presence of the council declared the pastoral 
relations dissolved. 

BENJAMIN BRIGHAM, Moderator. 

Attest, Edward Goddard, Scribe. 

The town voted on the 30th of December to accept of the 
result of the venerable council, and to concur with the 
church in having the pastoral relation between Mr. Ciim- 
laiuu's and the church and town dissolved. 



108 HISTORY OF MARLBOROITGH. 

The difficulties growing out of Mr. Cummings' connection 
with the church did not end with his dismission, but con- 
tinued for a long time. Mr. Cummings, after waiting a 
reasonable time, failing to get a settlement, had recourse to 
the law in order to recover £91 19.s-. lOd. of his salary, which 
remained unpaid ; also another like sum which he claimed 
was due him from the town; and also another sum of £108 
for damao-e sustained in not havinu' his land cleared as tlu^ 
town agreed. 

The case was brought to trial at the October term of 
court, 1782, and was decided in favor of Mr. Cummings. 
The town, not satisfied, appealed to the next term of the 
Supreme Court, which was held in May, 1783 ; but the case 
never came to trial, for the town, on mature deliberation, 
decided that it was better to settle the matter in some other 
way. Accordingly, in June they voted " to concur with the 
Committees of church and toAvn in bringing the Difficulties 
Between mr Cummings and the town to a happy issue." 

" Voted to chuse a Committee to Joine with Mr. Cummings 
in providing for the Counsel. Chose Abjiah Tucker, Silas 
fife, and Deacon fiood for the aforesaid purpose."' 

"Voted to Chuse a committee of five men to act in Behalf 
of the town in the Dispute against Mr. Cuilimings. Chose 
Lt James Brewer, mr Samuel Soper, mr Daniel Cutting, 
Lt. Phinehas Farrar, and mr. Reuben Ward a Committee 
for the afore Said purpose.'' 

•' Voted that this committee Get such Evidence in the 
town or out as they shall think proper for the Defence of 
the town against mr Cnmmings." 

We regret that we cannot produce the names of those 
who composed this council, or give an account of their pro- 
ceedings ; but we presume it was satisfactory to the town, as 
they voted at their next meeting " to accept of the award of 
the late arbitrators between Mr. Cnnnnings and the town 
committee," and subsequently we find that they voted to 
" Raise the money the arbitrators Jk'ought in to pay mr 
Cummings Avhich is forty pounds." 

That this council was not allowed to deliberate on sncli 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 109 

weighty matters with cuipty stomachs is fully proved hy the; 
following accounts which were siibsecjuentiy hrdiiglit in iiiid 
allowed by the town: — 

Voted to allow Lt. Collins for I'oiir [loiiiids of IJiiltci- for Coiiiisil, 

£U : :i : 8 
yoted to allow Jedcdiali Ta\utor i'or lil'ty uiiio jjouuds and halt ot Vo^al 

for the Counsil, XO: 11 : ]() 

Voted to allow Ebenezer Rhodes for half I'lishd tuiiuii]is and seven 

pounds Butter for the council, £0 : 5 : 8 

Voted to allow Richard Rol)berts for service and in liudiug Rum and 

sugar for Counsil, X.0 : 13 : 8 

allowed to Lt. Eliphalet Stone to four Nights horsi? keeping and one 

pound and lialf tobacco for Counsil, £0 : o : 8 

allowed Reuben Ward for five pounds and three quartci-s of a pound 

pork and six candles for Counsil, £0:6:2 

allowed to Lt. phinehas farrar for thirty two pounds wt of Lamb for the 

Counsil, £0 : 8 : 

allowed to John m'^Bride for two pounds & Iralf Butter, £0:1:8 

The protracted controversy with Mr. Cummings proved a 
great injury to the cause of religion. For more tlian nine 
years there is iio record of any additions to the church ; and 
for nearly thirteen years there was no settled pastor, and 
preaching only a part of the time. Ten were at different 
times adjnitted to the church, and a few were dismissed 
to other churches. There were sixty-four l)aptisms, the 
number being swelled b}^ the adoption of the ^ half-way 
covenant," as it was called, in 1783. This covenant allowed 
parents, publicly, to give their assent to the creed of the 
church, which allowed them the privilege of presenting 
their children for baptism, but not that of communion. 
This custom prevailed only a short time, being set aside soon 
after the settlement of Mr. Fish. 

For the first few years after the dismission of Mr. Cum- 
mings, the people were so taxed to procure their quota of 
men, and their share of beef and rum i'or the continental 
army, that they raised but little money for the support of 
the Gospel. 

The ministers of the surrounding towns occasionally occu- 
pied the pulpit. We find tliat the following clergymen also 



110 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH, 

labored here lor a longer or shorter time (luring this 
period : — 

1785. Kev. .1. Daiumon.. 

1786. '• John Remniington. 

1787. " Klijah J^eonard. 

" Caieb Blake of Wrenthani, :\Iass. 

In 1789, Rev. Ebenezer Hill snpplied the desk for several 
months, giving good satisfaction, and was invited to settle, 
Init having, ordy a short time previons, received a similar call 
from tlie ehnreli and town of ]\Iason, X.H., he declined the 
call, and was ordained in that place, Nov. 3, 171'0, where he 
remained in the work of the ministry for the nnnsnal period 
of sixty years, and died May 20, 1854, aged eight3^-eight 
years. 

In a letter written to a friend, nnder date of May 5, 1790, 
he writes^ " I have tried to think it was my duty to settle at 
Marlborough, but it appears quite plain- to me that Pro\i- 
dence has pointed out INIason as tlie place." Notwith- 
standing his declination to settle here, he ever entertained 
for the people of Marlborough an affectionate regard. 

Mr. Hill was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Cutler) Hill 
of Cambridge, Mass., and was born at that place Jan. 31, 
1766. He entered Harvard College at the age of sixteen, 
graduated in 1786, and after this he studied theology with 
Rev. Seth Payson of Rindge. 

In 1790, the town and church invited the Rev. Solomon 
Adams to settle with them, but Mr. Adams declined. The 
Rev. Nathan Underwood supplied the pulpit for some time 
in 1791, and was invited to settle, and probably would have 
accepted the call, had they been able to agree upon his 
salary. As it was, he, like the others, went his way ; and 
the church, at the close of this year, found itself as before 
without a pastor, and no immediate prospect of obtaining 
one. 

In 1792, a Mr. Walcott preached for a short time. In the 
course of the summer, Rev. Halloway Fish of Upton, Mass., 
commenced liis lal)ors here. The first mention made of him 



ECCl.KSIASTICAL IllSTOltV. 111 

Oil the records is uiidcr date ol" Xovciubcr l(i. at A\lii(li lime 
the town voted -'to hire Mr. Kisli twelve Sabbaths Loiiu'er." 
On the fourth day of the following February, the town xottMl 
to concur Avith tlie church in inviting Mr. Fish to settle with 
them in the work of the gospel ministry, voting him at Hk- 
same time a setth'inent of one hundred and seventy pounds, 
with a salary of seventy pounds a year so long as he con- 
tinued their minister. The settlement was to l)e paid one- 
half in three months and the other half in tANclve mouths 
after his ordination. 

^Ir. Fish did not inniiediately reply to this call, but eon- 
tinued to supply the pulpit. In May, another meeting was 
called, '' to see if the town holds of a mind to settle mr. 
Hallow Fish in the work of the Gos})el ministry for it hatli 
bin Reported to him there is not so Good a union now as 
there Avas when the Town Gave him his Call, and for that 
Reason he Desires to know your minds in full." 

It was voted " for mr. Fish to tarry with us in the min- 
istry." The result of this meeting having been conveyed to 
Mr. Fish, he made the following reply : — 

To the Cluueli of Christ and CongTegational Society in Marlborough 
greeting. 

I have taken into \ie\v the circuin.stances of the case before me; yovu' 
l)roken situation for many years I have seriously considered and your 
goings toward your former minister and toward Candidates and tlieir 
treatment of you. I have seen the situation of the Chh. I have viewed 
it is small and I fear that that dissipliue which is absolutely necessaiy to 
|)reserve a Chh. from contempt and reproach has not been observed in 
tliis pkice. Your offer I have taken under serious Consideration. To 
the union I have been an eye witness, and it is not so good as 1 could 
wish that it was. I have endeavored to let every circumstance have its 
propel' weight, and to discover what will probalily be the consetjuences of 
my accepting or rejecting your invitation. As for the Scriptures of truth 
I know of no particular direction in them which will apply to my situa- 
tion uidess it be Christ's general rule, Therefore all things whatsoever ye 
would that men should do to you do ye even so to them. 

By placing myself in the situation of an inhabitant of this town and by 
my placing him in my situation and then inquire what I should wish that 
he would do, affords me some light or assistance to miderstand my own 
way. In addition to these things 1 have represented the situation of 
matters in this ]ilace in as just a light as T ]iossibly coulii In thoM' who T 



112 HLSTOIIY OF MAKLBOROUGH. 

have reason to suppose are friends to me and friends to religcou. and who 
are experienced, and judicious, and the best, and ahnost the only advice 
which I can obtain from them is this. Act like an honest man consult 
the good of the cause in which you are engaged. And to the throne of 
(Jrace T have often repaired for wisdom to understand my own way and 
a heart to do those things which shall l)e for the Glory of God and the 
interest of Zion. And what shall 1 do more, that T have not done in 
order to nnderstand my own way. .Shall I delay the matter? tliis will be 
disagreeable to you and to me for a state of suspense is a disagreeable 
situation and delays are often dangerous, though in some cases they are 
suitable and proper, but as almost four months haA'e past since you gave 
me an invite to tarry witli you. it appears necessary that matters should 
be brought to a point and if I understand my own way. or kn(jw what is 
suitable to be done, it is iny duty to comply with your request. I there- 
fore accejtt of your invitation to become your stated minister in Divine 
things, yet T must say it is with a treml)liiig heart sensible of the w^ork 
which is before me, sensil)Us of the difficulties which always fall to the lot 
of ministers, and sensible of my own insufficiency for these things. l>ut 
if I am one of Christ's ministers. He will always be with me according to 
His promise to His Appostlcs and to His ministers, " Lo I am with you 
alway even unto the end of the world" and by His assistance I shall lie 
enabled to do all things which shall ])e incumbent on me as one of His 
ambassadoi's. 

What shall I say more? will it be imiiroper to pi'ay that the relation 
which will probably ere long be formed between us. may l)e lasting 
happy and profitable for Time and Eternity ? may we live together in 
peace and be helpers of each other in the way to (ilory ? This I present 
you as my answer ^'ith the following exceptions, viz. That T slioidd have 
tlie liberty of being absent from you two Sabl)aths in the course of every 
year during niv niinistrv with aou. 

lIAi.LOWAY FLSH. 

Marlborough. :\Iay. 1!)"'. 170:5. 

The town selected the last Wednesday of September as 
the day for the ordination, and voted to send to the ehnrelies 
in Ui)ton, Northl)ridL;e. WcstI)orongh, Keene, Swanzey, Fitz- 
williaiii. irnidoc. ami l)iil)liii. 

Vot'jd to choose a Comniitlee of three men to pnn'ide for tlie CouiumI. 

Voted tlnit tlie committee i)rovide for the Council and keep an account 
of the cost aiul lay it l)el'oi'e the Town. 

Voted Deacon Stone, Lt. IJeubeii Waid, and Mi'. Silas Fife, be a Coin- 
inittee to jirovidr for the Council. 

Tlic pastors (»r the above ehnrehes were present, with tlie 
e.xeeplioii of W('stl)or<)noli and ixiiidoc. whicli were repre- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOKY. 113 

beiited 1)y tlieir delegates. Tliis council convened at tlie 
lioiise of Peletiali Cuiunnngs on tlie 24tli of September, 1793, 
at three o'clock P. INI. The examination of the candidate 
was interrupted by Daniel Cutting who presented a remon- 
strance against the ordination of Mr. Fish, signed by Richard 
Roberts and twelve others. The council ^•otcd that it was 
not a sufficient bar to prevent the ordination. 

At this time, the distinction between the Orthodox and 
what afterwards became the Unitarian elements of Cono-re- 
gationalism was becoming marked. Although there was no 
actual division, j-et it was clearly understood on which side 
each minister belonged, and the controversy frequently 
cropped out at councils. Mr. Goddard of Swanzey was the 
leader of what was then called the '' Armenian " element. 
The Fishes, father and sons, were stanch Calvinists. Rev. 
Elisha Fish of Upton, the father of Hallowa}-, was moder- 
ator of the council, and of course the strong points of Cal- 
vinism Avere clearly brought out in the examination. When 
the council were by themselves, led on b}' Mr. Goddard who 
was scribe, a minority of four voted against ordaining. This 
was in the evening, it being the custom to examine one day, 
and ordain the next. The next morning, when the council 
assembled, the moderator, having consulted previously with 
his Calvinistic brethren, proposed a reconsideration of the 
vote which had passed by a strong majority to ordain the 
candidate. On recpnsidering, all voted not to ordain ; thus 
yielding the ground entirely to the four "Armenians." But 
to this they dared not consent, knowing that it would raise 
a storm of indignation against them. Accordingly, Mr. 
Goddard immediately moved another reconsideration, and 
the vote was made unanimous in favor of the ordination. 
]\Ir. Goddard said he voted for it under the circumstances, 
but •• with fear and trembling."" 

Mr. Fish was born in Upton, Mass., Aug. 2, 1762. Grad- 
uated at Dartmouth College, 1790. His father. Rev. Elisha 
Fish, was pastor of the Congregational Church in Upton for 
many years. Mr. Fish was a very different man from Mr. 
Cunimings, serious and dcAout in sj)irit, exemplary in bis 

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114 HISTOKY OF UAELBOEOUGH. 

life, being faithful as a minister of Christ. He was a man 
of sound judgment, but' not of popular pulpit talents. 
He was not a natural scholar, like his brother Elisha, who 
settled in Gilsum; but he was a much better manager of 
business. Their father once said of them, " Halloway must 
teach Elisha farming, and Elisha must teach Halloway 
theology.'" 

Although a veiy blunt man in his speech, he was friendl}^ 
toward other denominations, and always remained on good 
terms with them. He was a most vigilant and sagacious 
watchman on the walls of Zion. Very feAv men, if any, 
of his times, were possessed of . keener discernment as to 
truth and error. He defended the truths and exposed the 
errors of his times with boldness and strength, to an extent 
not common to liis contemporaries in the ministry. At one 
time, he preached against dancing; and some of the gay 
young people who were accustomed to attend balls took 
offence, and slieared his horse's mane and tail. To this 
he paid no attention, but rode his horse everywhere just as 
before. When any questions were asked, he replied " that 
it was not exactly to his own taste, but it was to the taste 
of some of his people, and so he submitted to it." He 
was a sound, sensible preacher ; and people who liked sound 
doctrine, and plain, practical sense, always enjoyed his 
preaching. 

After the death of Rev. Mr. Hall of Keene, the neigh- 
boring ministers, as was the custom, supplied the pulpit in 
turn, for the benefit of the widow. The church in Keene, 
at that time, was composed of both the Calvinistic and 
Unitarian elements, and of course there was much com- 
paring of the preachers of the different views. AVhen Mr. 
Howe of Siirry (who was a decided Armenian) preached, 
he was thought very dull and weak. Elijah I'arker, Esq., 
meeting Hon. John Prentiss on ^Monday, rallied him on the 
dulness of his Armenian preacher. " Well," says Mr, 
Pi-cntiss, *'he will do to offset Father Fish, of Marlborough." 
"I'oohl"' says Mr. Parker: "I'd rather have Father Fish's 
great coat slulTcil. in the pidpit. than Mr. Howe." 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 115 

During tlio luinisti y of Mr. Fish, the cliiirch greatly in- 
creased in membcrsliip. The years of 1813-14 were seasons 
of special ingathering; thirty-two being i-eceivetl into the 
church by profession of faith. The largest increase in any 
single year was in 1822, when forty were added, all by pro- 
fession of faith, seven of whom still survive. The whole 
number of members added to the church during the term 
of Mr. Fish's pastorate of nearly thirty-one years, was one 
liundred and seventy-eight, and three hundred and three 
children were baptized. Mr. Fish died Sept. 1, 1824, aged 
sixty-two years and one month. 

The wife of Mr. Fish .was Hannah Brigham of West- 
borough, Mass., to whom he was united previous to his 
settlement in Marlborough. To her few acquaintances who 
still remain, no words of eulogy are necessary, to add 
to their estimation of her life and character. Her pure 
and useful life, her consistent example, winning deportment, 
and earnest piety, shed a beautiful halo and a gentle radi- 
ance over her husband's long pastorate. To that beloved 
and venerated pastor, she was truly a helpmeet in all home 
duties, and a most efficient aid in winning souls to Christ. 
Many rise up to call her blessed. She remained in Marl- 
borough until 1840, when she returned to Westborough to 
reside with her nephew, Halloway Brigham, where she died 
a few years after. 

At the death of Mr. Fish, the union which had existed 
between the town and church was dissolved, and a society 
formed, September 25th of the same year, which was known 
by the name of " The First Evangelical Congregational 
Society of Marlborough." Thirty-seven persons affixed 
their names to the constitution, only two of whom are now 
living; namely. Rev. Luther Wiswall of Windham. Me., 
and Benjamin Whitney of Littleton, N.H. 

May 25, 1825, the church and society united in extend- 
ing a call to Rev. Salmon Bennett to become their pastor, 
with a salary of -$300 per 3^ear, which call was accepted ; 
and he was installed September 28th of the same year. Mr. 
Bennett had prcviousl}- been settled in Winchester, where 



116 HISTORY OF ISfARLBOROITGH. 

he remained eight years, and had also hxbored one year in 
Roxbur}^ His pastorate here was only about five and a 
half years. The church and society being unable to make 
up his salary for a whole year, he was dismissed, April 5, 
1831. During his pastorate, twenty-five united with the 
church, only five of Avhom remain. 

At this period, the chnrch suffered mueh inconvenience for 
the want of a stated place in which to liold tlieir meetings 
on the Sabbath. There were four other denominations that 
claimed a right to the centre meeting-house; and the Con- 
gregationalists being few in numbers could only occupy it 
occasionally, holding tlieir ser^tices in scliool-liouses and 
private dwellings the rest of the time. 

After the dismission of Mr. Bennett, Rev. Erastus Curtis 
labored for them one year, and from that time until 1835 
they had no stated preaching. 

June 25, 1833, the society having disbanded, a new one 
Avas formed, which took the name of the Trinitarian Congre- 
gational. Society of Marlborough. At an adjourned meeting 
of this society, June 29, 1833, it was voted to build a meet- 
ing-house, to be under the control of the society, which 
should be built by subscription, giving to all the subscribers 
the choice of the spot on which the. house should stand, and 
the materials of which it should be built, and the choice of 
the committee or agents to build the same. 

There were numerous locations spoken of as the site for 
the new house. Of the two most prominent, one was near 
Esquire Sweetser's estate, and the other near Charles Hol- 
man's, where it was finally located. 

Soon after the above meeting, the following subscription 
paper was circulated under date of Aug. 17, 1833 : — 

The subscribers taking into consideration the inconvenience of having 
but one house of worship for several denominations wish to build a 
meeting house on the following conditions, to wit : — 

1st. The house shall be for tlie use of the Trinitarian Congregational 
Society of Marlborough, and shall be legally secured to said society or to 
persons appointed by it, to hold in trust for the society, and no other 
denomination shall have any right to use said 1ioiis(> without the consent 
of the society. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 117 

2(1. The suliscri[it.i()ns sliall ho ]iai(l to Win. Karrar, treasurer of the 
society, or liis yucoossor in otiice. 

8(1. The house shall be located in that place ol! those ineutioued below 
for which the greater number of shares shall l)e subscribed, taking into 
consideration the price of the building spot; and no ])erson shall be 
obliged to pay subscri[)tion except tlie house be plaei'd on llic sjjot for 
which he subscribes. 

4th. The estimated expense of tlie house shall he divided into shares of 
ten dollars each, and each subscriber shall have the right of one vote for 
each share he may own, provided always that this right of suffrage shall 
not be so coustruc'd as to etfect the right of said society to control the 
pulpit. 

Names. Near Charles Holman's. Near Esq. Sweetser's. 

James Farrai-, • . 20 

David Wilkinson, Ji-., .... 20 

William Farrar, 6 3 

Luther Wiswall, G 3 

Calvin Stone, 1 3 

Charles Holman o 

Abner Boyden, 20 

Ebeuezer Hemenway, • .... 2 1 

Simeon Wliitcomb, . • . . . G 3 

Jonas Woodward, 2 2 

Phinehas Farrar, 5 

Benjamin Whitney, ..... 5 

Charles Collister, 1 

John Joslin, 1 

Asa Frost, 20 10 

Josiah Woodward, 2 

Jacob Woodward, 1 

Ziba Nason, 3 

Allen Clapp, 1 

Daniel Buss, 1 

John Wiswall, i 4 

Joseph Frost, 2 

121 38 

By many it was considered a foolliardy undertaking to 
build a meeting-liouse on its present site, and the society, 
being few in nuniliers, found it up-hill work ; but each one 
took hold in earnest, and did with his might what his hands 
found to do. Some aid was also received from neighboring 
churches and friends abroad, and the work went steadily 



118 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

forward; and the new meeting-house was dedicated, Oct. 
29, 1834. 

At this time there were not more than six or eiglit dwell- 
ing-houses, a store, blacksmith-shop, grist-mill, and tavern, 
in what now comprises the A'illage ; and the building of 
the brick meeting-house was,- no doubt, one of the determin- 
ing causes of the beautiful village which has sprung up 
around it. 

Rev. Moses G. Grosvenor was installed pastor of the 
church, May 20, 1835. Mr. Grosvenor was a graduate of 
Dartmouth College and Andover Theological Seminary, 
and had before labored as settled paster in ^Vcworth, N.H., 
and Barre, Mass. Thirty-two united with the church 
during his pastorate. Difficulties growing out of a case 
of discipline, which came before the church, led to his dis- 
mission, Dec. 2, 1840. He afterward removed to Troy, 
Ohio. He died in Boston, Mass., in the summer of 1879. 

Rev. Giles Lyman was born in Belchertown, Mass., 
]\Iarch 16, 1802 ; son of Giles and Mary (Hubbard) Lyman. 
Graduated at Amherst College in 1827, and Andover Theo- 
logical Seminary in 1831. 

Mr. Lyman maintained a high standing in college and 
seminary as a scholar and a most conscientious Christian 
man. He was ordained at Jaifre}', N.H., Jan. 11, 1832, and 
installed colleague of Rev. Laban Ainsworth, over the Con- 
gregational Church, as the first colleague this church settled 
in connection with Mr. Ainsworth. Mr. L3anan thoroughly 
indoctrinated this people, and thus shielded them against 
any temptation in the future to settle a pastor of too lax 
views. This pastorate was dissolved. May 3, 1837. After 
this, he was acting pastor at Fowlerville, N.Y., 1837-38, and 
at Ashburnham, Mass., 1838-39, and at Gardner, Mass., 
1839-40. 

He commenced to labor in Marlborough, Dec. 13, 1840. 
The distressing and disheartening malady wliich afflicted 
him, making it problematical in his own mind whether he 
could long discharge the duties of a permanent pastorate, 
led him to decline a settlement during tlie twenty-eight 
years lie continued to labor in this town. 



ECCLESIASTirAI. IIISTOKV, 110 

Pie found (lie clnircli, at tlic beginiiiiio' f)f liis miiiisti-v 
among tliem, in a seriously dislractcd condition, witli little 
inflnence in the community. 

The prejudice growino- out ot" its eslablisliment as the 
town church during tlie first forty years of its history, had 
abated bnt little, if any. Another caiise of distnrbance, 
the removal of the place of worship from the middle of the 
town to tlic village, had alienated many of the inhabitants, 
and they had not yet forgotten their grievances. In addi- 
tion, internal dissensions had brought the chnrch to the 
very verge of ruin. 

Among these contending brethren, Mr. Lyman came ; 
and by his wise course, unaffected piety, and unmistakable 
interest in the real good of all, he gained the confidence 
even of those who were most at variance in the chnrch, 
and thus was enabled in time, by the blessing of God, 
to so heal the differences that prosperity smiled upon the 
society. 

The church became independent of missionary aid, 
mainly through his self-denying efforts. Pie voluntarily 
relinquished what was justly his due, that others might 
receive its benefit. 

A revival among the young people, in 1842, cheered the 
heart of the pastor, and greatly aided in the work of recon- 
ciliation. 1852-58 and 1864 were seasons of revival in his 
ministry. 

Mr. Lyman continued as acting pastor until May 10, 1868, 
long enough to see a new generation come upon the stage. 
During his ministry, one hundred and thirty-eight were 
added to the church. After his retirement from the min- 
istry, he remained in town and in the parsonage until the 
spring of 1870, greatly assisting his successors by his counsels 
and his prayers, and was much respected and beloved by 
the people of his former charge. 

Al this time, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman accepted the invitation 
of their brother-in-law. Dr. Gordding of Winchendon, Mass., 
who had recently buried his Avife, to spend tlie remainder 
of their davs with him. to remove the desolaticni of his 



120 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

home. But in tliis retreat, which God had so kindly pro- 
vided, Mr. Lyniau did not h)iig remain. On the 16th of 
November, 1872, he was released from his earthly toils and 
pain, and entered into his eternal rest. 

A brother in the ministry well acqnainted with him for 
many years, sa)'s of him : '' He was ever regarded by his 
brethren in the ministry' us an able writer and thinker. He 
was likewise an earnest preacher, and ver}' faithful in dealing 
Avith his hearers and parishioners. The responsibility of 
souls seemed to be upon him, and he burned to do his whole 
duty to them in declaring the messages of God. Though 
plain of s[)eech in his dealings with sin, and keen in his 
analysis of the motives of human action, his heart was full 
of the milk of human kindness, and he had most attached 
friends in his pastorates. Pure in morals, intelligent, and 
fair-nunded, he had the respect of all." 

Mr. Lyman married, Dec. 14, 1835, Louisa Whitney, 
daughter of Phinehas Whitney of Winehendon, Mass. She 
was born in that town, May 30, 1812. 

Few clergymen have ever found in a wife a more discreet 
or safe counsellor, or one better suited to increase his influ- 
ence in the pastoral relations. Her warm and affectionate 
social nature, her cheerful, happy, and friendly manner, and 
the welcome gush of youthful feeling, attracted many to 
her, and made them devoted and long-tried friends. She is 
remembered in this town, where she spent so man}- years 
of activity, as a woman of great excellence, gentle, modest, 
and unassuming in her intercourse, self-sacrificing and yet 
firm in her convictions of duty, and in her loyalty to truth 
and to Cln'ist. 

At the close of ten years from the commencement of Mr. 
Lyman's pastorate, the congregation had so increased that 
it was deemed expedient to enlarge their house of worship, 
which was carried into effect during the summer of 1851. 
At this time, the meeting-house, besides receiving the addi- 
tion of twenty ])ews and a new pulpit, Avas painted and 
carpeted, giving the whole a neat and tasteful appearance. 

Li 1859, the society, liavinn' freed itself from the debt 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 121 

which had clung to it, since the repairing of the church 
edifice, eight years before, now began to take into serious 
consideration tlie expediency of buihling a house for Mv. 
Lyman. A meeting of the society was liekl on the 16th of 
June, for the purpose of taking this matter into consid- 
eration. A piece of hiiid having been deeded by Cliarles 
Hohnan to Mr. Lyman, for that purpose, it was voted to 
build a house thereon. 

Asa Maynard, Simeon Whitcomb, and Solon S. Wil- 
kinson, were chosen a committee to carry this vote into 
effect. The work was rapidly carried forward, and the house 
was so far completed that Mr. Lyman took possession of it 
the 29th of the following December. During the next year, 
the grounds were tastefully laid out, the high bank in front 
of the house was properly levelled, and INIr. Lyman, at 
his own expense, did much toward beautifying the grounds. 

To meet the expense incurred by building the parsonage, 
Mr. Lyman generously advanced $800. The ladies of the 
" Benevolent Society " took upon themselves the responsi- 
bility of cancelling this debt, being greatly encouraged 
by Warren H. Wilkinson of Springfield, Mass., who made 
them the generous offer of placing twenty-five cents by the 
side of every dollar raised for that purpose. It is needless 
to say that the ladies went to work with a will, and that ere 
long the whole was cancelled. 

In April, 1868, Mr. Lyman, having served as acting pastor 
of church and society for more than twenty-eight years, sent 
in the following letter of resignation : — 

Gentlemen op the Tiuxitarian Congregatioxal Society: 

I have long felt that I was unable, on account of impah-ed health, 
properly to perform the duties of a minister of the gospel to this 
Chm-ch and Society; and with this conviction and on this ground, many 
years ago, as some of j'ou will remember, I proposed to the Society that 
they should seek a supply elsewhere. But the Society unanimously, if T 
rightly recollect, expressed a wish that I should remain, and labor as 
I might be able with the health I had ; and I have acted accordingly. 

At the time when your committee waited wpon me after the annual 
meeting of the society in January, I hojjed I miglit be able to go through 
the labors of another year, something as in the last year, and other s 

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122 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

preceding, though 1 felt and expressed to them some doubt upon the 
subject : since that time, however, having narrowly escaped a serious 
illness, as I think from overtaxing my powers, and having a deep feeling 
that the work which needs to be done here in my present state of health 
is beyond my ability to perform, and especially in consideration of the 
impaired health and serious disability of my wife, requiring relief from 
care and labor, having sought guidance from God in a matter of such 
im[>ortance, I have come to the decided conclusion that the time has 
arrived when it is proper for me to resign my charge as your minister, 
an:l will do this so soon as you shall procure one to take my place. 

Thanking you most sincerely for all your kindness in the past, and 
earnestly praying that God will guide and prosper you in obtaining a 
suitable man to be your minister, 

I am most affectionately yours, 

GILES LYMAN. 

Marlborough, April 27th, 1868. 

Tlie resignation of Mr. Lyman was accepted, and a com- 
mittee chosen to hire a minister. Several candidates were 
employed, among whom was Rev. Henry B. Underwood. 
He was the son of Rev. Almon and Henrietta (Piatt) 
Underwood, born at Ponghkeepsie, N.Y., Dec. 25, 1839; 
gradnated at Williams College, 1862, and Andover Theolog- 
ical Seminary, 1865. He labored at Ringwood, 111., and at 
East Long Meadow, Mass., previons to his coming to Marl- 
borongh. He remained here only abont seven months. He 
afterwards preached at Baxter Springs, Kansas, and also at 
Hillsboro' Bridge, where he was installed pastor, March 7. 
1871, dismissed Jnly 7, 1872. In 1873, he was acting pastor 
at Algona, Iowa, where he married, July 8, 1875, Emily, 
daughter of Capt. Elkana and Sarah (Willey) Rich of 
that place. He died at Algona, Sept. 2, 1875. 

In the sj3ring of 1869 occurred a very powerful revival, the 
result of a series of protracted meetings held by Rev. A. B. 
Earle, an evangelist. During the year, forty-three Avere added 
to the churcli, many of them heads of families, and among 
them some of our most influential citizens, thus raising the 
church from the feeble position it had hitherto held, to one 
of the strongest in the county. 

In April, 1869, Rev. Silas P. Cook of Keene commenced 
liis labors here. After preaching some two months, he 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 123 

received ;i uiiaiiiinoiis call from tlie cliurcli unci society, 
which was accepted ; and lie was ordained pastor, June 24, 

1869. Mr. Cook, at his own request, was dismissed Feb. 
23, 1870, since which time he has hibored in Windsor and 
Ludlow, Vermont. 

Rev. John L. Merrill commenced his labors here in April, 

1870, and was installed pastor, May 2, 1871. He was born 
in Haverhill, N.H., May 24, 1833, the son of Abel Kimljall 
and Mary (Leverett) Merrill; fitted for college at the Haver- 
hill Academy and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N.H. ; 
graduated at Dartmouth College in 1856, and at Princeton 
The(?logical Seminary, 1859. Commenced to labor at once 
with New Harmony Church, Chanceford, Pennsylvania. 
Ordained b}^ presbj^tery of Donegoll (now Westminster) as 
pastor of the Presbyterian Church of New Harmony, Oct. 
31, 1860. Was dismissed in November, 1865, and accepted 
the position of principal of the combined high schools of 
Lancaster City, Penn. Resigned in April of the next 
year, to accept a call from the Congregational Church in 
Acworth, N.H., where he was installed. Jiuie 13, 1866, dis- 
missed March 1, 1870, and removed to Marlborough, where 
he still labors. 

In the summer of 1869, Hon. Rufus S. Frost of Chelsea, 
Mass., made known to the society his wish to present them 
a new organ, to be placed in the meeting-house whenever it 
should be prepared to receive it. 

At a meeting of the society, August 16, Elisha O. Wood- 
ward, George G. Davis, and William M. Nason, were chosen 
a committee to examine the meeting-house, and procure 
plans for enlarging or remodelling, and repairing the same, 
and report at a future meeting. 

Another meeting was held August 30, at which the com- 
mittee rendered their report, and it was voted unanimously 
to repair the house. At the same time, E. O. Woodward, 
Geo. G. Davis, and Wm. M. Nason were chosen "a com- 
mittee to solicit subscriptions for making the necessary 
repairs and additions." At a subsequent meeting, these 
gentlemen were chosen a committee " to make suitable 
repairs and additions." 



124 HISTORY OF ]MARLBOROUGH. 

Through the untiring and earnest efforts of this com- 
mittee, the sum of $1,427.99 was raised by subscription, 
■which amounted to nearly enough to defray the expense of 
tlie repairs. Of this sum, $300 was generously donated 
by Warren H. Wilkinson of Springfield, Mass. 

A recess was built upon the east end of the building to 
receive the organ, fourteen new pews were added, the ceiling 
frescoed, and the interior tastefully painted. Shortly after 
the repairs were completed, the following letter was received 
by the officers of the society : — 

CHARLES E. HOUGHTON, ^ Trustees of the 

J. AVHITXEY LAWRENCE, I Trinitarian ComjU Soc. 

CHARLES RYAN, J of Marlboro', N.H. 

Gentlemen, — I hereby present to j'ou and your successors in office 
forever the Organ recently erected in the meeting-house of the Society 
wliich you represent, for the use of those who may worship God with 
said society. Although I desire to make no conditions herewith, I trust 
that the wisdom of your successors may prevent their ever creating a 
debt which may endanger the possession and use of this organ by those 
for whom I have designed it. 

Your friend, RUFUS S. FROST. 

Marlboro', N.H., July 2.5, 1870. 

At a society meeting, August 1, the following preamble 
and resolutions were presented, and unanimously adopted : — 

Whereas, this Society have been engaged in enlarging and repairing 
their house of worship, and have been abundantly blessed and prospered 
in completing the same, therefore be it 

Resolved, That we devoutly acknowledge the good hand of the Lord in 
uniting the hearts of the people, and in enabling them to complete this 
work speedily in harmony and good-will. 

Resolved, That we duly appreciate the kind motives and benevolent 
feelings of Hon. Rufus S. Frost, manifested to the Society by the wise 
and judicious means he has employed in promoting the best interests of 
this Societ)'. 

Resolved, That we tender to Mr. Frost our most sincere and hearty 
tiianks for the valuable Church Organ which he has presented to this 
Society. 

Resolved, That we return thanks to Mr. W. H. Wilkinson for the 
liberal and timely assistance which he so generously bestowed upon this 
Societv. 



ECCLESIASTICAL H rSTOIlY. 125 

Resolved, That we tender our tluuiks to the executive committee of the 
Society for the faithful discharge of all their duties as such committee, 
and for their untiring and successful efforts in bringing this work to so 
speedy a termination. 

The society, having long felt the inconvenience of having 
no stated place in which to hold their weekly meetings, 
voted, at their annual meeting in January, 1875, to purchase 
the old school-house, in District No. 2, for a vestry. This 
vote was immediately carried into effect, and during the 
summer the l)uilding was remodelled, and neatly and taste- 
fully fitted up for that purpose. 

Since the organization of the church, thirteen persons have 
officiated as deacons. The following list gives their names, 
with the date of their accession to the office, and that of 
their retirement : — 

A cceded. Retired. 

James Flood, July 5, 1779, June 24, 1790 

Eliphalet Stone, July 8, 1790, Feb. 9, 1817 

Silas Fife, June 22, 1791, Sept. 3, 1815 

Jacob Woodward, Dec. 28, 1815, Feb. 22, 1827 

Kimber Harvey, Dec. 28, 1815, Feb. 22, 1827 

James Farrar, Feb. 22, 1827, Nov. 3, 1861 

Asa Holman, Feb. 22, 1827, Mar. 14, 1830 

Simeon Whitcomb, June 24, 1830, Jan. 1, 18G9 

Luther Wiswall, June 24, 1830, Sept. 29, 1837 

Charles E. Houghton, Sept. 2, 1864, — — 1875 

Charles D. Tarbell, Sept. 2, 1864, Dec. 8, 1867 

William M. Xason, Sept. 2, 1870. 

Levi A. Fuller, Oct. 30, 1874. 

The church numbers, at present, two hundred and thirty 
members. 

The Sabbath-school connected with this church was estab- 
lished in 1816, by Cyrus Stone, afterwards a missionary in 
India, who was also the first superintendent. The school 
was held during the first two years in the school-house, 
which then stood on the east side of the common. The 
exercises consisted of recitations of chapters from the Bible, 
liymns, and the catechism committed to memory. No lessons 
were given out, but each youth in attendance chose one for 
himself. 



126 HlSTOliY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

All under twelve years of age received prizes according to 
the number of Bible verses committed. When sixty verses 
had been learned, the child received a ticket valued at one 
cent: when he had received tickets to the value of ten cents, 
he received a book of equal value. These tickets were 
printed on stiff paper, with a passage of Scripture on one 
side. 

This method lasted for sometime. Then a quantity of 
tracts were procured, Avhich the children were permitted to 
take home and read during the week, to be exchanged on the 
following Sabbath. 

About 1827, by the kindness of two former residents, 
Miss Polly Barker and Mrs. Philinda Lane, the school was 
able to have a library which consisted of about one hundred 
volumes of second-hand books, procured by these ladies from 
the Sabbath-school libraries in Boston. 

The whole number of scholars for the year ending May 1, 
1878, was two hundred and fifteen ; average attendance, 
one hundred and fifteen. 



CHAPTER VII. 

HISTORY OF THE METHODIST, BAPTIST, AND UNIVERSALIST 

CHURCHES. 

First Methodist Preaching in Town. —A Class formed. — Forma- 
tion OF THE Church. — Class Leaders. — A Meeting-House 
BUILT IN Potters viLLE. — Removal to Marlborough Village. 
— A Parsonage built. — Early Preachers. — Lorenzo Dow. — 
List of Preachers. — Rev. D. S. Dexter. — Baptists first men- 
tioned in Town Records. — They obtain Leave to occupy the 
Meeting-House. — Other Places occupied by Them for Wor- 
ship. — A Society formed. — Names of Ministers employed. — 
Deacons. — A New Meeting-House. — The Society unable to 
SUPPORT Preaching. — They disband. — Meeting-House sold. 
A Univers ALisT Society formed. — Rev. E. Paine. — Sunday 
School. — A Library. — A Meeting-House buii-t. — Pastors. — 
Chltkch formed. — Parsonage. 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

The first Methodist preaching in this town was at the 
house of Mr. Daniel Emerson in the year 1793 by the Rev. 
John Hill, of Needham Circuit, New London District. 

The immediate occasion of this was, Mr. Emerson not 
believing exactly in the doctrinal views of the Congrega- 
tional and Baptist denominations, and hearing of a new sect 
called 3Iethodist, determined to hear for himself of their 
faith. 

Accordingly, he mounted his horse and rode to Ash- 
burnham, Mass., which was then the nearest place where 
Methodist preaching was held, and it is said b}' the old 
ministers to have been the year of its introduction there, 



128 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

only three years after tlie first Methodist appointiuent 
within the State of Massachusetts, and five 3'ears from the 
first introduction of Methodism into New England. Mr. 
Emerson was so well pleased with the views and manners of 
this new sect that he earnestly besought Mr. Hill to come to 
his house and preach, which he did in the year above named. 

According to the best information we have, the people of 
this town enjoyed the first regular Methodist preaching in 
this State. At this time there was no circuit in New Hamp- 
shire, Maine, or Vermont. But, although the first to hear it, 
they probably were not the first to form a class and join the 
church, as they do not seem thus to have moved for three 
years ; and, as Cliesterfield is mentioned in the old minutes 
first, it is probable that town was the first to act in this 
regard. 

Till 1796, we have no evidence that even a class had 
been formed in Marlborough which seems strange when we 
remember the early customs, and especially the success of 
the first itinerants of the Methodist Church. The reason 
for this may be accounted for by the strength and influence 
of the other denominations who held regular meetings in 
the town, and naturally drew many away from a meeting 
lield irregularly, or at most monthly, and many times on 
week-days. 

During this year (1796), Phillip Wager preached a power- 
ful sermon from Luke xiii., 7: "Behold, these three years I 
come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none : cut it 
down; why cumbereth it the ground?" After which, he 
extended an invitation to all to join the class, and seven 
enrolled their names as follows: — 

Mehitable Metcalf. Coley Smith. 

Mehitable Metcalf, 2d. Natlianiel Metcalf. 

Lucy Emerson. William Comstock. 
Josiali Xewell. 

This class was presided over by J. Coburn, of Hindge. 
To this time, then, we may refer for the foundation of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church in Marlborough. Although the 



METHODLST CHURCH. 129 

cliurcli proper was not formed as a separate organization 
till some time subsequent, yet this was the starting-point, 
and may be said to be the true beginning. 

In 1801, the church was more fully organized ; and Alfred 
Metcalf was appointed leader, which position he continued 
to hold nntil about 1802, when he was licensed to preach. 
We find on his class papers the names of fourteen members. 
NFow the church seemed to be well established. Ministers 
appointed for this station were holy men, filled with the 
spirit of reformation. 

In 1802, a powerful revival progressed for a long time, 
and the church increased in influence and numbers. About 
this date, Mr. Ebenezer Herrick was appointed leader, and 
the meetings were removed from Mr. Emerson's to his 
house. In 1807, Mr. Herrick was succeeded by Nathaniel 
Metcalf. In 1808, Mr. Metcalf was licensed as a local 
preacher, and Mr. Ebenezer Wallingford was appointed 
leader. On his class papers are found the names of twenty- 
seven members. There was some trouble in the church 
from 1812 or 1813 nntil about 1820, and during this period 
the circuit preachers did not regularly supply this station ; 
yet there appears to have been preachiiig a part of the time, 
either by the regular circuit riders, or local preachers, nnder 
the sanction of the presiding elder. 

In 1820, their meetings were held at the house of Thomas 
White. In 1826, they were again held at Daniel Emerson's ; 
and Abner Russell was appointed leader, in which office he 
continued faithfully, doing what he could for his Master, till 
death called him to the rewards of the righteous in 1855. 

Nothing worthy of note seems to have occurred from this 
time till 1842, when a meeting-house was erected in Potters- 
ville. Previous to the building of this, quarterly meet- 
ings were often held in barns, and not unfrequently in the 
''Cooper barn," which formerly stood on the old road 
leading to Pottersville, but is now a part of the blanket-mill 
of Whitney & Clark. 

The meeting-house was built in Pottersville for the reason 
that it was the most central place, many of the members 



130 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

residing in Dublin, Roxbury, and Nelson. Preaching was 
continued here without interruption until 1859, when 
Thomas L. Fowler was appointed to the (3harge. During 
the summer, he commenced preaching one-half of the time 
in the meeting-house then owned by the Baptists, and 
situated in our village, which had long stood unused, 
owing to the fact that they, being few in numbers, were 
unable to support preaching. Mr. Fowler afterwards pur- 
chased this meeting-house of the Baptist society, and made 
it over to the Board of Trustees of the iNIethodist Epis- 
copal Church. The preaching was then Avholly removed 
to this town, and the meeting-house in Pottersville was sold. 

In the summer of 1867, a move was made to build a par- 
sonage. A lot was purchased on Frost Street, the .work 
commenced, and so far completed as to be occupied by 
Rev. D. S. Dexter Avho was appointed to the charge of the 
church in the spring of 1868. 

We have found it impossible to give a complete list of 
all the Methodist ministers who have been stationed over 
this church. In the early days of Methodism, it was not 
unfrequently the case that the presiding elder transferred 
preachers from one field to another after three or six 
months, where it was thought thev might be more useful. 

Several of the ministers who were appointed to this 
circuit in its early days became in after years distinguished 
and eminent men. Among these were the eccentric Lorenzo 
Dow, Bishop Hedding, and Martin Renter, afterward Presi- 
dent of a Southern University, and also a Bishop in the 
Southern Branch of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Lorenzo Dow preached here in November, 1796. This 
was ascertained from liis diary. Under date of Nov. 21, 
1796, he says: "I preached in Rindge, thence to Marl- 
borough, where our meetings were not in vain." Mr. Dow 
was born October 16, 1777, and was only nineteen years of 
age when he preached in this town. He is described as 
being tall and of ver}^ slender form. His countenance 
was serious and solemn, but not dejected; and the words 
delivered by him cut like a sword. Abel Stevens, LL.D., in 



METHODIST CHURCH. 



181 



his History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, saj-s of him, 
''He was a right-hearted, but wrong-headed man, labored 
like a Hercules, did some good, and had an energy of char- 
acter which, with sounder faculties, would have rendered 
him as eminent as he was noted." 

The following list comprises all who have been stationed 
over this church since 1842: — 



1842. 


John Smitli. 


1861. 


Hu-am A. Mattersc 


1843. 


Samuel S. Dudley. 


1862. 


" 


1844. 


(( ' a ii 


1863. 


Samuel S. Dudley. 


1845. 


Lorenzo Draper. 


1864. 


Anson C. Coult. 


1846. 


Ezra Wardwell. 


1865. 


(( (( <( 


1847. 


0. Watkins. 


1866. 


Irad Taggart. 


1848. 


Rufus Tilton & J. C. Allen. 


1867. 


a a 


1849. 


J. C. Allen. 


1868. 


D. S. Dexter. 


1850. 


Ira Carter. 


1869. 


« a a 


1851. 


(( n 


1870. 


a a a 


1852. 


J. G. Johnson. 


1871. 


L. Draper. 


1853. 


a (( (< 


1872. 


A. K. Howard. 


1854. 


G. W. Bryant. 


1873. 


(( a u 


1855. 


a a a 


1874. 


J. H. Hillmau. 


1856. 


John Clough. 


1875. 


(( (( a 


1857. 


u 


1876. 


Noble Fisk. 


1858. 


Thomas L. Fowler. 


1877. 


a a 


1859. 


<i a (( 


1878. 


(( <( 


1860. 


a (( <( 


1879. 


A. C. Coult. 



Of the above list, none have had a greater influence on 
the hearts and minds of the people than Rev. D. S. Dexter. 
The following, in relation to him, was kindly furnished for 
our use by Rev. Irad Taggart: — 

Rev. Deming S. Dexter was born in Newark, Vt., June 15, 1815, and 
died in Marlborough, Aug. 20, 1873. He was converted under the 
preaching of Rev. Eleazer Smitli, and joined the Methodist Episcopal 
Church in 1829. He was early convinced that it was his duty to 
preach the Gos]pel. He spent a few terms in Newbury Seminary, pre- 
paring for his life-work. 

He began to preach when about eighteen years of age. He was ad- 
mitted on trial in 1846 to the Vermont Conference, and with great 
acceptability filled various appointments for nearly twenty years. 

In the spring of 1870, he was transferred to the New Hampshire 
Conference, and appointed to Marlborough, having supplied the church 
for two years previous. During his three years' pastorate of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church in Marlborough, he endeared himself to the 



132 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

people of bis own congregation, and also of the town. The citizens of 
the town honored him by sending him for two years as Representative 
to the General Court of New Hampshii-e. 

Mr. Dexter was a Christian gentleman, an affectionate husband, and a 
loving and kind father. He was a good preacher and a faithful pastor, 
respected and beloved by all who became intimately acquainted with 
him. Aug. 20, 1873, he sweetly fell asleep in Jesus, and passed to 
his reward m glory. His funeral was attended by a large number of the 
people of Marlborough. His body rests in the cemetery, in hope of 
a glorious resm'rection. 

BAPTIST CHURCH. 

The first mention of persons in Marlborough calling them- 
selves Baptists is found in the town records under date of 
Nov. 9, 1778, it being about two 3-ears subsequent to the 
incorporation of the town, and some two or three months 
after the settlement of Rev. Joseph Cummings as its first 
gospel minister. In a warrant of that date for a town- 
meeting is an article which reads as follows : " To see if the 
town will relinquish those of other professions from paying 
taxes to the minister of said town." The action on tljje part 
of the town was a refusal to grant the request of the peti- 
tioners. A second similar request made at the next annual 
meeting, was also refused. The petitioners, not being dis- 
couraged by these repeated denials, the third time asked the 
town for a redress of their grievances, and the action of the 
town, as recorded March 14, 1780, was as follows : " Voted 
not to excuse the Separatists or Baptists without a cer- 
tificate." 

Accordingly, and in compliance with this condition, some 
ten or twelve persons who were then connected with the 
Baptist society in Dublin obtained papers, certifying that 
they were paying for the support of preaching at that 
place. Among this number, the church records give the 
following names : — 

Asa Hrewer. William White. 

Daniel Ball. Israel Greenlief. 

Josiah Flint. Elias Hemenway. 

Josiah Lewis. James Eemis. 

John Greenlief. Isaac McAlister. 



BAPTIST CHURCH. 

September 2, 1791, the Baptists, tlirougli an article in the 
warrant, asked the town to grant thcni the nse of the meet- 
ing-honse a certain share of the time. This reqnest, like the 
previous ones, was, after repeated refusals, at last granted ; 
and an arrangement Avas entered into by Mdiich the Baptists 
obtained the use of the house every fourth Sabbath. For 
about three 3^ears from this time, Baptist preaching was 
supplied by Rev. Clark Sibley. After this, and until the 
formation of the church in 1837, there does not appear to 
have been any stated preaching. Services were held occa- 
sionally at the meeting-house, and at other times in the 
school-house, which stood near where John M. Davis now 
resides, and also at the hall in the " Old Red Tavern."' 
During this period, preaching was supplied mostly by Rev. 
Charles Cummings, Elder Willard of Dublin preaching 
occasionally. 

In the summer of 1837, agreeably to the request of Rev. 
Charles Cummings, — 

Benjamin Thatcher, Dudley Clark, 

Elias Thatcher, Joseph Thatcher, 

Howard Clark, Zeruiah White, 

Levi Thatcher, Delilah Bemis, 

^una Farrar, Lydia Cummings, 

Clark Mason, Jemima Thatcher, 

ALmira Mason, Almira Thatcher, 

Catharine Thatcher, Nancy Thatcher, 

a council composed of delegates from the churches of Troy, 
Swanzey, Dublin, and Westmoreland, convened at the old 
meeting-house June 21, and by their action constituted the 
petitioners a church, to be known as the Baptist Chuech 
OF Christ in ]Marlborough. 

Jul}' 6, following, a meeting of the members was held, 
at which Rev. Charles Cummings was chosen chairman; 
Clark Mason, clerk ; Howard Clark, deacon ; and Rev. 
Charles Cummings, pastor. In December of the same year, 
a society was formed, and rules and by-laws were adopted. 
The members of the society were: — 

Clark Mason. Levi Thatcher, 

Benjamin Thatcher. Amos Sargent. 



134 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Enoch Bemis. eJohn S. Sargent. 

Elias Thatcher. Gilman Converse. 

Jonathan Bemis. Asa Bemis. 

Charles Cummings. William C. Mason. 

Philander Thatcher. Artemas Bemis. 

Simeon Blanchard. David Thatcher. 

Willard Converse. Jonathan Calif. 

Silas Collester. Charles G. Blanchard. 

Allen Woodward. Almon B. White. 
Asahel Collins. 

From the society and church records, we gather the 
following names of ministers and their term of service: — 

Rev. Charles Cmnmings, from July 6, 1837, to March 1, 1839. 

" Joseph Sargeant, from March 1, 1839, to Dec. 14, 1810. 

" Daniel P. French, from Dec. 14, 1840, to Jmie 15, 1842. 

" Henrj'- M. Daiiforth, from July 3, 1843, to Oct. 27, 1844. 

" C. L. Baker preached a few months in 1845. 

" S. Dearborn, from Aug. 15, 1847, to Oct. 1, 1849. 

" X. Clark, from Oct. 1, 1849, to Aug. 3, 1851. 

" J. Q. A. Ware, from Aug. 24, 1851, to July 17, 1853. 

" G. B. Bills, a few months in 1854. 

" T. B. Briggs, a short time iu 1859. 

John Quincy Adams Ware was the son of Capt. Benjamin 
and Martha (Chapin) Ware. He was born in Gilsnm, 
December IT, 1822. When a youth, he was considered a 
young man of correct habits, strong to labor, of literary 
tastes, "and showing considerable ability in lyceum debates 
and papers. 

After reaching maturit}^ he embraced sceptical views, 
though he did not refrain from attending divine worship and 
listening to the gospel. During the preaching of Rev. Mark 
Carpenter in Gilsum, while he was settled in Keene, Mr. 
Ware was suddenly arrested by the power of the Holy 
Spirit, and immediately yielded himself to the claims of 
the Gospel. 

To prepare himself for the work of the ministry, he pur- 
sued a thorough course of study at New Hampton, soon 
after which he came to Marlborough, and entered at once 
upon the duties of a preacher and pastor. 



BAPTIST CHURCH. 135 

INIr. Ware was a man of coiisi(leral)k' energy, naturally 
social and generous-hearted. Physically, there were not many 
his equal. He was full six feet in 'stature, weighing one 
hundred and eighty pounds. He was a man of more than 
ordinary ability, one whose air and mien made his pres- 
ence felt. His style of composition for the pulpit was 
that of strength rather than ornament of rhetoric and gloss 
of diction. His manner of speaking was open, earnest, 
and impressive. 

After closing his labors here, he went to Sanbornton, 
where he remained four years ; thence to Addison, Vt., 
where he labored two years ; and then to Whiting, Vt., 
where he remained till his death. 

While a member of the Addison County Baptist Associa- 
tion of Vermont, he occupied a position of influence and 
prominence, showing that he had a power which he could 
wield for good in the Association. He was man}'- times 
chosen its moderator, and took a more or less conspicuous 
part in all its deliberations. The people of Whiting, while 
he was a resident there, paid him a tribute of respect — 
not only as a minister, but as a man — in choosing him 
moderator of their town-meetings, which duties he ably 
discharged, and by his influence sometimes carried measures 
which otherwise would have failed. 

The histor}'- of the church in Whiting, over which he was 
pastor six years, shows what his influence was to build up a 
society; and although his record was not so great as he 
himself could have wished, jet it was very creditable. 

Being a man of good physical constitution, he was able 
to perform and endure more mental labor than many of his 
contemporaries. While on business at his sister's in Surry, 
he was taken sick, and died suddenly, August 29, 1865. 

Howard Clark, Clark Mason, Elias Thatcher, and S. 
Blanchard served as deacons, and Clark Mason, Asahel Col- 
lins, Curtis W. Capron, Charles G. Blanchard, and N. Clark, 
as church clerks. 

During the six years following the formatioji of the church, 
there was an addition of thirty members. The next year, 



136 HISTORY OF MARLBOROCTGH. 

1848, there seems to have been a greater degree of both 
temporal and spiritual prosperity than in any previous, or 
subsequent years of the church. A new house of worship 
(the one now owned and occupied by the Methodist society) 
was dedicated July 4, and also the same year, there was an 
addition to the church of seventeen members. 

The next eighteen years of this church are marked by no 
events of particular interest. There was no special revival, 
and the removal of church and society members by death 
and from other causes greatly outnumbered the accessions, 
in consequence of which the church was yearly growing- 
weaker, and less able to sustain stated preaching. Under 
these discouraging circumstances, the faithful few remain- 
ing struggled on, till, no longer able to bear the heavy 
burden placed upon them, they reluctantly decided to sell 
their church-property and disband the church. Accord- 
ingly, a meeting was called, and convened at the house 
of Silas Stone, August 20, 1862, at which time it was 
" voted to divide the money belonging to the Baptist Church 
equally to each of the male members who signed the deed 
of the house. Voted to disband the aforesaid Baptist 
Church, and report to the Dublin Baptist Association." 

The meeting-house had a short time previous been deeded 
to Thomas L. Fowler for the Methodist society. 

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FIRST UmVERSALIST CHURCH 
OF MARLBOROUGH. 

The history of this societ}'- reaches back nearly to the 
eighteenth century. The first records of the society bear 
the date, " Oct. y^ 14'^ 1805." At this time, the first consti- 
tution of the society was framed. There had probably been 
some Universalist preaching in the town before this. Be 
that as it may, in 1805 the laws of New Hampshire recog- 
nized Universalists as a distinct religious denomination ; 
and, availing themselves of this change in the laws, a society 
was formed, with the following constitution : — 

We the uudersigiied do firmly 1)elieve iu the " restitution of things " 



I'^IUST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 187 

spoken of '-l^v the mouth of all God's holy prophets since the world be- 
gan"; or, in other words, that God will in his infinite mercj'-, through 
Jesus Christ our Loril, restore all men to a state of happiness. Know all 
men, therefore, by these pref^ents, that we have formed ourselves into a 
Christian regular constitutional independent society, with a full determi- 
nation to support that gospel which brings glad tidings to all men, so far 
as our abilities will admit. 

This constitution was signed by the foUowing individuals : 

John Wiswall. Jonathan Capron, Jr. 

Jacob French. Joseph Willson, Jr. 

Samuel Collins. Luther Hastings. 

Nathan Wild. Joseph Cutting, Jr. 

Oliver Wright. Tisdale Howard. 

Joseph FoUett. William Goodenough. 

Christophei- Harris. Eli Capron. 

Thaddeus Hastings. Benjamin Goodenough. 

Tliis constitution gave place to a better one in 1816. 
Only two of the original men, Samuel Collins and Joseph 
Willson, signed the new one. This one was followed by 
another in 1883, and this by another in 1835, and this 
by still another in 18ol, Avhich was amended in 1875. One 
hundred and thirty-nine persons have belonged to this 
society, most of them heads of families. 

The first society was probably formed as the result of 
the preaching of Rey. E. Paine, who preached occasionally 
in 1805, and once a month in 1806. Only one person 
now living remembers attending his meetings. Mrs. Sarah 
Davis, then a gii'l of fourteen, remembers the excitement 
occasioned by the preaching of doctrines so different from 
those usually preached at that time. The meetings were 
held at the house of Lieut. Oliver Wright, near the old 
meeting-house on the hill. Rev. Mr. Paine lived at Wash- 
ington, N.H. He removed to New York State in 1811. 
From 1808 to 1816 there was only occasional preaching. 
Rev. Russell Streeter, the oldest living preacher in this 
'lenomination, says he preached here once in 1810. 

We have no means of knowing definitely all those who 
preached here, the records of the society are so incomplete. 

20 



138 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

It is, however, well known that Rev. Hosea Ballon, Sen., a 
native of the town of Richmond, Revs. Caleb Rich, William 
Farwell, Thomas Barns, Elhanan Winchester, Zel)nlon and 
Adam Streeter, Joab Yonng, and James Babbitt, were 
preaching frequently in Cheshire County about this time. 
At this period, the Universalist clergy, like the Methodist, 
were mostly itinerants, and preached in places where they 
could obtain a hearing; and, to the credit of this early 
time, it may be said that the people liked to go to church 
so well they gave all who came a respectful hearing. Some 
of the oldest citizens are (juite confident that they have 
heard in this place Rev. Hosea Ballon and Ja-mes Babbitt 
about the year 1812. 

The society was reorganized in 1816, probably l)y Robert 
Bartlett, who A\-as that year ordained. Mr. Elijah Gates 
remembers ]Mr. Bartlett as a young man of twenty who 
stayed at his father's frequently. As the records for the 
year 1816 show that Elijah Gates, Sen., was collector and 
one of the committee, this tends to fix tiie date of Mr. 
Bartlett's services here. 

The following names were alfixed to the new constitution : 

Samuel Collins. Walter (xutos. 

Joseph Willsou. Windsor Gates. 

Enoch White. Artemas Collins. 

Yarnum Fiske. Paul Newton. 

Elijah Gates. Stephen Rhoades. 

Calvin Harvey. Kobt. Emerson. 

Caleb Emerson. Josiah Fisk. 

Jonah Davis. James Davis. 

Moses Maynanl. AVilliam Lincoln. 

John B. Farrar. Daniel Cutting. 
Joseph Haskell. 

Among the preachers that are known to have labored 
here, some from 1818 to 1835, were Warren Skinner, Otis A. 
Skinner, I. D. Williamson, Dr. Ithiel Sniead of Rtixbury, 
formerly a Methodist minister, Mathew Hale Smith, Thomas 
Whittemore of Boston, editor of the Trumpet,, Robert Bart- 
lett of Jalfrc^y, Oliver Wi'ight aud Joseph Wright, two 



FIBST UNIVERSALIST CHUECH. 139 

brothers, grandsons oi' LicuL Oliver Wright and cousins 
to CoL Converse and Jairus Collins. 

In October, 1885, Rev. J. V. Wilson of Jaffrey, formed a 
society of forty members, and since that time the records 
show greater regidarity and more of the evidences of per- 
manence and piety. 

A Sunday-school was formed in 1838. W^illard Converse, 
wlio had been a Baptist preacher, was superintendent; 
Edwin and Elisha Davis, Mrs. M. P. Allison, Elijah Boyden, 
and Mrs. Boydcu were teachers. This school, however, was 
short-lived. Possibly the number of societies that occupied 
the meeting-house made it impossible to continue it. Mr. 
Boyden who is now known as a humorist insists that his 
scholars, a fine class of boys, all rose to eminence as a 
result of that year's instruction. If the record of the 
rest of the school equals that of one of the scholars, S. H. 
McCollester, D.D., late president of Buchtel College, we 
certainly would recommend Mr. Boyden to resume his 
duties as Sunday-school teacher. 

One of the young teachers, Mr. Edwin Davis, a few years 
afterward became an efficient and zealous clergyman. 

A library of about seventy volumes of theological, moral, 
and historical books, was bought in 1835, and called the 
Marlborough Moral, Religious, and Historical Library. This 
librar}^ was onl}' to be used by the clergy of the place and 
the families of the stockholders. These books are now in 
the library of the Universalist Sunday-school. 

In 181:7, an effort" was made to buy or rent an interest 
in the Baptist (now the Methodist) Church, but unsuccess- 
full}'.. In 1851, a church-edifice was built by Asa Greenwood 
and others, at a nominal cost of -$1,200. Forty-eight shares 
of $25 each were taken as follows: — 

Asa Greemvood 4 I Amo.s B. Teiiuey 2 

Juuah Davis, i Jouathaii Jones, 2 

George Harvey 4 Samuel Allison, 2 

Elijah Boyden, 4 John C. Stone, 2 

"William Boyden 4 Luther Ilemenway, 1 

Cyrus Piper, Jr., 3 J. D. Barker, 1 

Rufus W. Piper, 3 Thaddeus L. Barker, .... 1 



140 HISTORY OP MAIILBOROUGH. 

H. E. Greenwood, 2 Nelson Converse, 1 

Fred'k R. Greenwood, .... 1 James Knowlton, 1 

F. R. Thurston, 1 Augustine P. Sno^\ 1 

But Mr. Greenwood was the prime mover in the enter- 
prise. He furnished the lot, built the church, paid all 
the "bills himself, and received nothing until the time of 
the sale of the pews, wliich were taken at the appraisal 
by the subscribers, to an amount G(][ualling the number of 
shares subscribed by each, they bidding for choice. The 
pews remaining unsold being the property of Mr. Green- 
wood, he, after his removal from town, generously deeded 
to the '^Ladies' Sewing Circle"' connected with the society. 

The church-edifice was dedicated Jan. 6, 1862. Rev. 
Lemuel Willis preached the dedicatory sermon. The 
Sunday-school was reorganized in April, and a choice 
selection of Sunday-school books obtained. The school has 
since greatly increased in numbers and usefulness, and 
has for several years enjoyed the reputation of being the 
"banner school" of the denomination in this county. The 
Ladies' Societ}^ was also organized, which has since done 
efficient work for the society, having raised and expended 
•$3,812.92 for preaching and current expenses. 

The progress of the society since the building of their 
house has been more marked, and the regularity of worship 
a decided improvement upon that of former years. Willi 
the exception of about two years in war times, the pulpit 
has been supplied and the Sunday-school maintained. 

The following statistical table gives the names of all the 
pastors and all suppliers who preached six months or more. 
Most of these were young men. Edwin Davis alone, of 
these, was a native of this town, and his history will be 
given elsewhere. Most of these clergymen are still living. 
Two of them, Warren A. Bassett and Lewis L. Record, 
died at Marlborough in the midst of their usffulness. 
honored and beloved by all who knew them. Three ol' 
them served in the army during the " War of the Rebel- 
lion." Truman Jackson enlisted in the ranks, was taken 
prisoner, and died at Andersonville ; Lewis L. Record was 



FinsT FNIVKRSALIST CHURCH. 



141 



chaplain of the Twentv-tliird Massachusetts Vohiiiteers ; 
Henry Wells Hand eiilistiMl as a private soldier, and rose to 
tlie rank of captain : — 

STATISTICAL TABLE FROM 1835 TO 1879. 



Rev 











l!esi(/i')it, 




Xames of Piistors. 


Length of Pastorate. 


or otiienvlac 


:. HciniirLx. 


John Virgil Wilson^ 


, Oct. 


'35 to July 


'37, i time, Jallrey, 


Still living. 


,T. W. Hailey, 


' July 


'37 to April 


'39, h " 


Hinsdale. 




Joseph Barber, 


April 


'3S) to April 


'■i-\ 


Swanzey. 




Kdwin Davis, 


June 


'44 to Feb. 


'46, A " 


Marlborough, 


1st resident pastor. 


Joslma Britten, 


Jan. 


'51 to Oct. 


'51, 


Richmond. 




Judsun Fisher, 


Mar. 


'52 to Mar. 


'55, 


3tarll>()riiiigh. 




Alvin Abbott, 


Nov. 


'55 to Apiil 


'56, 


'• 




Edwin Davis, 


May 


'57 to May 


'58, 


" 




Earl Gilford, 


Dec. 


'58 to Dec. 


'59, i '• 


Hinsdale. 




AVarren A. Bassett, 


Jan. 


'60 to Aug. 


•60, 


.MarllM.K.ugh. 


, Died Aug. 4, 'a\ 


Judson Fisher, 


Oct. 


'00 to April 


•61, 


" 




Truman Jackson, 


IMay 


'61 to Jan. 


'62, 


Keene and 
Marlborough, 


ICnlisted, and died 

inAndersonviJle 

prison. 


H. P. Osgood, 


Oct. 


'64 to 3Iay 


'70, 


" 




L. L. Record, A.B., 


May 


'70 to Dec. 


'71, 


" 


Died Dec. 7. 


Earnest L. Senft, 


May 


'72 to May 


'73, 


" 


.Made improve- 


R. T. Sawyer, B.D., 


Nov. 


'73 to May 


'74, 


" 


ments in church 
building. 


H.Wells Hand, B.D. 


,Oct. 


'74 to jNIay 


'77, 


'• 


Organized a ch'h 
.March 28, 187.^>. 



" E. B. Burgess, 



June ^77 to present time. 



On the 28th of March, 1875, a church composed of twenty- 
nine members was formed by the pastor, H. W. Hand, 
assisted by T. J. Sawyer, D.I)., of Tufts College Divinity 
School. This church has at tlie present time over fifty 
members. 

The .society having hibored under great inconvenience 
for want of a parsonage, in 1878, after mat are deliberation, 
decided to build one. A lot was accordingly purchased 
of Samuel Allison just above the church, and neat and 
commodious building^s were immediately erected, which are 
now occupied by the pastor. The expense was defrayed by 
subscription among the society, and generous and liberal 
donations from friends and former citizens of Marlborough. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

SCHOOLS. 

TiiK Common Schools of Xkw Exglaxd. — Lk.vse of the School 
Land. — Childkfx taught at Home. — Fijjst Schools. — Four 
School Distkicts. — Moxey raised for Schools. — School- 
Houses built. — Eight Districts. — School-Teachers. — School- 
Money. — Superintending Committee. 

The common schools of New England are closely inter- 
woven with her history and prosperity. As early as 1649, 
they were made a part of the legal establishment of the 
Massachnsetts colo'ny, having already been introduced into 
several of the towns. The code of that year was prefaced 
by a preandjle which declared that it was one of the chief 
objects of "the f)ld delnder, Sathan," to keep men from the 
knowledge of the Scriptures.- It was therefore enacted that 
each township should maintain schools for reading and 
writing, and that a town of a hundred householders "•should 
maintain a grammar-school with a teacher qualified to fit 
youths for the uni^■ersity." This seliool-law was soon after 
adopted in Connecticut, and by the Plymouth and New 
Haven colonies. 

The first constitution adopted in Massachusetts, in . 1780, 
charged the legislature to cherish the interests of literature 
and the sciences, and especially the public and grammar- 
schools in the towns. The schools — and the same was 
the case in New Hampshire and Connecticut, and also with 
the county schools in Maryland — were continued on their 
old colonial footing. At that time, these four Avere the only 



SCHOOLS. 143 

StiitcH tliat could boast of aiiythiiio' like; a svstein of public; 
instruction; and it was a long period before their example 
was imitated by other States. * 

It will be remembered that in the j^rant of this township 
one share of land was reserved for the; beneiit of the schools. 
Jan. 1, 1707, the proprietors leased this land for a period 
of one hundred years to Benjamin Tucker and his tAvo 
brothers. Josliua and Moses, for the sum of ,£83 6.s*. 8d. 

The following is a copy of the original lease iiow on lile 
in the office of the town clerk: — 

This Tudenture made this First day of Jauuarv Anno Domini one 
Thousand seven hundred and sixty seven and in the seventh year of 
liis Majesties Reign. — 

Between Daniel Harrington, Yeoman Jesse" llice, & Silas Gates, (lent" 
all of Marlborougli in tlie County of Middlesex and Province of the 
.Massachusetts bay in New England, Isaac McAllister & Daniel (ioode- 
now both of Monadniek X" Five in the Province of New Hampshire 
Yeoman — on the one Part And Benjamin Tucker Gent. Joshua Tuckei- 
^ Moses Tucker Yeomen all of ]\fonadnick aforesaid on the Other Part. 
Whereas the Proprietoi'.s of tlie Township of s'^ Monadniek No. Five at a 
^Meeting of the s'' Proprietors Legally Assembled" on March the sixth 
day A D. 1705 Chose and Appointed the aforesaid Darnel Harrington, 
Jesse, Silas, Isaac, & Daniel Goodenough a Committee to Lease and Kent 
out the south half of Lot No. six lying in s'^ ^Monadniek N" Five for a 
Term of Years. 

Now this Lidenture Witnesseth that the said Danii'i Harrington, 
Jesse, Silas, Isaac, & Daniel Goodenow In Pursuance of the Power and 
Authority Given them as aforesaid and In Consideration of the smn 
of Thirty three Pounds six shillings and eight pence lawful money the 
province of the Massachusetts bay aforesaid to them in hand Paid by 
the said Benjamin. Joslina, & Moses Tucker at & before the Ensealing 
and Delivery of these Presents; Paid for the use & Benefit of the said 
Proprietors agreeable to the Charter and Proprietors book of Records 
of the said Township, the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and 
themselves therewith fully satisfied and Contented and have and do 
liereby, so Far forth as they are Enabled and Impowered by the said 
Proprietors Demise, Gi-ant, Let & to Farm, let unto the said Benjamin 
Tucker, Joshua Tucker, & Moses Tucker and to thenr and to Each of 
tliem and to Each and to Either of their Heirs, Executors, Administrators 
aiul Assigns All the South half of Lot N" Six aforesaid. 

Together with all the Commodities Priviledges and Appurtenances 
whatsoever to tlie Said D-Muised Messuage belonging or otherwise Apper- 
tainiiiir ,k 



144 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

To liave and To Hold the Said Messuage with all the Priviledges 
Commodities & Appurtenances thereunto belonging to them the s'^ 
Benj'', Joshua, & Closes and to their Heirs and Assigns &c For the Space 
of One Hundred years next comeing from and after the date hereof 
fully to be Com])leted and Ended: And the said J5enj", Joshua, & Moses 
for themselves tlieir Heirs Executors it Administrators and Assigns Do 
Covenant and Agree to Pay as a Yearly Rent one peny every year and to 
surrender and Deliver up the Premises to the said Committee or their 
successors in said Trust or to those that tlie same shall of Right belong- 
as if this Lease had never been given and that they or their Heirs &c 
will liave Xo Claim Challenge or Demand to the s'^ Premises after the 
expiration of one hundred Years as aforesaid any more than if they had 
never been in the Possession thereof and that tlie s'* Benj ', Joshua, & 
Moses their Heirs i< Assigns &c. will Pay aJl Rates Taxes and Duties 
that shall and may be Levied and Raised on said Pi'emises : They and 
Every of them well and ti-uly perform all things on their Part as afore- 
said shall and may Peiiceably Enjoy all the above mentioned Premises 
without any Let ])enial or Molestation from us or the aforesaid Pro- 
])rietors or any other person or persons under us or them during tlie long 
Term of one hundred Years as afoi'esaid. 

Tn Witness whereof the Parties to these Presents have iiitercliangel)ly 
set their hands and seals the day and Year tii-st above Written. 

Signed Sealed and Delivered JJLNJ'^ 'ITCKER. (Seal) 



(Seal) 



in the Presence of us JOSHl'A TTCKEb'. 

ALPHEUS WOODS. MOSES TICKER. ,seal) 

JACOH FEI/roX. DANIEL HARUIX(; TON. (Seal) 

WILLIAM ADAMS. JESSE RICE. (Seal) 

SH.AS GATES. ^seal) 

DAXTEL GOODEXOW. (Seal) 

TS.\AC McALLESTER. (Seal) 

At the ex|)ir;iti()ii ol' this tc'rm. it was again leased, but 
this time for only fifty years. 

During the first five years after the settleiucnt of tlie 
township, the proprietors made no effort to estahlish a 
school; yet the children were not wholly iie<>lected. The 
parents themselves, being people of intelligence, attended 
personally to their education. Their school-books were few. 
The spelling-book, Bible, and catechism, with the well- 
thnmbed volumes of the New England Primer and The 
Pilf/ruuff Progress, were perhaps in most instances their 
only books. Yet what fountains of knowledge were derived 



SCHOOLS. 145 

from these sources I Many a man whose education was 
begun in this primitive manner, has gone forth to the legis- 
lative halls of our country, and there acted well his part. 

One of the early settlers who took a deep interest in the 
education of the youth was James Brewer. Possessing a 
good education irmisclf, lie w^as anxious that the children 
should not grow up in ignorance ; and, long before schools 
were established, he would gather the children about him 
and teach them arithmetic and the art of penmanship. 

There is no record of public schools previous to 1770. 
This 3^ear the proprietors voted that William Barker, Isaac 
McAllister, and Richard Robberts be a committee to expend 
the interest of the school-lot in schooling the children. 
During the following winter, several schools were kept in 
various parts of the town, one of which was in the house of 
Phinehas Farrar, under the direction of William Barker, as 
committee. Who the teacher was, is not certainly known, 
but it is supposed to have been James Brewer. Another 
school was kept in Silas Fife's neighborhood, but in whose 
house, or by whom taught, we have no information. 

No school-houses were built in town until long after this 
period, so of course the schools — which were of but few 
weeks in duration — were kej^t in private rooms, and even 
these few weeks' schooling could be afforded only once in 
two or three years. 

A vote was passed, April 10, 1777, to divide the town 
into four equal squadrons for schooling. Jedediah Tayntor, 
Silas Fife, David Wheeler, and Theodore Mann, were chosen 
a committee for this purpose. On the 23d of June, this 
committee submitted the following report, which was 
accepted : — 

Beginning at the Centre Line at the East Side of the town thence 
running through the town ; then Beginning on said Line Between the 
Sixth and Seventli Lots; thence Running on said Line to Fitzwilliam 
for the North End Beginning at the South East Corner of Lot N°. Sixty 
nine, thence Running Westerly to the North East Corner of Lot N° 53 ; 
thence turning South to the South East Corner of Lot 53, thence Run- 
ning West to the town Line. 



l-ifi UlSTOliY OF MARLBOllOUGIl. 

In 1778, the town raised £100 for scliooliiig. This sum 
was dealt out sparingly, for we see by the re})ort of the 
treasurer in 1780 that only £25 had at that time been 
expended. It may at iirst appear strange that no more 
attention was paid to the subject of education, l)ut it must 
be remembered that the war of the Revolution was the 
subject which principally engrossed the public mind. From 
1782 to 1787, small sums were raised at different times for 
schooling, and probably expended nnder the direction of the 
selectmen. 

In 1788, a vote was passed "to sqnadron ont the town 
anew for schooling " ; and Oliver Wright, Renben Ward, 
Phinehas Farrar, Ebenezer Temple, and Moses Tucker, were 
chosen to make the division. We have no doubt that this 
committee attended to the duties assigned them, but their 
report cannot now be found. 

On the 15th of December of the same year, the toAvn 
voted that "Each Squadron should build thereon School- 
houses as near the Centre as possibly could be convenient." 

"Voted that the Selectmen shall appoint the Place to 
build in case of Disagreement in any Squadron nn Town." 

" Voted that the Selectmen shall make the Rate for each 
Squadron." 

"Voted that every School House shall be built by tlie 
hrst of December next." 

J>ut it would seem that some of the squadrons neglected 
their duty in this respect ; for in a warrant for a town-meet- 
ing, four 3^ears afterwards, an article was inserted " to see 
what method the Town will Take witli those sijuadrons thai 
have not provided their school-houses sufficient to keep 
school in." In relation to this article, the town voted "that 
the school squadron which Daniel Cutting and others belong 
to, have until the first Day of may next to finish their 
School House, and if not Done by that time, the Selectmen 
are to build their school house and assess them to pay for 
the same." 

In 1789, an effort was m.uic by a few individuals to estal)- 
lish a Grammar School ; but, when the town was asked for 



SCHOOLS. 147 

inouey to aid tlie cause, it met witli uii uiiiii\ui'al)le reception, 
and nothing further was done in relation to the matter. 

During the next five years, the popuhition increased so 
rapidly by the arrival of new settlers that it was found 
necessary to redistrict the town, as those on the outskirts 
t ould receive but little benefit from the present arrangement. 

At a meeting April 21, 1794, the following were chosen 
a committee for that purpose : Lieut. Oliver Wright, Lieut. 
Reuben Ward, Deacon Stone, Gideon Newton, Robert 
Worsle}', Hugh Mason, Theophilus Howard, Moses Tucker, 
and David Wheeler. 

This committee divided the town into eight districts, 
three of which fell within the limits of the present town of 
Troy; namely, the south, south-east, and south-west districts. 

The North-east District was by far the largest in town. 
Besides the present District No. 1, it contained all of that 
part of the town which was set off in 1812, as a portion of 
the new town of Roxbury. The following is a list of those 
who composed that district in 1794: — 

Bartholomew Grimes. David Wilkinson. 

Sylvanus Nye. Ziba Nason. 

William Banks. Josiah Lewis. 

Benjamin Mayo. Ebenezer Belknap. 

William Collins. Timothy Kimball. 

Amos Cummings. Nathaniel Fm'ber. 

Charles Hohnan. Joseph Foster. 

Oliver Parmenter. Gideon Newton. 

Jacob Phelps. Daniel Cmnmings. 

John Day. Timothy Johnson. 

Putnam Phelps. Paul Fifield. 

James Gleason. Asa Brewer. 

Enoch Foster. John Whittaker. 

Stephen Foster. John Tozer. '^ 

Jesse Hunting. Samuel Hemenway. 

Israel Kichanlson. Joshua Leai'nard. 

Widow Kebecca Lewis. Isaac McAlister. 

Ebenezer Hemenway. Samuel McAlister. 

Daniel Emerson. David Dufor. 

Ebenezer Herrick. Asa Metcalf. 

Jona. Flood Southwick. Israel Greenlief. 



148 HISTORY OF MARF.r.OROUGH. 

The first school-honse in this district was situated a little 
north of tlie Walter Ciipron place, on the east side t»l' the 
road. 

In 1812, when Roxbury was incorporated, no division was 
made in the district ; but all continued to go to the same 
school until about 1815, when the school-house was destroyed 
by fire. It was then thought best to divide the district ; the 
Roxbury j)art building a house near the Guild place ; and 
the Marlborough portion, one of brick on the site of the 
present school-house. About 1845, this became unfit for use, 
and the present one was built soon after. 

North-west District. — This district comprised all of the 
present No. 2 and No. 8. In 1794, it contained the follow- 
ing list of voters : — 

John Buss. Benjamin Thatcher. 

Phinehas Farrar, Jr. Stephen Woodward. 

Phiuehas Farrar, Esq. Abijah Tucker. 

John Farrar. Abel Woodward. 

Jonathan Frost. Abijah Woodward. 

Ebenezer Rhodes. William Lincoln. 

Ebenezer Rhodes, Jr. Caleb Emerson. 

Thomas Page. Samuel Collins. 

John Page. Timothy Harvey. 

Libbeius Page. John Harvey, Jr. 

Kimbear Harvey. John Wiswall. 

Robert Converse. John Converse. 

Daniel Gage. Samuel Stearns. 

Jedediah Tayntor. Moses Tucker. 

When the first school-house was built, it is impossible 
to state, as we find no records earlier than 1797. The 
house was situated on lot No. 39, a little west of David 
Wilkinson's shop, which land was leased to the town for 
that purpose by Abijah Tucker, under date of 1789. As the 
school-house was standing on that spot at this date, it is 
probable that it had been but recently built. This house 
was a rude structure compared with those of to-day. It was 
about twenty or twenty-two feet square, rough boarded, but 
never clapboarded. The walls of the interior Avere finished 



sc 1 1 ()oi„s. 141) 

with pine boards. On the Avest side was a liv('-})lac(' large 
enough to admit wood four feet in length. On tlie otlier 
three sides were the seats and benches for the scliohirs. 
The seats were very simple in their construction, being 
hemlock slabs which run the whole length of the room. 
These were placed the flat side up, and were siqjportcd l)y 
round sticks for legs. 

In rude structures like this, our ancestors obtained the 
rudiments of an education, little dreaming of the comforts 
and privileges to be enjoyed by their descendants in these 
latter days. 

Perhaps it will prove interesting to our readers, if we here 
present them with a copy of the proceedings of the school- 
meeting of 1797, which is the first we have any record of in 
this district : — 

At a meetmg of the North Westerly School Squadron April 5"' 1797. 
Proceeded as follows, 

First Made Choise of John Buss Moderator 
2'' Made Choise of Jonathan Frost Clark 
3'i Chose Jonathan Frost "1 

Simeon Newton > Conimity 
Kimber Harvey J 

4* Voted to take one Quarter of the Money for a AA'onian school the 
Present Year. 

5"> Voted that the Woman School Begin the Middle of May Next. 
Voted that Nabby Converse be Imployed to keep the woman 
school if she can be had. 

7"' Voted that the Present Conimity be a Commity to Kecon with 
the former Clark. 

Sth Voted that no Child be Permited to Bring any work to school 
of any kind. 

9"' Voted that those People that Send Children to school Sliall Pro- 
cure wood to supply the School. 

10"' \'oted that the commity be Impowered to Imploy a Mistress and 
hire her Boarded, 
II"' Voted that this Meeting be Dissolved. 

Attest JONATHAN FROST \ Clark 

JOHN BUSS, Moderator 

The price of board was for many years determined by 
vendue, the teacher being l)oarded b}^ the one who woidd do 



150 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

it lilt,' cheapest; tlie price soiuetiuies going- as low as sixty 
cents per week. When tins was the case, the teacher was 
soiuetinies reminded, as she sat at tlie table, that the sum 
received was hardly sufficient to pay ffU' her board, and for 
this reason she must partake sparingly. 

The wood was sometimes obtained in the same wa}^ 
although for a time the custom prevailed that " every man 
should bring two feet of wood for each scholar that he sent 
to school," and '' that every man should chop his own wood, 
that he brings to the school-house." 

In 1807, the old house having become unlit for use, the 
district voted to build a new one. The work of building 
was set up at auction, and struck off to Daniel Gage for the 
sum of one hundred and seventy dollars, and the old school- 
house. It was voted that the building should be con- 
structed as follows: — 

It is to be twenty-six feet long and twenty-four feet wide nine feet & 
a half Posts. Six windows twenty-four lights in each 6 by 8 inch Glass, 
two vows of Gallery seats on three sides of the house with one small seat 
in the front with an alley in the centre of the seats. And it is to be 
arched or crowning over head 9 inches. It is to have four feet Entry 
way ; the floor to be laid with two inch plank. The walls of the house 
to be ceiled as high as the bottom of the windows ; with a good brick 
Chimney laid in lime & is to be two feet & a half on the back of the 
tire place. And to be plastered over head and the walls down as low 
as the bottom of the windows. The entry way is to be ceiled and 
plastered over head ; the closet on the opposite side of the chimney is 
to be Ceiled and plastered over head with shelves convenient. The out 
side of the house to be inclosed with a stpiare roof and well shingled 
& the body of the house is to be clapboarded & painted with Spanish 
Brown & trimed with white lead paint. And to be underpined with 
split stone & a good door stone also window shutters to each window, 
with a lock and key on the fi'ont door. There is to be a writing desk 
& the hearth is to be laid with stone. 

This house was located on the site of the old one, and 
when completed was quite comfortable and convenient in its 
arrangement, as compared with others of that day. Having 
prepared a suitable place for the instruction of their children, 
the parents were not unmindful of the spiritual interests of 
those under their charge ; for at a meeting of tlie district, 



SCHOOLS. 151 

October 31, 1807, they voted "that the School Master teach 
the Scholhirs the Catechism oiicte a week," also "Voted to 
have the Bible introduced into the School." 

In 182o, the district chose Asa Frost, VVilliaiii Ward, and 
John Wiswall to visit the schools, at such limes as they 
might think proper, to superintend the prudential affairs of 
the district, and to advise in the settlement of any difficulties 
which miglit arise in the school. From this time until 1839, 
a committee was chosen annually for this purpose. 

As the population of the district increased, the school- 
room became so crowded that in 1833 it became necessary 
to divide the winter school ; and for the next seven years, 
or until the building of the ucav school-house in 1840, the 
primary department was kept in private houses. .Vs the 
village continued to grow, the pupils increased to such a 
number that the school-house was found wholly inadequate 
to the wants of the district, and in 1840 it voted to build a 
new house, which was located on land of Simeon Whitcomb, 
near the Brick Church. This was built at an expense of 
about seven hundred dollars, and was large and ample in its 
accommodations. 

The old house was sold to Charles C. Hemenway who 
removed it to Lowellville and converted it into a dwelling, 
and is the main part of the house now owned and occupied 
by William Richardson. 

In 1850, the district was divided by setting off all that 
part east of the bridge, near where Warren W. Richardson 
now resides. 

In the sunnner of 1864, the district received from Rev. 
William C. Whitcomb a generous present of a bell for their 
school-house, which from that time to the j^resent has con- 
tinued to do good service, not only in calling the children 
from their sports to the halls of learning, but also to ring in 
the anniversary of our Nation's Declaration of Independence. 

In 1872, the number of pu[)ils had so increased that it 
was found impossible to acconunodate them in the over- 
crowded school-rooms. At the same time, some of the dis- 
tricts on the outskirts of the town had become so depopu- 



152 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

lated that it was with difficult}^ they could support a school. 
By many, it was thought advisable to unite these districts, 
and form a graded school. The subject was warmly dis- 
cussed at the annual town-meeting, the result of which was 
a vote to unite with District No. 2, and build a school-house 
suitable for the convenience of the schools, and for the 
accommodation of a town high school, the expense of which 
was to be equally divided between the town and the district. 
This would probably have been carried into effect, had they 
been able to agree on the location for a house ; but failing 
in this, at an adjourned meeting, the town reconsidered their 
vote, and refused to do anything further in the matter. 

The district held several meetings, at Avhich the subject of 
building a school-house was discussed, but, being very much 
divided in opinions on the subject, the matter was for a time 
allowed to rest. At a special meeting called for that pur. 
pose, JNIarch 31, 1874, the district voted to build, and chose 
committees for procuring plans and locating the house. 
After holding several meetings, it was decided to build 
on land of Elislia O. Woodward. The lot containing three- 
fourths of an acre was purchased for '"11,500. The house is 
large, commodious, and furnished with many of the modern 
improvements. It is 70x36, two stories in height, and sur- 
mounted with a cupola and vane. On the first floor are 
two rooms, one 35x26 feet, the other 35x30 feet, containing 
forty-eight seats each. These rooms are separated by a hall 
running the entire width of the building. On the second 
floor there is one room 35x32 feet, containing fifty-six seats, 
and one 35x26 feet, which is at present used as an ante-room. 
It is finished throughout with chestnut, and cost, including 
grounds, $8,000. The bell was removed from the old house, 
and placed upon the new one ; and the old building with 
grounds was disposed of at auction for $795, and is now the 
property of the Congregational society, and used by them 
for a chapel. 

CENTRE DISTRICT. 

Tliis district comprised all of No. 3, or Depot District, 



SCHOOLS. lo^l 

No. 4, and a part of No. 6. The following citizens were 
voters there in 1794 : — 

Richard Roberts. Jonadab Bakei". 

Joseph Sweetsev. Walter Caproii. 

Richard Tozer. \/ Josiah Woodward. 

Silas Raymond. Elijah Frost. 

Phillip Sweetser. Joseph Wellington. 

Hezekiah Hodgkins. Joseph AVellington, Jr. 

Peletiah Ciimmings. Francis Barker. 

Isaac Cnmmings. Thaddeus Parmenter. 

Oliver Wright. Benjamin Frost>. 

Amos Hodgkins. John Haveii. 

Rev. Halloway Fish. Ebenezer Temple. 

Jacob Woodward. Joseph Follett. 

Daniel Woodward. Lnther Newton. 

Jonathan Bemis. Asa Pratt. 

The school4ionse was sitnated at the corner of the roads, a 
little sonth-west of the old meeting-honse. In 1808, it was 
removed to the east side of the Common, near the Pound. 
This was burned in January, 1827; and for the next two 
winters the school was kept in the house which was formerly 
owned by Isaac Cnmmings being kept by him for a tavern. 

During this period, efforts were made to fix upon a 
location for a schooldiouse. The district was large, and it 
was a difficult matter to decide upon a spot which would 
convene all alike, and at last it was decided to build as near 
the centre of the district as possible, and was accordingly 
located at the fork of the roads, near where J. Merrill Davis 
now resides. In 1840, the district w^as divided : two ncAv 
districts were made, and a small portion was annexed to 
No. 6. 

Diatrict No. 3, or Depot District., was set off from the old 
Centre District in 1840, in which year the present school- 
house was built. 

District No. 4 was made from the south part of the Centre 
District in 1840. The school-house is situated near the 
residence of George Lovering. The number of pupils in 
this, like other farming districts, is rapidly decreasing : and 



154 HISTORY OF :marlborough:. 

where once was a well filled school-iooin, only six or eight 
children can now be found. 

District JVo. 6. — This district tor a long time bore the 
name of the " Six Nations/' It derived its name from the 
fact that within its limits there resided six men, with 
families so large that they were suggestive of the ancient 
Israelites. In these six families, there were no less than 
.sixty-four children. In 1794, the district was composed ot 
the following citizens : — 

William Teuney. Benjamin Hazen. 

Theopilus Howard. Alexander Fish. 

Kendall Bruce. Melezur Grant. 

Bezaleel Baker. AVilliam Grant. 

Jonathan Capron. Ebenezer Jennings. 

David Capron. Asa Porter. 

Daniel Whitney. Benjamin Whitney. 

Widow Flood. Benjamin Goodenow. 
Benjamin Dole. 

The first school-house was located on tlie opposite side of 
the road from the present one. This was given up in 1827, 
and the present house was built. This has been kept in 
good repair, and is the best school-house in toAvn outside of 
the village. 

The East School Squadron^ or District No. 6. — This dis- 
trict in 1794 was composed of eleven families, as follows : — 

Henry Hunt. Seth Harriugton. 

Thaddeus Hastings. Francis Hastings. 

Luke Newton. Calvin Stone. 

Timothj' Bemis. Shubel Stone. 

Jeremiah Bemis. David Bemis. 

Eliphalet Stone. 

The first school-house .stood in the pasture north of the 
house of Samuel Jones. This, like others of that day, Avas 
but a rude affair, and at the commencement of the present 
century liad become unfit for use. Consequently, in the 
year 1800, the school was kept at the house of Timothy 
Bemis, the same now owiu'd by S;niiuel Jones. ^Ir. Hcmis 
r('(-civo(1 four sinllings per Nvcck for I lie use ol" bis |ions(\ 



scuKior.s. 155 

This price beiiii;- cnnsiclurcd too dear, the J'oUuwing year 
the schools were kept at tlie house of Luke Newton 
who charged but thirty-three cents per week. The second 
scliool-house was built in 1801, and was situated on the 
nortli side of the present highwa}^ on the line between the 
fiinn of Sanmel .loues and the one since owned by Curtis 
Hunt. This house was 20x24 feet, 10 feet posts, and 
surmounted with a sqiuire roof. 

This was very comfortable in its ai-rangement, and was 
erected at a cost of about one hundred and sixty dollars. 
The old school-house was sold to Calvin Stone for i8.75. In 
1840, the farms which are now owned by A. T. Woodward, 
R. S. Frost, Benjamin Cushing, and the Moses Hunt place, 
were annexed to this district. 

The old school-house being somewhat out of repair, it was 
decided to build a new one, which is the same now in use ; 
and, uidess this district becomes more thickly populated, it 
will last as long as they will need a school-house, for, where 
once could be counted sixty children, there are scarcely 
enough now to make a school. 

District No. 7. — This district was known for many years 
as the " Robert Worsley District." It was never very large 
or populous. In 1794, it contained but eight families, and 
only ten voters, as follows : — 

Samuel Sargent. William White. 

David Thiirston. James White. 

Benjamin Thurston. Daniel Ball. 

David Thurston, Jr. William White, Jr. 

William Greenwood. Robert Worsley. 

The present school-house was built in 1828. Previous 
to this, the schools were kept in private dwellings. 

District No. 8, or LoirelJviUr Dlstrief. This was set off 
from District No. 2 in 1850, and at that time it contained 
twenty families. The school-house Avas built in 1850, at a 
cost of '1390.87. 

School-teaching is one of the noblest callings. The true 
teacher is a benefactor to the race. He makes impressions 



loB lUSTORY OF MAlilJiOllOLTGH. 

and sets in motion influences which are lasting as the mind. 
With what emotions of pleasure and gratitude do we eall 
to mind the teachers ot" our youth! Many of lliein have 
passed aAvay, but tJieir memory is precious. 

Of those who have borne their part toward 1)uildiug uj> 
the common schools in this town ma}^ l^e mentioned Benja- 
min Whitne}^ Sen., Levi Gates, Sen., and Nathan E. Wild. 
Mr. Gates had a thorough knowledge of arithmetic, but 
knew nothing of grammar; while his ,^ esteemed friend and 
neighbor, Mr. Whitney, though good in grai;imar, knew 
but little of arithmetic. Mr. Whitney used to wonder how- 
Mr. Gates could get along so well in teaching without a 
better knowledge of grammar ; while Mr. Gates expressed 
equal surprise at the success of JNlr. Whitney who was so 
lacking in the science of arithmetic. 

Col. Cyrus Frost, now more than eighty years of age, 
began teaching in the winter of 1818-19, and followed it, 
with greater or less intervals, for more than twenty years. 
He taught at least twenty-four terms, and was known far 
and near as a good manager of schools. Twice he was 
called to finish out schools where others had failed. He 
says: "I did the best I could. The first school I ever taught 
was the stillest. I did not flog but little, — some two or 
three times in the first school I taught, and occasionally 
since, but a great many without striking a blow. I had one 
scholar once, that no teacher before me could get along with 
without flogging. An old teacher (Capt. Whitney) asked 
me, 'How is it you get along with that boy, for I have 
heard that you have not flogged him this winter?' I told 
him that I came to the conclusion that he had been flogged 
too much, and I thought I would try a different plan, and 
so I appealed to his manhood." He taught two terms in 
Newton, Mass., after he was forty years of age. At that 
time, the Rev. George H. Hepworth, now of New York City, 
then a lad of ten years, was one of his pupils. He also 
taught in this town after he was fifty years old. 

Capt. Asa Frost, a brother of Cyrus, taught several terms 
in this and neighboring towns, and is said to have been an 
excellent teacher. 



Luther Wiswall who is now ;i (Jt)iigi'eg;iti()iial luiuistcr in 
.Maine, Bonjaiuiu Whitiic'v, Jr., and Levi Gates, Jr., taii<;-lit 
many terms, and were quite promincMit in our common 
schools. Jonas Whitne3% a brother ot" Ijenjandii, Jr., was a 
tearher of considerable note. He was a graduate ot Dart- 
mouth College, and taught the higher branches. For a 
number of j^ears he followed teaching in New York State, 
and later in St. Louis, where he died some years since. 
Jairus Collins, Esq., commenced teaching in 1835, and has 
taught nearly thirty terms. Rev. Sullivan H. McCollester, 
A.]\L, is one of our most prominent and successful teachers. 
He has for several vears been President of Buchtel ColleR-e, 
Akron, Ohio. Henry Clay, son of Calvin Tenney, has been 
a prominent teacher of both district and high schools in tliis 
and other towns. Rev. Charles E. Houghton, although not 
a native, was for several j'cars a resident in town, and taught 
many terms, not only of district but high schools, with good 
success. He is now a Congregational minister ^n Auburn, 
N.H. Joseph C. Mason and Joseph C. Shattuck were both 
successful teachers, and are at present engaged in the cause 
of education at the West, the former as Superintendent of 
Public Schools in Missouri, and the latter as State Super- 
intendent of Public Instruction in Colorado. 

Among the female teachers who have been successfid in 
their calling, we may mention Nabby Converse, who taught 
many terms before the commencement of the present 
century. She is said to have been self-educated, and 
possessed a great faculty for teaching small children. She 
died in 1803. Atossa Frost, daughter of Col. Joseph Frost, 
and ]\liss Cynthia Farrar, daughter of Phinehas Farrar, Jr., 
were noted teachers. They both went as teachers and mis- 
sionaries to Bombay. The former married Rev. Cyrus Stone. 
Hannah Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, Sen., was a 
graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. She 
followed teaching for many years, not only in tliis town, but 
in Ohio. She afterward married Rev. Mt)ses G. Grosvenor, 
and died at Troy, Ohio, February, 1875. Ellen Herrick, 
daughter of Jeremiah Herrick, taught with good success 



158 HISTORY OF MARLBOROFGH. 

ill various parts of tlic West. Ellen and I'Jiza, danghters of 
Aaron Stone, are hotli siiceessful teachers. Kllcn L. Rieli- 
ardson, now Mrs. Ilarringtoii, has taught linu'e than seventy 
inoiitlis, and always witli good success. 

Were it possible, we would like to give the names of all 
our native and long resident teachers ; but so nnnierons are 
they that we find ourselves unequal to the task, and have 
therefore onl}- mentioned some who liave become eminent in 
their calling. 

The whole amount of money expended l)y tlie town for 
sehooling in the year 1878 was 'it'1,566.85. This is divided 
among the several districts as follows, — one-third equally 
one-third by valuation, and one-third by the number of 
children attending school the fall and winter previous, 
calling District No. 2 two districts. The Literary Fund is 
divided equally, calling No. 2 three districts. 

The town has received two small legacies for schools. 
The first was in 1828, by Abijah Tucker, the interest of 
which is $5.01 yearly. The other -was in 1863, by Lydia 
W. Wyman. The interest "which is expended annually is 
$33.04. 

Superintending school committee were first chosen by the 
town in 1809: that year nine were elected, one from each 
district. As this committee was composed of some of the 
most enterprising men, it is to be inferred that they 
attended to the duties assigned them, although we find no 
report of their doings. 

Ftom the report of the school committee of 1820, we 
gather the statistics of the Avinter schools : — 

Teachers. No. of Scholars. Term. 

lluhama Wliituey, 18 13 weeks. 

Levi Gates, Jr., 52 8^ '• 

Liithei- Wiswall, 27 10 

George Lane, 37 8 

Solomon Tarbell 64 12 

Augustus Noyes, 81 14 " 

Whole Xo. of scholars, 279 65^ " 

Tills committee reported that they believed the instructors 



SCHUOJ.S. 



1,V.) 



had been faithful and unwearied in the perforinaiice of their 
duty, and that the pupils were orderly, their progress good 
and encouraging. As a uniformity of text-books throughout 
the various schools in town was desirable, the committee 
recommended Murray's English Grammar, the History of 
the United States, the Americjan Preceptor, Cumming's 
Spelling Book, and the Scriptures. 

The following is a list of the Superintending School 
Committee, from 1809 to the present time, with the 
exception of the years 1812, 1832, 1837, 1838 and 1839. If 
any were chosen these years, no record was made upon the 
town books, and we have failed to learn their names : — 

SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 



1809. 
Beujaniiu Whitney. 
Col. Joseph Frost. 
Abraham Coolidge. 
Capt. Jonathan Frost. 
Amos Cmnmings. 
Jolui Farkhnrst, Jr. 
Lieut. Jonathan Frost. 
Robert Worsley. 
Shubael Stone. 

1810. 
Kev. Halloway Fish. 
Levi Gates. 
Benjamin Whitney. 

1811. 
Kev. Halloway Fish. 
Levi Gates. 
Caleb Perry. 

1812. 
2s one recorded. 

1818. 
Rev. Halloway Fisli. 
Dr. Ephraim K. Frost. 
Asa Frost. 

ISU. 
Rev. Ilallowav Fisli. 



Dr. Ephraim K. Frust. 
Asa Frost. 

181.5. 
Rev. Halloway Fish. 
Xathan Wild."^ 
Caleb Perry. 

1810. 

Re\-. Halloway Fish. 
James Farrar. 
Levi Gates, Jr. 

1817. 
Rev. Halloway Fish. 
Di-. Epln-aim K. Frost. 
Benjamin Whitney. 
Asa Frost. 

Amos Cummings, Jr. 
Xatlum Wild. 

1818. 
Rev. Halloway Fish. 
Amos Cummings, Jr. 
Asa Frost. 
Levi (iates, Jr. 
Xatlian Wild. 
Di'. E[)hraim K. Frost. 

1819. 
Kev. Hallowav Fish. 



IHO 



' iii.sTouv OF :MAi;i.i;(>i;<)rGii. 



Nathan Wild. 

Asa Hoi I nan. 

Capt. IW'njaniiu WliiUiL-y. 

Amos Cuniniings, fir. 

Levi Gates, Jr. 

James Farrar. 

is-jo. 

lluv. llalloway Fish. 

Asa Holnian. 

I)i-. James Batcheller, 

18-21. 
Uev. Halloway Fish. 
Dr. James Batcheller. 
Levi Gates, Jr. 
Asa Frost. 

lS-2-2. 
Kev. Halloway Fish. 
Geo. H. Lane. 
Thomas Tolman. 

1823. 
Rev. Halloway Fish. 
CjTn-s Frost. 
Levi Gates, Ji". 

1821. 
Levi Gates, Jr. 
Anxos Cmmnings, Jr. 
Asa Frost. 

1825. 
Asa Frost. 
Ijt'vi Gates, Jr. 
Kev. Salmon Bennet. 

182G. 
lu'V. Salmon Bonnet. 
Levi Gates, Jr. 
Lnther Wiswall. 
Benjamin Whitney, Jr. 

LS27. 
Kev. Sahnon Bennet. 
Benjamin Whitney, Jr. 
Levi (lates. Jr. 
LiilluT Wiswull. 



1828. 
Rev. Salmon Bennet. 
Dr. James Batcheller. 
Benjamin Whitney, Jr. 

1820. 
Uev. Salmon Bennet. 
Dr. James Batcheller. 
Benjamin Whitney, Jr. 

1830. 
Luther Wiswall. 
Minot T. Lane. 
Sumner Frost. 

1831. 
Luther Wiswall. 
Benjamin Whitney, Jr. 
Minot T. Lane. 

1832. 
None recorded. 

1833. 
Dr. James Batcheller. 
Luther Wiswall. 
Rev. Clark Sibley. 

1831. 
Dr. James Batcheller. 
Stillman Buss. 
Willard Adams. 

1835. 
Rev. Moses G. Grosvener. 
Dr. James Batcheller. 
Stillman Buss. 

1836. 
Rev. INIoses G. Grosvener. 
Benjamin Whitney, Jr. 
Stillman Buss. 

1837. 
None recorded. 

1838. 
None recorded. 

183'). 
None recorded. 



SCHOOLS. 



i(;i 



1840. 
Jairus Collins. 
Thuiley CoUester. 

1811. 
Rev. David I'. Freucii. 
Giles Lyman. 
Jairus Collins. 

1842. 
Rev. Giles Lyuian. 
Jairus Collins. 
Stillmau Buss. 

1843. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 

" Henry M. Danlurth. 
Jairus Collins. 
1844. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 

'• Henry M. Daufortli. 
Dr. James Batcheller. 
Jairus Collins. 

184.5. 
Rev. Giles Lyirian. 

184G. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 
" Calvin Baker. 
Rev. Edwin Davis. 

1847. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 
Charles F. Holman.. 
Jairus CoUin-s. 

1848. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 

" Sherl)urn Dearborn. 
Jairus Collins. 

1849. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 

" Sherburn Dearborn. 
Jairus Collins. 

18.50. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 

23 



Jairus Collins. 
Norman Clark. 

1851. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 
Jairus Collins. 
Cyrus Riper, Jr. 

1852. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 
Cyrus Piper, Jr. 
Rev. Judson Fisher. 

1853. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 

" Judson Fisher. 
Jairus Collins. 

1854. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 

" Judson Fis'her. 
Jairus Collins. 

18.55. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 
Jairus Collins. 

1856. 
Rev. Giles Lynian. 
Jairus Collins. 
Dr. Samuel A. Richardson. 

18.57. 
Rev. Giles Lyman. 
Jairus Collins. 
Dr. Samuel A. Richardson. 

1858. 
Henry C. Teimey. 

1859. 
Rev. Solomon Laws. 
Henry C. Tenney. 
Dr. Samuel A. Richardson. 

18G0. 
Rev. Solomon Laws. 
Hem7 C. Tenney. 
Dr. Samuel A. Richardson. 



162 



HISTORY OF IMAULHOKOUGII. 



1861. 
Rev. Giles Lymau. 
Jairus Collins. 
Dr. Samuel A. llicliavdsoii. 

186-J. 
Jairus Collins. 
Dr. Samuel A. Richardson. 
Charles E. Houghton. 

1863. 
Jairus Collins. 
Charles E. Houghton. 
Charles K. Mason. 

1864. 
Dr. Samuel J. Martin. 

1805. 
Jairus Collins. 
Charles E. Houghton. 

1866. 
Jairus Collins. 
Rev. Hiram P. Osgood. 

1867. 
Rev. Hiram P. Osgood. 

1868. 
Rev. Hiram P. (Osgood. 

1S6!). 
Dr. Samuel A. Richardson. 
Elisha O. Woodward. 

ISTO. 
Charles K. Houglitou. 
Elisha O. Woodward. 
Jainis Collins. 

1871. 
Elisha O. Woodward. 



Jairus Collins. 

Rev. Deming S. Dexter. 

1872. 
Jairus Collins. 
Rev. Deming S. Dexter. 
" John L. Merrill. 

1873. 
Rev. Deming S. Dexter. 

" John L. ISIerrill. 
Charles E. Hougliton. 

1874. 
Charles E. Houghton. 
Rev. R. T. Sawyer.* 

" Jolni n. Hillman. 
J. Ki]l)arn Soutliwick.* 

1875. 
Rev. H. W. Hand. 

" John H. HiUinan. 
Charles Sinith. 

1876. 
Charles Smith. 
Rev. H. W. Hand. 

1877. 
Charles Smith. 

1878. 
Charles K. Mason. 
Charles Mason. 
Mrs. Carrie C. l'airl>anks. 

1879. 
Charles Mason. 
]\Irs. Carrie C. Fairbanks. 
Cluirles K. Mason. 



» Resigned. 



CHAPTER IX. 

THE R E B E L L I O N. 

^^ai{lb0houo^ the flr.^t town in the county to respond to the 
Call for Volunteers. — Three Men in the First Regiment. — 
LiEUT.-CoL. Converse. — Fourteen Men in the Second Kegi- 
siENT. — Sixth Eegiment. — The Fourteenth Regiment. — The 
Draft. — Amount of Bounties paid. — Natives of Marlborough 
who enlisted froji Other Towns. 

It would be worse than useless for us, in a volume like 
this, to attempt to write a chapter on the cause of the Great 
Rebellion which deluged our country with the blood of 
many of our bravest and noblest men. 

Like the shock of an earthquake, it burst upon our land. 
The opening scenes are still fresh in our minds : the election 
of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860, the occupa- 
tion of Fort Sumter by Maj. Anderson, and the final attack 
upon it. 

If Marlborough did not do as much toward the suppres- 
sion of the Rebellion as some other towns, it was not for 
want of fidelity to the Union, but because her territory 
was smaller, her population less, and her resources not so 
ample. 

When the stars and stripes were ruthlessly assailed on 
the ramparts of Fort Sumter by traitors, and Abraham 
Lincoln issued a call for seventy-five thousand volunteers, 
jSIarlborough acted promptly and patriotically, being the first 
town in Cheshire County to respond to that call. Her 
young men left their farms and work-shops, and went to the 
field. They fought as bravely, suffered as much in battle, 
in camp, and hospital, as those from other towns. The 



164 HISTORY OF MA II I. BOROUGH. 

people of Marlborough shared fully in the excitement which 
spread over the entire North at the news of the i^nrrender of 
Fort Sumter. 

As soon as a recruiting-office was opened at Keene, three 
young men enlisted into the First New Hampshire Regiment, 
which was raised for three months. They were honorably 
discharged with their regiment on the 9th of August 
following. They were Thomas L. White, James Totten, and 
John Totten. The first-named is said to have been the first 
man to enlist from Ches''hire County. 

Soon after this regiment went to the field, a company was 
organized at Keene for the Second New Hampshire Regi- 
ment, and several of our citizens enlisted, among whom was 
Levi N. Converse. Young Converse first enlisted as a 
private in Company A. He was soon promoted to Orderly 
Sergeant, in which capacity, in the abJ^ence of his superior 
officers, he commanded the company through all the battles 
of the McClellan Peninsular (■anipaign, and afterwards 
became Lieut.-Col. He lost liis right arm at Gettysburg; 
and, at the battle of Chapin's Farm, a minie ball passed 
through the roof of his mouth, injuring and disfiguring his 
face. Still he remained with liis regiment until mustered 
out in Concord, at the close of his term of service. 

The following from Marlborough were also in the Second 
Regiment : — 

Daniel B. Woodward, Discharged June 20, 1864. 

William H. Tenney, Discharged for disability, Oct. 8, 

186-2. 
James Newell, Discharged a\ ith his regiment. 

Mirrick H. Ross, Womided at VVilliamsbm-g, Va., 

May 5, 1862. Discharged Dec. 5, 

1862. 
Amaziah Sawtelle, Wounded July 2, 1863, and again 

June 24, 186-1. 
John Totten, Ivilled at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 

1863. Grave No 15, Sec. A. N.H. 

Lot, Gettysburg Cemetery. 
Asa IVI. White, Discharged July 30, 1862, in conse- 

(juence of wound received in the 

battle of Williamsbm-g. 



TIIK IIKHELLION. 



10/ 



Uliodolplms I. White, 
Lucius F. Hunt, 

Amos L. Corey, 

Mark True Greenwood, 
Cyrus E. Hardy, 
Augustus C. White, 
]\Iiltou G. Razey, 



Died at Camp Ueaulort, Md., Dec. 
20, 1861. 

Discharged for disability. Reeu- 
listed in Co. F., 2d Regiment 
Sliarpshooters. 

Wounded. Dischai'ged for disabil- 
ity Feb. 2, 1803. 

Discharged Sept. 25, 1861. 

Mustered out Dec. 21, 1865. 

Mustered out May 22, 1865. 

Deserted at Warsaw, Va., Sept. 30, 
1865. 



This regiment participated in more tlian twenty battles, 
and lost in action nearly one thousand men. The ]iiost 
sanguinary battles in which it was engaged were the first 
and second Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, (7ett3^sburg, 
Cold Harbor, and the battles in front of Petersburg. In 
these engagements alone, the loss in killed, wounded, and 
missing, was more than eight hundred. 

The Sixth Regiment was raised in the autumn of 1861 ; 
and Nelson Converse was commissioned its Colonel, October 
26, which position he held until the 8th of March, 1862, 
when he resigned in consequence of ill-health. In this regi- 
ment were seventeen men from Marlborouah : — 



Calvin Stone, 
Falls H. Castone, 
Edward F. Adams, 
William A. Russell, 
Thomas L. AVhite, 

George V. R. Farnum, 
Arcidus Vicar, 
Charles L. Clark, 
Oscar W. Farnum, 

Charles A. Field, 
John H. Priest, 
Henry A. Atherton, 

George H. Smith, 



Discharged for disability. 
Mustered out with regiment. 
Promoted to captain Apr. 20, 1864. 
Discharged for disability. 
Promoted to corporal. Transferred 

to Y.-R. corps May 1, 186i. 
Discharged Dec. 26, 1864. 
Reenlisted Dec. 22, 1863. 
Reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864. 
Transferred to V.R. corps July 1, 

1863. 
Discharged for disability. 
Mustered out Nov. 27, 1864. 
Discharged for physical disability 

June 20, 1865. 
Transferred to Invalid Corps Sei.)t. 

30, 1863. 



166 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Charles W. Pike, Killed in 2fl Bull Run iiiittle Aug. 

29, 1862. 

Francis M. Farrar, Discharged for disability at Wash- 

ington, D.C., Oct. 20, 1802. 

Everett F. Gates, Died at Xicholasville, Ky., Aug. 30, 

1863. 

Georo-e Tilden. Dischai-ged lor disability at Rof^ 

anoke Island, N.C., Feb. 28, 1862. 

The Foiu'teentb, Avhicli was the last of the tliree years' 
reo-iments raised in the State, was mustered into service in 
the anturan of 1862. Cheshire County furnished four com- 
panies, and Marlborough was represented by eighteen of her 
citizens: — 



James Totten, 
Christopher Totten, 
William Collins, 
Enoch Foster, 

George H. Stone, 

George H. Stockwell, 

Alphonso A. Adams, 

Perley E. Collins, 
Delevan C. Richardson, 

Nathaniel P. Rnst, 

Theodore Pope, 

Sumner L. McCollester, 

William H. Pierce. 
huke Knowlton, Ji'.. 
Charles A. Mason, 

jvhviii 15. INIatthcws, 
Ebenezer T. Greenwood. 

Charles Knowlton, 



Mustered out with regiment. 

Promoted to sergeant Jan. 17, 186-4. 
Corporal. Discharged for disability, 

at Concord, May 30, 1805. 
First lieutenant. Wounded Sept. 

19, and died Sept. 2o, 1864. 
Died at Troy, while at home on a 

furlough, July 20, 1865. 
Discharged at Concord, Oct. 13, 

1864. 
Mustered out July 8, 1865. 
Wounded Oct. 19, 1864, mustered 

out July 8, 1805. 
Killed at Winchester, Ya., Sept. 19, 

1804. 
Discharged f or_ disability at Wash- 
ing-ton, D.C.,"Oct. 18, 1864. 
Wounded Sept. 19, 1864, but served 

to the close of the war. 
Wounded Sept. 19, 1804. 
Promoted to corporal Xov. 1, 1804. 
Died at Washington, D.C., Sept. 7, 

1803. 
Mustered out July 8, 1865. 
Promoted to corporal Jan. 24, 1S(;3. 

Wounded Sept. 19, 1804. 
Died at Poolsville, Md., Jan. 20, 

1803. 



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Melviii H. Collins enlisted in November, 1861, in Company 
F, Second Regiment, United States Sharpshooters, and was 
discharged for disability, Jnne 2, 1862. Asa C. Dort enlisted 
April 29, 1864, and served as Quartermaster Sergeant, in 
Company D, First New Hampshire Cavalry, and was mus- 
tered out July 15, 1865. 

In September, 1863, tliere was a general draft throughout 
the State ; and this town was no exception. Fourteen 
were thus selected and held for service, only one of whom 
entered the army; namely, Horace O. Lewis who became 
a member of Company D, Fifth Regiment. He died at 
Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C, in consequence 
of wounds received at the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 
1861. The remaining thirteen paid three hundred dollars 
each as commutation. Their names were as follows : — 

Cntus S. Moors. Albert W. Stockwell. 

Thomas H. AVhite. Joel S. Knight, 

diaries H. Thurston. James Brown. 

Charles E. Houghton. John Carr. 

Luther G. Bemis. Lucius F. Hunt. 

Fay Forbush. Hemy D. Richardson. 
Henry II. Ward. ' 

The whole number of men furnished Ijy the towii, includ- 
ing foreign substitutes, was ninety-eight; and the amount of 
bounties paid was ten thousand four hundred and twenty- 
one dollars. 

Several of our young men M'ere absent from town at the 
time the first call was issued for soldiers, and enlisted into 
the service from the places of their abode. We are unable 
at this time to give the names of all who thus entered 
the army, but among them were William M. Clapp, Lucius 
H. Shattuck, Ora W. Harvey, Levi D. Jones, Alfred M. 
White, and George H. Woodward. 



CHAPTER X. 

MILLS AND MANUFACTOEIES. 

First Saav-mills. — Titcker Mill,. — Texxky Mill. — Grimes Mill. — 
Hunting Mill. — Wiswall Mill, — Collins Mill. — 0.sbokne 
Mill. — Masox Mill. — Grist-mills. — Fulling-mills. — Pails. — 
Clotiies-pixs axd other Woodex Ware. — Kxob Screavs. — 
Blaxket Mills. — Breed Poxd Compaxy. — Machinists. — Black- 
smiths. — Taxxeiues. — Shoemakers. — Saddlers axd Harness- 
makers. — Brown Earthen Ware. — Brick. — Granite Quarry. 

Foe. many years after the settlement of the township, the 
excellent water power afforded b}'^ the numerous streams 
running through the town was considered of little value, 
beyond what was used for the sawing of lumber and the 
grinding of grain. In Chapter II., allnsion was made to the 
first saw-mill 1)uilt Ijy Daniel Harrington, and the first two 
grist-mills built by Joseph Collins and Abijah Tucker. Both 
of these had a saw-mill connected with them, thus rendering 
it comparatively easy for the settlers to obtain lumber for 
building purposes. The one built by Joseph Collins was 
sold by him, in 1771, to his brother-in-laAV James Lewis, 
after which we hear no more of this mill, and it probably 
remained in existence only a few years. Mr. Tucker 
continued to carry on his mill until the infirmities of age 
compelled him to give up labor ; after which, he let the mill 
for several years to different parties. His mill-dam was 
the first obstruction placed across the river ; and at that 
time it was no unusual sight, in the spring of the year, to see 
shad Ijclow the dam, which had run up from the Connecticut 
River. 



MILLS ANiJ iMANl'FACTUIUES. 100 

About 182G, this mill eaiiie into tlie possession of Cliarles 
Holmaii who for many years carried oii.au extensive lumber 
business. In 1837, Mr. Hohiian erected the stone-mill which 
he continued to occupy until old age rendered him unfit 
for labor, and the mill then came into the possession oi' his 
sons-in-law, Messrs. Thurston & Wilkinson. They built an 
addition to the mill and put in machinery lor the manu- 
facture of uaih^d and dovetailed boxes and trunk-cleats. 

There was also a saw-mill built at an early date by 
Benjamin Tucker and his sons a little below the outlet of 
Meeting-house Pond on the site of the Whitney and Tarbell 
mill, so called. A native poet of that day, whose rhyming 
gives evidence of considerable inventive genius, notices this 
mill in the following verse : — 

Tucker's boys built a mill, 
Half the time it did stand still, 
When it went it made a noise. 
Because it was built by Tucker's boys. 

The present mill was erected by William. C Mason and 
Nathaniel Tottenham in 1840, who intended to saw out chair 
stock ; Ijut, failing in their design, the mill was left in an 
unfinished state till 1845, when it was purchased by Amos 
A. ]\Iason and Charles R. Bemis who finished the mill and 
commenced the manufacture of cane-seat chair-frames. In 
1846, Mr. Bemis sold his interest in the business to Mr. 
Mason who carried it on for several years. After this 
Mr. Bemis in company with Austin G. Parmenter carried 
on the same business for twenty years in the mill now 
owned by Osgood R. Wiswall. Mr. Mason Avas succeeded 
by different parties, each of whom remained but a short 
time ; and about the year 1856 it came into the possession 
of Charles D. Tarbell and Jared T. Whitney who for 
several years carried on an extensive lumber business in 
connection with the manufacture of chair-seat frames. In 
1866, Mr. Tarbell sold his interest in the mill to Mr. 
Whitney who continued the business some two or three 
years, and then sold to Mortimer M. Stowe, The mill is 
now in the possession of Amos A. Mason, and occupied 
by Miles Cudworth as a stave-milL 



170 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

William Tenney, Sen., biitlt ii saw-mill, probably about 
1780, on the Baker Brook, about half-way between the 
bridge and the saw-mill since owned by Allies Cudworth. 
The latter mill was built l)y Rufus Brooks some twenty 
years since. In 18(57, he sold it to Francis L. ^lason 
who used it as a saw-mill and also for the manufacture 
of clothes-pins. After the death of Mv. Mason, Miles Cud- 
worth purchased the mill, and used it for the purpose of 
getting out pail-staves, until it was burned, Dec. 3, 1877. 

There Avas a saw-mill on the Roaring Brook in Roxbury, 
which is supposed to have been built by Bart. Grimes. 
We have no account of the l)uilding of this mill ; but it 
must have been previous to 1800. This was afterwards 
owned by Es([. Holman. 

A saw-mill was erected l)y Jesse Hunting, at the outlet 
of Cumming's Pond a])out 1800. It is said, when Mr. 
Hunting was building this mill, that old Mr. Tayntor (fatlier 
of Jedediah), passing near the spot on his w ay through the 
woods, remarked to Mr. Hunting, "• This is an excellent place 
to build a mill, but where is your water?" This meaning 
will be readily understood by all who are acc^uainted with 
the surroundings. 

About 1805, John Wiswall, Sen., built a saw-mill on the 
river near what is now called the " Day Bridge. " This, 
however, was washed away in a few years, and never rebuilt. 

About this time, a mill was erected on the Marlborough 
Brook, upon the site of the old Harrington mill. This was 
owned by Jonathan Wliipple wlio probably sold it to Joseph 
Wellington. When the latter left town, it came into the 
possession of Capt. John Lane who continued to own and 
occupy it until the great freshet of 1826, when it was carried 
away. 

Samuel Collins Iniilt a uiiil (probably a saw and grist- 
mill) at an early date ou the site of the lower mill of 
the Marlljorough Manufacturing Company. In 1803, this 
was own(?d by Daniel Fisk wlio (-(uiverted a part of it 
into a fulling-mill. lu 1.S07. it was jiurchased by Ebenezer 
Hill wlio (lid cousidci'ablc luisincss at drcssiuu- clotli. He 



.M1I,[.S ANI> iNrANPFACTOIMKS. 171 

remained here eight yours, and then sold t<> Jolm 15. Fairar 
who continued tlie business for several years, and theii sold 
to Gilman and Nelson Converse who used it as a lumber- 
mill. They also engaged in the manufacture of powder- 
kegs, 111 1834, the building was destroyed by fire; and 
some time after, the privilege passed into the hands of Asa 
Greenwood who erected the main building now standing, 
and engaged in the lumber l)usiiiess. 

Of the mills erected in the south part of the town, now 
within the limits of Troy, we can say but little beyond the 
fact that there was a grist-mill built by Phinehas Farrar in 
1TS4, a few rods above the Forestall mills. This was after- 
wards owned by Daniel Gould. ' Alexander Parkman also 
built a fulling-mill in that part of the town about 1778. 

Jacob Osborne is believed to have been the first to erect 
a saw-mill on the privilege now occupied by Levi A. Fuller. 
As this was a part of the tavern property, it was bought and 
sold in rapid succession for many years. Mr. Fuller, the 
present owner, purchased it of his father in November, 1863. 
In the sjn'ing of 1872, this mill was destroyed by fire. Mr. 
Fuller immediately erected a neat and substantial building, 
and is at present engaged in the manufacture of bail-boxes, 
pail-staves, and coarse lumber. 

Some years since a mill was erected on the stream, a few 
rods below the above-mentioned Fuller mill, by Isaac Fuller, 
and was used for the manufacture of various kinds of 
wooden-ware. Osgood J. Bemis succeeded Mr. Fuller, and 
for several years manufactured pail-handles to some extent. 
In the fall of 1871, he lost the mill b}' fire, and built the 
present structure w^hich is now occupied by Levi A. Fuller 
in connection with his other mill. 

In 1837, James Hobert built a saw and stave mill on the 
Baker Brook, which was the one since owned by Aaron 
Mason, llobeit carried on the business for a short time, 
but, not making it profital)lc, it passed into the hands of Mr. 
Mason who retained possession of it until the destruction of 
the dam by the freshet of 1869. The dam was never rebuilt, 
and the property soon passed into other hands. A part of 



172 HISTORY OF MAI'vLBOUOUGH. 

the mill was taken down, and the remainder converted into 
a barn. 

Some time previous to 1800, Samuel Collins built a grist- 
mill at what is now called " Marll)orough Glen/' This was 
in use by Mr. Collins and his sons until 1830; at whicli time, 
being somewhat out of rei)air, it was deserted, and the same 
3^ear Joseph Collins built the mill now owned b}- Osgood R. 
Wiswall, which he used as a grist-mill for a few years, and 
then, selling to George Harvey, removed further down the 
river, and about the year 1840 commenced to erect the one 
since owned by the late Barton Blodgett. Before it was 
completed, Mr. Collins died ; 'and the mill soon after came 
into the possession of Stillman Buss, under whose skilful 
management it soon won the name of being the best liouring- 
mill in Cheshire County, and was extensively patronized, 
not only by the people of the adjoining towns, but by those 
from a distance of more than twenty miles around; and 
so famous did this mill become, that Mr. Buss was obliged 
during a part of the time to run it night and day. In 1861, 
Jedediah T. Collins purchased an interest in the mill whicli 
was carried on under the firm-name of Buss & Collins. 
After the death of Mr. Buss, Barton Blodgett bought one- 
half of the mill, and continued in company with INIr. Collins 
for several years, when he purchased of Mr. Collins his share 
and continued to run it until his deatli. It is now owned 
by John M. Farnum of Keene. 

Eliphalet Stone erected a fulling-ndll at the outlet of the 
Stone Pond on the site of the present saw-mill at an early 
date. This was probably the first mill for dressing cloth 
within the limits of this town. Mr. Stone divided liis time 
between the farm and mill for many years, until, meeting 
with some reverses, he divided his property between liis 
sons, Calvin and Shubael ; and Calvin, taking the mill, 
resumed the business of dressing cloth. He removed the 
old fulling-mill to the opposite side of the road, and con- 
verted it into a dwelling-house for his father; built a 
saw-mill in place of it, and also a new fulling-mill a few 
rods below. Calvin Stone, Jr., with his brother Solon, 



MILLS AND .>LVXri''ACT()i;iKS. ^'J'■\ 

succeeded their father in the business, and duiiiig their 
ocfiipancy the fulling-niill was buriiod, and the present 
buikling erected. Several different kinds of wooden-ware 
have been manufactured here by different parties, such as 
(dothes-pins, pail-handles, staves, etc.; but at present little 
business is done. 

Josiah Fisk built the mill now owned by James Town- 
send in 1813. This was used by him for a fulling-mill. He 
was succeeded by Calvin Page who carried on the business 
successfully for several 3'ears. He also had a machine for 
carding wool into rolls for the accommodation of those who 
could spin. In 1837, James Townsend purchased the mill 
and commenced the manufacture of woollen yarn, which 
business he has prosecuted with success to the present time. 
He also makes hose, knit jackets, sheep's-gray cloth, etc., and 
his goods are some of the best found in market. 

PAILS. 

Pails wei'e first made in this town l)y Robert Carpenter 
Avho commenced tlie business in the mill now owned by 
Osgood R. Wiswall. The pail-lathe used bj Mr. Carpenter 
was Ijut a rude affair, compared with those in use at present. 
It would now be considered a slow and tedious job to match 
the staves by hand, and drive the hoops with a hand-driver; 
but, thanks to the inventive genius of the Yankee, these 
obstacles have been overcome, and the facilities for manu- 
facturing pails greatly increased. Mr. Carpenter remained 
here but a short time, and then, in company with Charles 
Cooledge, commenced pail-making where N. Winch's pail- 
shop now stands, a building having been erected for that 
purpose by Calvin Page who then owned the privilege. 
Jedediah T. Collins and others continued the pail-business 
at the Collins mill till 1836, when it came into the possession 
of George Harvey who carried on the business for seven 
years. During this time, he built the house since owned 
by Luther Smith. In 1843, he traded the house and mill 
to his brother James, taking in exchange the farm on 



174 HISTORY OF IsrARLROROUGH. 

which he now resides. The business was coiitiiiiied l)y 
James Harvey sonic two years: l)ul not Ix'ini;- snccessfnl, 
and becoming somewhat inNolvcd in debt, tlie property 
passed into other hands. ("ar})enter & Cooledge carried on 
the business at the Page mill nntil 1882, \y]\on the iirm was 
dissolved; Mr. Carpenter going to Orange, Mass., where he 
again entered into the pail-business on a more extensive* 
scale. Mr. Cooledge returned to Troy, and set up the same 
business, which lie carried on for several years. Joseph 
Cummings now hired the Page mill, and manufactured pails 
until April, 1834, when it was burned. The shop now 
owned by jN^athan Winch was erected by Charles Gilbert 
and Cyrus Frost wlio manufactured chairs there for several 
years. In 1887, Frost sold his share of the mill to George 
Holman. About this time, they commenced the manu- 
facture of pails. Silas Collester and Simeon Whitcomb 
soon after purchased an interest in the business, and jNlr. 
Gilbert retired. Mr. Holman soon sold to his partners wdio 
continued the business until 1852, when they sold to Nathan 
Winch who is still the proprietor. In 1837, Asa Bemis built 
a saw-mill on the south branch, in connection with which 
the following year he commenced to make j)ails. He con- 
tinued in this business until the infirmities of age rendered 
him unfit for labor, when he sold his business to Amasa 
Fuller, Jr. who is the present owner. Pails were quite 
extensively manufactured at the brick mill now owned b}' 
the Marlborough ^Manufacturing Compan3\ This was l)uilt 
in 1835, by G. & N. Converse for a pail factory. It soon 
passed into the hands of Asa Greenwood. He in a short 
time sold to Robert Carpenter Avho in a few years was suc- 
ceeded by Kelson Howe; and the business wa& successfully 
conducted by him until 1859, when it was purchased by 
George Thatcher, who continued tlie manufacture of })ails 
till 1866, when he sold to Goodhue Tenney and Charles (). 
Whitney who in a short time, in connection with others, 
organized as the Marlborough Manufacturing Company. 
William Tenne}^ commenced the pail and tub business in 
this town in 1853 at the lower mill of the Marlborough Man- 



MLLLtS ANIJ MANUFAOTOKIKS. 175 

ufacturiug- rompauy. Tie previously liad had consi(leral)le 
experience in this branch of business, liaving prosecuted 
it with success in Swanzey, iu Winchendon, Westminster, 
and Ashbiirnham, Mass. In 18(34, having acquired a coni- 
petenc3% he retired from the business, and was succeeded 
by D. W. &: W. M. Tenney who enhxrged the factory, and 
by putting in more maeliinery increased their facilities for 
manufacturing 1)otli tubs and pails. They also did consid- 
erable at the lumber-business. At the time of tlie decline 
in wooden-ware in 1870, the Messrs. Tenney sold the mill 
to the Manufacturing Compau}' who converted it into a 
woollen mill. In 18(58, J. & L. Knowlton commenced pail- 
making in connection with their clothes-pin business; at 
Jirst, putting in only one lathe. Afterwards, giving up the 
manufacture of pins, they from time to time added more 
pail machinery, until they now have facilities for making 
from one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand pails 
annually. In 1870, they erected a saw-mill on the opposite 
side of the river, which is used mainlv for o-ettino- out 
their stock. 

CLOTHES-PINS 

Were formerly extensively made in this towii. The prin- 
cipal nuinufacturers were G. H. & S. W. Stone wlio were 
succeeded by J. & L. Knowlton ; and Charles C. Hem- 
enway AAdio sold to W. W. & J. M. Richardson, Levi A. 
Fuller, and Francis L. Mason. The scarcity of good tind^er 
together with the low market value of clothes-pins, long- 
since rendered the business unprofitable, and none have 
been manufactured in town for several years, 

Asa Greenwood built the shop now owned by Luther 
llemenway in 1844. This was used for a few years as a 
clothes-pin and bobbin shop. Samuel Allison afterwards 
became the owner, and rented it to Leonard Snow who 
manufactured a variety of toys. He was succeeded in 1852 
by Luther llemenway who has continued the toy-business 
to a greater or less extent up to the present tinu'. 



176 HISTOllY OF MAllLROROUGH. 

Cliarlos C Hemeiiway in 1845 commenced to make bob- 
bins nnder the orist-mill of Stillman Buss. In 1848, taking 
his brother Luther as a partner, he made a change in 
his business, and commenced making clothes-pins, and sub- 
sequently the manufacture of wooden wash-boards. This 
business he carried on successfully for some eighteen years. 
In 1852, he dissolved partnership with his brother, and 
built a small shop adjoining that of Austin G. Parmenter. 
Here he did a thriving busiuoss in various kinds of wooden- 
ware, such as wash-boards, bo])bins, trowel-handles, knobs 
for wire screens, clothes-pins, etc. In 1859, he built the 
shop now o^vned l)y Richardson <S: Dexter, where he con- 
tinued the wooden-ware business until the spring of 1868, 
when he sold to W. W. & J. M. Richardson who carried 
on the wash-board and clothes-pin business till the fall 
of 1878, when J. M. Richardson disposed of his interest 
to James D. Dexter. Mr. Dexter had previously been 
engaged in making boxes in a part of the grist-mill of 
Barton Blodgett : he removed his machinery to the Rich- 
ardson mill, and at present, in company with Warren W. 
Richardson, is engaged in that l)usiness. 

KNOB-SCEEWS. 

Tlic patent knob-screw is the invention of Air. (^harles H. 
Thurston who is a natural mechanic. His tastes from a child 
have always run in this direction : lie could never see any- 
thing new in the mechanical line without trying to imitate 
it; and his grandfather Charles Holman and liis father, did 
everything in their power to encourage him, the former by 
furnishing him with lumber, and the latter providing him 
with tools. The water-wheels and saw-mills which he and 
his constant companion, Asa C. Dort, constructed, were not 
a fcAv, as many can testify who knew them. When twelve 
years old, his father purchased for him a nice turning-lathe, 
allowing him to run it as he pleased, and on this he used to 
earn his own si)eiiding money. He afterward learned the 
blacksmith's trade of his father in the " Old Stone Shop." 



MILLS AND MANUFACTOKIES. 177 

For some time during tlic war he worked at the United 
States Armory at Springfield, Mass. From that place, he 
returned to Marlborough, and in company with Solon S. 
Wilkinson engaged in the manufacture of boxes, trunk- 
cleats, etc., at the old Holman mill. It was while engaged 
in this business that he in 1868 took out his first patent 
for a Double Gimlet Pointed Screw, with a slot in one end 
for a key, by which the slotted end could be firmly keyed, 
in whatever article it was placed. 

The business of Messrs. Thurston and Wilkinson not 
proving what they desired, the mill was sold by them to the 
Monadnock Blanket Company, in 1868. Mr. Thurston 
remained with the Blanket Company for some time; but not 
liking the business, nor the confinement, he left with the 
intention of developing the screw business. But about this 
time, he made the acquaintance of James H. Fowler, then 
the successful manager of the Weed Sewing Machine Com- 
pany's business in Boston, who hired him for three and one- 
half years as a travelling salesman. He therefore had no 
opportunity to do anything personally, more than to furnish 
plans for others with which to build a machine for making 
his patent screws ; but all attempts at constructing such a 
machine proved a failure, and every one who tried it said 
the screws could not be made that way. Mr. Thurston, 
feeling certain they could, obtained leave of absence for two 
weeks, and with but one man to help him (Mr. C. W. 
Healey) soon had the satisfaction of seeing his machine turn 
out perfect screws, and in a way he had been repeatedly 
told it could not be done. The machine is self-acting, and 
only requires to have the cutters kept in order, and a forty- 
foot piece of wire placed in it from time to time, which it 
rapidly converts into perfect screws. 

Mr. Fowler and Mr. Thurston became much attached to 
each other ; and the former, seeing th€ screws, machines, and 
other inventions growing out of the original patent, desired 
to take an interest in them, to which Mr. Thurston finally 
consented. In the fall of 1873, they bought the building 
now occupied by Mr. Thurston, and commenced to manu- 

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178 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

factiire the screws and also various articles in which they 
are inserted, such as hat and closet pins, drawer and picture- 
knobs, door-stops, etc. They carried on the business until 
October 12, 1877, when Mr. Fowler suddenly died. Since 
that time, Mr. Thurston has continued it alone. 

He is now engaged also in manufacturing the Companion 
Sewing-machine, which is one of his own invention, and is 
not only one of the best but is the simplest in the market. 

BLANKET MILLS. 

The most important branch of industr3% and that which 
has added most to the prosperity and growth of the town, 
is the manufacture of horse-blankets. In the autumn of 
1866, Dr. S. A. Richardson, D. W. Tenney, and C. K. Mason, 
in connection with Goodhue Tenney and C. O. Whitney 
(who had recently bought the brick mill, previously owned 
by George Thatcher), formed a copartnership under the 
name of the Marlborough Manufacturing Company; and, 
in the spring of 1867, they made at that mill the first horse- 
blankets manufactured in town. Mr. Whitney having pre- 
viously sold his interest to Mr. D. W. Tenney, in January, 
1870, W. M. Tenney and J. H. Kimball became associated 
with the firm which now became an incorporated company. 
At the same time they purchased the pail factory of D. W. 
and W. M. Tenney, and converted it into a woollen-mill. In 
1877, Rufus S. Frost and others succeeded the original pro- 
prietors. The capital stock of the company is at present 
840,000. The number of emploj^ees at these two mills is 
ninety, with an average pay-roll of $2,200 per month. At 
the brick mill, they produce yearly 50,000 blankets,* and 
at the lower one 50,000 yards of beaver, diagonals, etc. 

The Monadnock Blanket Company was incorporated in 
1868 at which time they purchased the Holman Mill, and 
commenced the manufacture of horse-blankets. They have 
a capital stock of 130,000, employ forty or fifty hands, and 

•Since the above was written, the blanket machinery has been removed, and 
replaced by uew for the minufacture of woollen goods. 



MILLS AND MANUFACTORIES. 179 

produce from seventy-five to eighty thousand blankets 
yearly. The amount of their pay-roll is from thirteen to 
fifteen hundred dollars per month. 

Charles O. Whitney and Warren H. Clark commenced 
business in 1873, and formed what is now known as the 
Cheshire Blanket Company. Their place of business is the 
mill wliich was erected by Mr. Whitney in 1869, and used 
by him as a chair -shop, until, in company with Mr. Clark, 
it was fitted up for the manufacture of blankets. These 
enterpiising men have added to their business fi"om time 
to time, until they now have an investment of not less than 
$20,000, and facilities for producing fifty thousand blankets 
annually. They have fifty employees, and their pay-roll 
amounts to $1,150 per month. 

Thus it will be seen that in this little village there are 
annually manufactured no less than one hundred and 
seventy -five thousand horse-blankets, giving employment to 
one hundred and fifty hands. 

BREED POND COMPANY. 

The facilities for manufacturing in the village have been 
gi-eatly increased by the Breed Pond Company which was 
incorporated in 1851. The object was to flow the Breed 
Pond, so called, in Nelson, in order to form a reservoir. 
This company consisted of Charles Holman, Stillman Buss, 
Nelson Howe, Whitcomb & Collester, James Townsend, 
F. R. Thurston, George Handy, and Fay & Joslin. These 
enterprising gentlemen constructed a dam at an expense of 
about four hundi-ed and fifty dollars, making a pond which 
covers about six hundred acres. 

In the fall of 1861, Stillman Buss and Jedediah T. 
Collins constructed at their own expense what is now 
called the "Little Reservoir," near the Marlborough and 
Harrisville line. This was intended to save what water 
would otherwise l)e wasted at night. This came into the 
possession of the Breed Pond Company in 1864. As manu- 
facturing increased, it was found that these two ponds were 



180 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

insufficient to supply the demand for water ; and another 
reservoir was built at Bemisville, in the autumn of 1868, 
which flows about one hundred and fifty acres. The con- 
struction of these ponds improved to a great degree the 
water-power, and has been the prime cause of the rapid 
growth of the village for the last ten years. 

In the autumn of 1877, the water-power was still further 
improved by building the reservoir at Marlborough Glen. 
James Knowlton superintended the building of the dam 
which is one of the largest and best constructed in this 
section. The whole length of this dam is two hundred and 
fifty-five feet ; length of roll-way, ninety-four feet ; extreme 
height, thirty-five feet; height of roll-way, thirty-two feet. 
The material used in building was some thirty-five hundred 
tons of granite and other stone, and fifty-seven thousand 
feet of lumber, with three thousand pounds of iron ; the 
whole costing about three thousand dollars. The gate being- 
closed at night, this reservoir receives all the water which 
would otherwise run to waste, and, being opened in the 
morning, enables the water to reach the mills at an earlier 
hour than formerly. 

The rapid descent of the stream at this point renders it 
one of the best water-privileges in Cheshire County, and it 
is surprising to many that this has remained so long unim- 
proved. 

MACHINISTS. 

Charles Buss commenced as a machinist in this town in 
1847. The building, he at first erected, was but a small 
affair, and poorly adapted to the purpose. In the spring 
of 1852, his business had so increased that he was com- 
pelled to enlarge his shop ; but, before this was completed, 
it was entirely destroyed by fire. Not disheartened, he 
immediately rebuilt, and enlarged his business, subsequently 
adding a foundry, thus enabling him to make his own cast- 
ings, and turn off more work than previously. But soon 
shop and foundry became too small for his rapidly increas- 



MILLS AND MANUFACTORIES. 181 

ing business. A new foundry was set up ; and later he 
erected a neat and substantial brick building in front of tlie 
old shop, which he filled with machinery, and commenced 
doing business on a larger scale. Here he manufactured 
nearly all kinds of wooden-ware machinery which merited 
the highest commendation, and more than once won for 
the proprietor the proudest distinctions from various ex- 
hibitions. His rotary-bed planer and Daniel's planing 
machines, clothes-pin, tub, and pail machinery, gauge and 
stretcher lathes, were all marvels of perfection, and alwa}s 
combined the latest improvements. These machines were 
shipped to all parts of the United States, and to several 
countries of the Old World. Notwithstanding his hard 
work and extensive trade, he was not altogether successful 
in business; and, when the "hard times" came on, he was 
unable to stem the current that set in against him ; and, 
leaving his property in the hands of his creditors, he 
removed his machinery and tools to Grand Rapids, Mich., 
where he is now doing an extensive business. 

Christopher Hodgkins commenced the machinist-business 
in this town in 1854 in the second story of Franklin K. 
Thurston's blacksmith shop. After continuing here a short 
time, he removed to Keene, where, in company with John 
Knowlton, he manufactured the circular vent water-wheel, 
which was one of his own invention. In 1857, he returned 
to Marlborough, and soon commenced the manufacture of 
sewing machines. Mr. Hodgkins is a man of more than 
ordinary mechanical ingenuity, and was soon able to make 
many improvements in sewing machines, taking out no less 
than five different patents. After a few years, he gave up 
that business and turned his attention to manufacturing 
various kinds of wood-working-machinery, some of whicli 
he has greatly improved. Several years since, he obtained a 
patent on water-rams : he has built a large number of these 
which are in successful operation. In the fall of 1878, he 
purchased the shops formerly owned by Charles Buss, where 
he is now doing a good business. 



182 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

The first blacksmitli in town was probably Jonathan 
Capron, the first settler on the Whitney place, now owned 
by J, M. Darling. His sons, Jonathan and Walter, also 
followed the trade of their father : The former had a shop at 
the fork of the roads, south-easterly of the present residence 
of George A. Porter, where he worked for several years, 
and then removed to Troy. 

Walter had a shop a little south-west of the old meeting- 
house, where he plied his trade for a number of years. 
Whatever faults Mv. Capron may have possessed, he was 
evidently a man of his word. At one time he was sorely 
tried by a prominent citizen who took the liberty to tie his 
horse in the shop every Sabbath morning without leave. 
Mr. Capron was so incensed at this that he declared, if the 
offence was repeated, he would shoe the horse and collect 
pay for the same. On the following Sabbath, the horse was 
found in its accustomed place in the shop ; and Mr. Capron, 
good as his word, immediately shod it all round ; the noise 
of his anvil somewhat disturbing the good people who were 
listening to the ministrations of Rev. HalloAvay Fish. It is 
perhaps needless to add that the horse was ever afterwards 
found tied in the meeting-house sheds by the side of those 
of his neighbors. 

Levi Whitcomb followed blacksmithing for a number of 
years, his shop standing a few rods from the house now 
owned by Daniel Wright. 

Capt. Luther Hemenway had a blacksmith shop near the 
present residence of C. H. Caldwell. He afterwards removed 
to Jaffrey, where for many years he occupied the brick shop 
in "Blue City," so called. 

Ezekiel Cudworth was a good smith, though he would 
sometimes partake rather too freely of the spirit of the 
times. When he had thus imbibed, he found it rather diffi- 
cult to " get up a welding heat," and his customers were 
obliged to go elsewhere for their work. His shop was at 
the four corners, a little south of the William Tenney place. 
He removed to liindge in 1843. 



MILLS AND MAlSrcrFACTORTES. 183 

The first blacksmith shop in the village was built l)y 
Abijah Tucker, occupying the site of David Wilkinson's 
garden on Library S(j[uare. Joseph Willson worked in this 
shop for several years, and then removed to the place now 
owned by James Knowlton, the line between Marlborough 
and Keene running directly through his house. He had 
a shop on the site of the Messrs. Knowlton's pail-factory, 
where he manufactured all kinds of agricultural implements 
used in those days. Being a man well skilled in his trade 
and of great mechanical ingenuity, he was able to make 
many improvements in the articles he manufactured. He 
was the inventor of the " potatoe hook," which he lived to 
see come into general use. He was also the first in this 
vicinity to manufacture the twisted auger and bit, which 
took the place of the old-fashioned pod-auger ; and for these 
he always found a ready market. 

Aaron Lombard succeeded Mr. Willson in the Tucker 
shop. About 1805, he sold to Paul Newton, and in 1811 
purchased the place now owned by Thaddeus Metcalf, and 
built an iron foundry a few rods below the shop of Charles 
H. Thurston, which he carried on for several years, when it 
was burned and never rebuilt. Soon after, Mr. Lombard 
put up a building with machinery for making shingles, 
which proved a failure, as the market for sawed shingles did 
not favor the enterprise. 

Mr. Newton added a small foundry to his establishment 
for casting small articles. He removed to Hadley, Mass., 
about 1817. 

Mr. Ebenezer B. Wallingford succeeded Mr. Newton. 
He worked here a few years, and then removed to Clare- 
mont, and Joseph Cummings occupied the shop. While in 
his possession in 1823, it was destroyed b}^ fire, but was 
immediately rebuilt by him : this he also had the misfortune 
to lose in the same manner some four years afterwards. 
,/The next building erected on that spot Avas of brick, and 
\vas occupied by Elijah Fitch, Willard Converse, Ambrose 
White, and many others, in rapid succession. This old 
landmark was removed some fifteen years ago, and the 
materials taken for other purposes. 



184 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Franklin R. Thnrston built the granite shop on the oppo- 
site side of the stream from the Holman Mill in 1840. This 
Avas used for a blacksmith shop by Mr. Thnrston and others, 
until 1868, when it was purchased by the Monadnock 
lUanket Company, and by them converted into a picker- 
house. It was destroyed by fire in 1875. 

A few years since, L. A. Freeman built a shop a little 
west of the Herrick- house. This was afterwards removed 
by J. Clemens to Mechanic Street, and is still occupied by 
him. Charles H. Dustin also carries on blacksmithing in a 
shop which he erected for that purpose back of the Library 
building. 

TANNERIES. 

The first tannery was erected by Samuel Collins on 
the Joslin place. His tan-house was located at the point 
where Mechanic Sta-eet intersects Avith Main, and the vats 
Avere north of this building. The business was subsequently 
conducted for a few years by William Lincoln. All traces 
of this yard are now obliterated, and there are but few 
living who remember the fact that there was ever a tannery 
in that locality. 

In 1808, Eber Tenney, having served an apprenticeship 
with his cousin Simon Tenney of New Salem, Mass., 
returned to Marlborough, and built a yard and convenient 
buildings on his father's farm. Although his capital was 
small, having only fifty cents in his pocket at the time of 
Ills return to this town, yet he was successful. He sus- 
l)ended business about 1837. 

Josiah Woodward, in 1818, set up a tan-yard on the farm 
now owned by Philander Thatcher. In 1825, he removed 
to the village, built a house on the site of the one now 
owned by Nathan Winch, and resumed the tanning business 
there, which he carried on some three or four years. Some 
of the vats were uncovered a few years since in digging the 
cellar for the house now owned bv Luther S. Lord. 



MUAjS AXI) manupactokees. 185 

SHOEMAKERS. 

In the early history of the town there was no such thing 
as " sale boot and shoe work " ; and the shoemakers were 
many of them itinerants, going about from house to house, 
with their kit of tools, sometimes remaining with one family 
two or tliree weeks, or long enough to make up a stock of 
boots and shoes for the year. Thaddeus Parmenter was 
one who used to ply his trade in this way, when not engaged 
in cultivating his farm. His yearly visits were always 
hailed with joy by the younger members of the families ; 
for, possessing a good voice for singing, he was wont to 
spend his evenings in that way, and when in his prime 
could sing all night without repeating a single song. 

Walter Gates built the little red shop now owned by 
Mrs. Davis in 1813, and for several years did considerable 
business at making and repairing boots and shoes. This 
shop subsequently passed into the hands of Jonah Davis, 
who occupied it till his death, in 1856. It is now used as a 
dwelling-house. About 1832, Asahel Collins built the little 
brick house near the Congregational Church, one part of 
which he used as a shoemaker's shop. Christopher Tilden 
erected a shop and carried on this business for several years, 
commencing about 1842. Gilbert Russell has also worked 
at this trade more or less for the last twenty-five years, and, 
being a good workman, can always find employment in this 
line. Charles Stay commenced business in the Davis shop 
in August, 1865. Subsequently he built the store and 
dwelling-house which he now occupies, devoting his time 
to the making and mending of boots and shoes. He also 
keeps on hand as good an assortment of shoes as can be 
found in the market. 

SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKERS. 

David Wilkinson, Sen., was the pioneer saddle and harness 
maker of Marlborough, commencing business as early as 
1790, devoting his time to this trade when his labors were 

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186 HISTORY OF .MARLBOROUGH. 

not needed upon the farm. We are informed that he was 
a good workman, and being the only saddler in this vicinity 
he found a ready market for his goods. He was succeeded 
by his son, the " Uncle David " of to-day, who has for many 
years occupied the old shop at the corner, and, though now 
more than eighty years of age, is still active in his labors, 
retaining somewhat the vigor of youth, can mend or make 
a harness as well now as fifty years ago.* His three sons, 
Warren H., Solon S., and Cyrus K. learned the trade of 
their father. The two oldest carried on the business in 
Marlborough for several years. Warren H. is noAv en- 
gaged in the same business on a large scale in Springfield, 
Mass.; and Solon S. is located in Keene, where he has met 
with good success. Cyrus K. commenced business in 
Keene, but afterwards removed to Springfield, where he was 
in company with Daniel C. Frost for years. He died Jul}^ 
10, 1867. John W. Bradshaw is also engaged in harness- 
making. He is at present located in Odd Fellows Block, 
doing good business. 

BROWN EARTHEN WARE. 

Nathaniel Furber is said to be the first to manufacture 
brown earthen ware in this town, but at what date he 
commenced the business we have not been informed. His 
shop was on the Herrick farm, now owned by Merrill 
Mason. The non-intercourse and embargo acts, together 
with the hist war with England, gave sucli an impulse to 
the manufacture of this kind of ware, that it soon became 
a lucrative business, and some eight or ten shops were built 
in the north-west part of Dublin, and several iu the north- 
east part of Marlborough. William (hecnwood commenced 
the business about 1818 on tlie farm noAv owned by Milton 
White. It was also carried on for several years in the same 
neighborhood by Eben Russell, on the Abner Russell place, 
and likewise by Daniel Greenwood on his farm. Al)Out 
1834, Chaunc}^ Mctcalf built a pottery on the hill, a little 



* Mr. Wilkinson lias died since the above was written. 



MILLS AND MANUFACroWlKM. 187 

west of the present residence of Luke Knowlton. In a few 
years, these buildings came into the possession of Josiah 
Fitch, who removed them to Lowellville, where the business 
was continued for a few years by Mr. Fitch and others. 
The buildings finall}' came into the hands of James INl. L. 
Parker, who converted them into a dwelling-house wliich is 
now owned and occupied by W. A. Russell. 

In the spring of 1845, Capt. John Wight erected what 
lias since been known as the " Old Pottery " on the Dublin 
road. He was succeeded by his son Abner who did a good 
business there for several years. In the spring of 1866, 
James A. White purchased the property; he subsequently 
removed the buildings to the village, and made them into 
dwelling-houses. No ware of this kind is at present man- 
ufactured in town. The declension of this business was 
caused partly by the low duties and large importation of 
English wliiteware, and partly by the low price of tin, these 
two having almost entirely driven the brown ware from the 
market. 

BRICK. 

Hugh Mason was the first to commence brickmaking 
within the limits of the town, having started in the 
business soon after his removal here in 1793. His yard was 
on the west side of the road, and a little north of the barn 
of William C. Mason. There being an abundance of clay- 
in the immediate vicinity, well adapted for this purpose, for 
a few years he manufactured a considerable quantity, which 
found a ready market in this and neighboring towns. John 
Wiswall, Sen., made brick for some years in the pasture and 
mowing now owned by George Holman. David Wilkinson 
was also engaged in this business for a short time, near the 
" Old Pottery " on the Dublin road. The bricks for his 
dwelling-house and the Congregational Church, were made 
at this place. 

THE GRANITE QUARRY. 

A httle west of the centre of the town is a ledge of fine 



188 HISTOEY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

and beautiful granite, which, for building purposes, is un- 
equalled by any in the State. This was worked quite ex- 
tensively for several years by Asa Greenwood who erected 
all the granite buildings in the village, except the Library, 
which was built by Jonatlian Jones. Mr. Jones purchased 
the quarry in 1850, and in company with J. T. Collins 
worked it more or less for eighteen years. Mr. A. G. Mann 
of Worcester, Mass., the present owner, purchased it in 
May, 1868, and that year shipped to Worcester from three 
to four thousand tons, besides what was sent to other places. 
In 1873, he shipped to Worcester 6005 tons, to Lowell 135 
tons, to Boston 360 tons, besides small lots to other places : 
add to the above figures the amount of wall-stone from the 
quarry, and it would amount to nearly 10,000 tons during 
that year. 

The most prominent buildings constructed of this granite 
are the Union Passenger Depot of Worcester, and the 
Plymouth Congregational Church of Worcester, which is 
one of the most substantial buildings in the city. The 
beauty of this granite is that it retains its color the best of 
any light-colored granite known, and is well adapted for 
either fine or rough work, and also peculiarly so for block 
paving and wide flagging, or flat stones. 



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CHAPTER XI. 

TAVERXS AND STORES. 

Thk First Tavebx. — Anecdote. — Taverxs previous to 1792. — 
Old Red Taverx. — Cummixgs Taverx. — Sweetser Taverx. — 
Flood Taverx axd Others. — The Half-Way House. — Marl- 
borough Hotel. — Sweetser Store. — Robersox's Store. — Fife- 
Store. — Aarox Gage & Co. — Abxer Boydex. — W. & E. Boydex. 
— Other Stores of the Oldex Time. — Uxiox Store. — Presext 
Traders. 

TAVERNS. 

One of the most important features of a country-town in 
tlie olden time was its public houses ; and, as the number 
of inhabitants increased, the number of taverns multiplied, 
until they became too numerous for the good of the people. 
The first to open a public house within the limits of 
Monadnock, No. V., was Benjamin Tucker, being " inholder 
in said township " as early as 1769. This house is thus 
described by the late Deacon Abel Baker of Troy. It was 
situated on the old County road from Keene to Boston, a 
few rods east of the mill formerly owned by Tarbell & 
Whitney. It was a little past the top of the hill, where it 
begins to slope toward the east, and on the north side of 
the road. It was a low house, perhaps 26x30 ; and, if there 
were four rooms in it, two of them must have been very 
small. No outhouse whatever was connected with it, except 
a horse-shed of some twenty-five feet in length, that run 
from the south-west corner of the house toward the road. 
On the opposite side of the road was a log barn, some 



190 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

twenty-five feet s(i[itare. After the death of Mr. Tucker 
in 1785, his son Moses continued the business until the 
completion of the turnpike in 1801, which took the travel 
away from this house. In a few years, the place was 
deserted; and nothing now remains except the marks of an 
old cellar and a few decaying apple-trees, to denote that 
this place was once inhabited by man. 

It was here that the proprietors were wont to meet for 
the transaction of their public business. These meetings 
must have been a source of considerable revenue to " mine 
host"; for who would think of deliberating upon the weighty 
matters brought up at these meetings, without the inevitable 
rum, brandy, and sugar, which were freely used on all 
occasions? At one time about 1792, quite a number, among 
whom were some of the most influential men in town, met 
at the ''Tucker Tavern " for the transaction of some lousiness, 
but, having imbibed freely of the ardent^ spent the night in 
carousing, — acting, said an eye-witness, as though they 
were " bedeveled." When the morning light began to dawn, 
they had just spirit enough in them to attempt to burn 
John Rogers — who was one of the party — at the stake. 
The stake was erected in a pile of green shavings. John 
was led out, tied to the stake, and the brand of fire applied ; 
but, not being able to make the shavings burn, Rogers was 
saved, and a calamity providentially prevented, which, had 
it taken place, must have put the town in mourning. 

In 1770, William Barker opened a public house in the 
south part of the town, within the present limits of Troy. 
His sign was an upright post, with an arm projecting from 
the top, upon the end of which was the picture of a heart. 

Col. Richard Roberts kept a tavern during the Revolu- 
tion, which was located in the south part of the town, on 
the old road leading from the highway near George Porter's 
to the Simon Butler place. He afterwards followed the 
same business for several years on the site of the brick 
house now OAvned by Rufus S. Frost. 

In 1775, Jonathan Frost opened a hotel on the farm now 
owned by Ansel Nye : this was destined to be of short 



TAVERNS AND STORES. 101 

duration, as he (lied the foUowiiii;- year, and the phiee was 
not afterwards known as a tavern-stand. 

in 1792, Phinelias Farrar opened his house to the public, 
having obtained the following license : — 

September 2, 1792. 
riuneh;i.s Farrar is Licensed for to keep a tavern for one year from 
this date. 

SILAS FIFE, ^ 

OLIVER WRIGHT, ; Select7nen. 

Eighteen days subsequent, these same official dignitaries, 
with the addition of Phinehas Farrar, who was first select- 
man, licensed Seth Stone to "Retail Spirituous Lyquors" 
for one year from date. 

About this time (1792), Abijah Woodward built the 
" Old Red Tavern," which was for so many years one of the 
principal objects of interest in our village. He was suc- 
ceeded in 1798 by David Thurston, Jr., and from this thne 
until 1835 there were no less than sixteen different land- 
lords in this tavern. We present their names, as nearly in 
the order in which they come as it is possible : — 

Samuel Thurston. Spear & Ballou. 

David Beard. Welcom Ballou. 

Charles Deming. Oren Sales. 

Bennoni Shirtliff. Olney Cook. 

Reuben Muzzy. Zimri Cook. 

Elnathan Gorham. Nathaniel MetcaK. 

Alexander Ballou. Gihnan Converse. 

Olney Ballon. Lyman Tenney. 

Isaac Cummings opened a public house as early as 1793. 
This was a two-story house, which formerly stood a little 
south-west of the old meeting-house, on land since owned by 
J. ^Merrill Davis. This was known for many years as "the 
Cummings Tavern." Mr. Cummings removed to Winchen- 
don in 1817, and was succeeded by George H. Lane who 
kept it open to the public until 1822, when he was followed 
by Samuel Tenney. 

In 1793, Joseph Sweetser was licensed to keep a public 
house at the place since known as the " Sweetser Tavern," 
being the same that was occupied by Moses Hunt. In 1799, 



192 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

he was succeeded by his brother Phillips Sweelser, Esq., 
who continued the business for many years. This tavern 
was always well patronized ; the ready wit and good man- 
agement of the " old Squire," who always had the " best 
of accommodations " making it a very desirable place for 
the traveller. A large number always congregated about 
this place on training and muster days. Many ludicrous 
incidents occurred here at these times, which are well 
remembered by the older inhabitants. On a certain occa- 
sion, when all had partaken freely at the bar, some one in 
the crowd offered to bet a stipulated sum with Henry Hunt 
that he could not lead his two-year-old colt up the stairs 
into the hall. Mr. Hunt who was full of spirit^ immedi- 
ately accepted the bet, and led the colt in triumph into the 
hall. The money was promptly paid but now a difficulty 
presented itself. The colt, which seemed willing to clinil) the 
stairs, utterly refused to descend, much to the discomfiture 
of its owner who appealed to his neighbors to assist him, 
but in vain. They were inexorable, until Mr. Hunt, in 
despair, offered to expend the whole amount of the bet in 
" toddy "* with which to treat the crowd. Whereupon, he 
immediately received all needed assistance. 

In 1794, Jonathan Ball received a license to open a 
public house which he kept for several years in the south 
part of the town within the ])resent limits of Troy. 

In 1796, two more were added to the number of taverns: 
Lemuel Foster's, the location of whose house is at present 
unknown ; and Widow Betsey Flood's, which was situated 
on the farm since known as the Daniel Priest place. At 
the time her house was opened for the entertainment oi 
travellers, the road went directly by the house, and was tht 
main thoroughfare from Jaffrey to Keene, making it a ver;) 
desirable location for a tavern. Mrs. Flood was united ii 
marriage to Capt. Benjamin Spaulding of Jaffrey, in 1797^ 
after wliich the business was continued by her husbam 
until the present highway was completed, when Mr. Spauld-I 
iug built the liouse afterwards owned by Asa Hastings, an( 
transferred liis liotol business to the latter place, where he 
with others continued it for many years. 



TAVEItXS AND S PORKS. 193 

Benjamin Lougiey comnienccd keeping tavern in 1797, at 
the place since owned by Aaron Stone. He was succeeded 
in 1808 by Elijah Boyden. Christopher Harris was also 
licensed this year, and kept the house which was formerly 
owned by Jonathan Ball. 

In 1798, John Cummings and Aaron Rider each received 
a license for keeping tavern; also William Pratt and William 
Pierce, but where they were located is now unknown. 

Simon Piper in 1799 opened a house to the public on the 
site of the far-famed " Haskell Tavern." In 1804, he was 
followed by Joseph Haskell, who, in turn, was succeeded 
by his son Joseph and others of the family. 

William Lincoln commenced the business in 1800 where 
Murry Fitch now lives. 

Capt. Rufus Houghton kept a tavern in 1803, probably in 
the south part of the town. Jacob French was also licensed 
for this purpose the same year, and doubtless kept in the 
same quarter of the town. 

In 1808, Jeremiah Frost, in company with Capt. Jonathan 
Frost, opened a public house where Levi A. Fuller now 
resides. We find in 1818 Joseph Carter "mine host" here, 
who was succeeded . by Jacob Osborn in 1820. He remained 
here some eight years, and then rented it to his sons, Daniel 
F. and Leonard Osborn, who kept it four years, when Daniel 
F. sold his share to Leoiiard, who continued the business 
five years, and then let it to John and Oren Black, who 
were there in 1835. They were followed in quick succes- 
sion by James Spaulding, Elijah Pierce, and Cyrus Bruce, 
the latter commencing business here in 1838. Mr. Bruce 
was followed by Ebenezer Howard who sold to Amasa 
Fuller. 

Justus Perry had a license in 1813 to keep a tavern 
where Gilman Whitconib now resides. In 1818, this was 
kept by Jonathan Dwinnell. 

In 1813, we find Silas Newton kept a hotel on the site of 
the house now owned by Granville Morse. 

The same yeav^ Levi W. Porter commenced the business 
of a hotel-keeper, which he continued for seven years at the 
lionse now owned by his son George A. Porter, 

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194 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

In 1826, John Pratt kept tavern for a short time at the 
old Cummings stand. 

Calvin Tenney in 1829 built the famous " Half-Wa}'- 
House," so named from the fact that it was supposed to be 
just half-way from Keene to Jaffrey, and not half-Avay to 
the regions of woe, as was suggested by an aged man whose 
wit far exceeded his wisdom. This was one of the best 
locations for a public house, being a noted place of resort for 
the drivers of the Vermont " Pod Auger "' teams, and here 
during the long winter evenings, regaling themselves with 
their toddy which "• Uncle Cal." knew so well how to pre- 
pare, they would tell their stories and crack their jokes, 
much to the amusement of the younger portion of the com. 
munity, who never failed to put in an appearance on such 
occasions. 

In 1813, Robert Carpenter who then owned the brick 

mill built the Marlborough Hotel. Clark was the 

first landlord, and remained here some three years, when it 
came into the hands of Asa Maynard. ]\Ir. Maynard kept 
one of the best public houses in the State, and it was known 
far and near as a temperance hotel. In 1859, he sold to 
George Thatcher who continued it as .a temperance house 
for several years. 

In 1871, a number of gentlemen formed an association 
known as the Marlborough Hotel Company, purchased the 
house, and still own and keep it as a temperance hotel. 

The Converse House was opened to the public several 
years ago by its present proprietor. Col. Nelson Converse. 

STORES. 

Joseph Sweetser commenced trade in this town about 
1792. His goods were kept in a small, low building which 
formerly stood in tlic corner of the roads near the house 
since owned by Moses Hunt. His stock in trade consisted 
of the usual inventory of a country store of those days, 
such as codfish, tea, rum, tobacco, sugar, and molasses. 
Previous to (lie opening of tliis store, the settlers were 



TAVERNS AND STOTIES. 105 

mainly dependent on the neighboring towns i'or such nec- 
essaries of life as could be purchased only at a store. Mr. 
Sweetser continued in trade but a short time, when he was 
succeeded by his brother, Phillips Sweetser, Esq., who did 
a thriving business in his store and tavern for many years. 

In the spring of 1794, Jonas Roberson opened a store in 
the house of Reuben Ward, in the extreme south part of the 
town, near the Fitzwilliam line. After trading here one 
year, wishing to locate nearer the centre of business, he 
removed over the line into Fitzwilliam, and built a store 
on the site of the one now occupied by Charles W. Whitney 
in the village of Troy. Mr. Roberson, being an enterprising 
and honorable man, was ]iot long in winning the confidence 
and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and he soon became a man 
of influence in the community. Possessing a talent for 
business, he worked up an extensive trade. It was here 
that the farmers and other citizens of the community were 
wont to gather on a long winter's evening, and over their 
mugs of toddy tell stories, and crack their jokes at each 
other's expense. It is related that upon one occasion, when 
quite a number had thus congregated, it was determined 
that the worthy proprietor should treat the company at his 
own expense. For a time all efforts in that direction failed. 
Suddenly some one called upon Samuel Wright, a good- 
natured, fun-loving fellow, to lead in prayer. Wright imme- 
diately assumed the attitude of supplication, and, among 
other petitions, asked the Lord to be pleased " to return to 
Harrington's mill-pond all the water which Roberson had 
taken therefrom with which to water his rum" ; at the same 
time putting in the proviso that it might not all come at 
once, lest there he a flood. At this juncture, he was inter- 
rupted by Roberson, who declared he would treat ; and thus 
their object was attained. Mr. Roberson remained in trade 
here until 1806, when he removed to Fitzwilliam village, 
where he died in August, 1819. 

Samuel and Silas Fife, sons of Deacon Silas Fife, built a 
house some seventy years ago in the south part of the town, 
near the Jaffrey line, being the same that is now owned by 



196 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Mr. Fox. One part of this thej^ fitted up for a store. Not 
being successful in business, they soon gave up trade,' and 
removed from town. 

In 1813, Aaron Gage, Asa Hastings, and Roberts 

erected the building now used by David Wilkinson as a 
]iarness-shop. This they filled with goods, and for about 
one year traded in partnership. At the expiration of that 
time, Gage sold his interest to Hastings & Roberts, who 
continued in trade until about 1820, when they were 
succeeded by William Ward. 

Alexander Ballon traded for a short time in the old 
Sweetser store. He afterwards removed to Providence, 
R.I. In May. 1820, Abner Boyden, in company with Dr. 
James Batcheller, purchased the goods in the Sweetser 
store, and continued in business until 1825,, when Boyden, 
having bought the stock and trade of William Ward, 
removed his goods to the Ward store, where he remained 
in trade until 1837, and was succeeded by his brothers 
William and Elijah, 

Abner Boyden was one of the most influential men of 
his time. His upright and manly course secured the con- 
fidence of his fellow-citizens who ever found in him a 
prudent and safe counsellor. For many years he was called 
by them to the responsiljle and arduous duties of conducting 
the business of the town, serving thirteen years as Town 
Clerk, fourteen 3-ears as one of the Board of Selectmen, and 
two 3'ears representing the town in the Legislature. It may 
be safely said that he never neglected or betraj^ed the trust 
reposed in him, but was ever faithful to his constituents. 
To him, perhaps, more than to any other man, our beautiful 
village owes its origin. Early foreseeing that the superior 
water-power in this locality would give rise to a village, he 
in 1825, as has been before stated, removed his goods 
from the middle of the town to what is now the old harness- 
shop. He aided in building the large brick house since 
owned by James Wakefiekl, Esq., which soon after came en- 
tirely into liis possession, and through his influence the Con- 
gregational clmrch A^as l)uilt tij)()ii its present site. His 



TAVERNS AND STORES. 107 

store became the central point of the town, where the people 
informally came together for animated talks and the discns- 
sion of public and private measures. He died June 4, 1837, 
greatly lamented by a large circle of friends and ac- 
qnaintances. 

William and Elijah Boyden continued business in the 
old store until 1840, when they built the stone block now 
owned by Elisha O. Woodward. Here they continued in 
trade until 1852, when they sold their stock to G. D. 
Richardson. 

John G. Bond fitted up a store, some seventy-five years 
ago, on the opposite side of the highway from the house now 
occupied by R. F. Greeley. Timothy Twitchell, a brother 
of Dr. Amos Twitchell of Keene, traded here for some time 
about 1804. It was in this building that Justus Perry, 
afterwards Gen. Perry of Keene, commenced business about 
1811. His stock in trade for that year was invoiced at two 
hundred and fifty dollars. He removed to Keene about 
1813. 

In 1807, Reuben Ward, Jr., purchased a small stock of 
goods and commenced trading in a part of the house next 
south of the common. He died in June, 1808. 

The following account was taken from the Day-Book of 
Reuben Ward, and is not only a fair sample of the accounts 
of merchants of that day, but serves also to show the cost 
of the various articles at that time : — 



To 15 lb. Iron, !t!l.20 

" 2 lb. Cotton at 32 cts., 64 

" 1 oz. Parsnip seed 8 cts., ^ lb. Tea, o3 

" 1 Tea pot 23 cts., 1 Cotton baU 25 cts., 48 

'' 1 pt. N. Eum 9 cts., 13^ lb. Iron, 1.15 

4.6 oz. Fish at 7 cts., .31 

" 2 Lemons at 7 cts., .14 

' 1 pt. W.I. Rum, 15 

" 1 lb. Sugar 17 cts., 1 qt. N. Rum 17 cts., 34 

•• 1 lb. Sugar 17 cts., 2 pt. Boles at 9,— 18, 35 

" 1 Spelling Book, 25 

" 1 pt. Molasses, 09 



1807. 


May 


6. 


(( 


12. 


(( 


13. 


(; 


13. 


June 


5. 


'• 


17. 


" 


25. 


July 


1. 


>' 


13. 


" 


13. 


" 


13. 


Auo-. 


8 



198 HISTOTtY OF ^rAT;LT50T{0TTGH. 

Aug-. 10 •• l.l 1 oz. Fish at 7 ct.s ^ M 

" 14 " 1 peck Salt 38 cts., ^ 11). Tea 25 cts., 63 

" 25 " 1 lb. Sugar 17 cts., 1 pt. N. Rum 8 cts 25 

'• 27 " ^ yd. Canibvick 23 cts., Thread 2 cts., ..... .25 

Sept. 2 " .1 pt. W.I. lUmi, 15 

" 15 " 2^ yds. Toe cloth, 63 

" 24 " ^ peck salt, 19 

Oct. 22 '' ^ doz. Biscuit 12 

" 24 " i pt. Brandy, 17 

Nov. 17 " 1 Spelling Book 25 cts., 1 lb. Raisins 16 cts., . . .41 

'• 17 " i lb. Tea 25 cts., ^ lb. Spice 13 cts., 38 

Dec. 23 " i lb. Tea 25 cts., 1 Whip 13 cts , 38 

20 " ^ lb. Tea 25 cts., 1 Almanac 10 cts., 35 

" 20 '^ 1 Pail 40 

Nathan E. Wild who afterwards occupied that phice 
fitted up the old blacksmith-shop which had been used by 
Walter Capron and others, and putting' in a small stock of 
goods traded here for several years 

Some fifty years ago, James Nason had a store at the 
north part of the town. This building was near the present 
residence of Josiah H. Knight. A few years since it was 
moved across the highway, and now forms a part of the 
house owned b}^ George F. Wise. 

The Protective Union Store, division No. 241, was 
formed in the spring of 1851 by Dr. James Batcheller, 
Stillman Buss, and others. Their goods were placed in a 
part of the grist-mill at Lowellville ; and Elisha O. Wood- 
ward, a young man from Swanze}^ was employed as clerk. 
In 1853, Mr. Buss erected the building now occupied by 
N. M. Chase ; and the Union Store was removed to that 
place. Mr. Woodward afterwards purcliased the stock in 
trade of the Union, and remained there about one year. In 
1858, he bought out G. D. Richardson at the old Boyden 
store, and removed his goods to that place, where he has 
remained to the present time, with the exception of about 
three years spent in Grafton, Mass., during which time 
Frank H. Robertson traded in this store. 

Soon after the removal of Mr. Woodward from the 



TAVERNS AND STORES. 199 

Lowellville store, it was opened by Daniel W. Tenney and 
William 'SI. Nason. At the expiration of one year, Mr. 
Nason purchased the entire stock, and continued in trade at 
that place until 1865, when he sold to Wyman Sawyer and 
George Tilden. He is now associated with E. O. Woodward. 
Mr. Tilden soon sold his share to J. T. Collins. Subse- 
quently Mr. Sawyer became the sole proprietor ; and, on the 
completion of the Town Hall Building, he in company with 
George G. Davis removed his goods to that place. Henry 
A. Spofford traded in the old Union Store building for 
several years. 

There are at present eight stores in the village. George 
G. Davis is located in the Town Hall Building, and is a 
dealer in dry goods, groceries, hardware, flour, grain, meal, 
paints, and oils. C. Hale, meat and provision market, is 
also located under the Town Hall. Woodward & Nason, 
dealers in dry goods, carpetings, boots and shoes, gentlemen's 
furnishing goods, small wares, room paper, etc. ; also Miss 
E. A. KnoAvlton, dealer in millinery and fancy goods, — in 
Woodward's Block. H. A. Powers, dealer in drugs, medi- 
cines, perfumery, toilet and fancy goods, confectionery, etc., 
and George K. Harrington, jewelry and variety store, in Odd 
Fellows Block. Charles Stay, dealer in boots, shoes, rub- 
bers, etc. B. F. Merriam, manufacturer of tin, sheet iron, 
copper w^are, dealer in furnaces, stoves, pumps, lead pipe, 
zinc, glass, and wooden ware. 



CHAPTER XII. 

PHYSICIANS. 

Dr. Justus Perry. — Dk. Kexdall Bruck. — Dr. David Carter. — 
Dr. E. K. Frost. — Dr. James Batciieli.er. — Dr. Samuel A. 
Richardson. — Dr. Samuel J. Martin. —Dr. (4eorge L. Harring- 
ton. 

The first physician to settle witliin the limits of Marl- 
borough was Dr. Justus Perry. Of the early life of Dr. 
Perry, but little is known beyond the fact that he was 
a native of Barre, Mass., and studied medicine with Dr. 
Stephen Batcheller, Senior, of Royalston. He settled in 
Marlborough in 1786 ; and, possessing rare natural and 
ac(j^uired ability, he soon gained the reputation of a skilful 
physician, and for a few years did an extensi^■c business. 
Unfortunately, however, he acquired the habit of using ar- 
dent spirits, which so increased as to dis(|ualify him for the 
practice of Ids profession. In 1796, he removed to the south 
part of the town, and located in what is now the village of 
Troy. That his usefulness might not be lost to his fello"\\'- 
men, an effort was made to reclaim him. He was induced 
to sign a temperance pledge, and obligated himself to ab- 
stain from the use of all intoxicating drinks for one year. 
This pledge he faithfully kept ; but, at the expiration of that 
time, he relapsed into his former dissipated habits, and, 
losing his practice, returned the following year to the centre 
of the town, where he died in 1800. 

Dr. Kendall Bruce was a native of Marlborough, Mass. 
He was in tliis town as a practising physician as early as 



I'lIVSICIANS?. 201 

1798. He remained here but a few years, and then removed 
to Washington, this State, where he continued his profession 
for several years, then went to Peterborough, and thence 
to Cahiis, Vt., where he died Jan. 12, 1832. 

Dr. David Carter was the next physician. He was a 
pupil of the celebrated Dr. Carter of Lancaster, and came to 
Marlborough soon after the completion of his studies, in 
1795. He was contemporary with the late Dr. Amos 
Twitchell of Keene, and always remained on intimate terms 
with him. It was in this town, and in company with Dr. 
Carter, that Dr. Twitchell first commenced the practice of 
medicine. In his profession, Dr. Carter reached no incon- 
siderable eminence : his practice extended much into adja- 
cent towns, and somewhat into places more remote. He 
removed to Peterborough in 1812, and thence to Dublin in 
1820, where he died Jan. 9, 1828. 

Dr. Carter was succeeded b}^ Dr. Ephraim K. Frost who 
commenced practice here soon after the removal of the 
former from town in 1812. Dr. Frost was a native of Jaf- 
frey. His early education was obtained in a school of three 
months each year ; later, from a course in Dartmouth Col- 
lege. He studied medicine with Dr. Carter, paying his way 
by teaching school. He remained in practice here some six 
j^ears, and then removed to Swanzey. He afterwards em- 
igrated to Lincoln, Neb., where he died in 1871. 

Dr. James Batcheller Avas born in Royalston, Mass., June 
5, 1791. He was the son of Dr. Stephen Batcheller, the first 
physician of that town, who established himself there in 
1768, and continued in practice until his death in 1829, at 
the age of eighty-three. Dr. James Batcheller spent his 
youthful days in his native town ; attended schools and 
academies ; then taught school two years in Pennsylvania. 
On his retnrn, he studied his profession with an elder 
brother, Dr. Stephen Batcheller, Jr., and afterwards attended 
medical lectures at Dartmouth, and took his degree of M.D. 
In May, 1818, he came to Marlborongh by invitation from 
Rev. TLilloway Fish, and established himself as a practising 
pliysiciau. He was very social, and was generally liked by 

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202 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

the people as a man and pli3-sician ; was possessed of more 
than ordinary ability, and was frequently called out of town 
for consultation. So extensive was his practice, that it 
required the services of three horses to enable him to visit 
his numerous patients. As a physician, he ranked high, as 
is evident from the fact that he was honored for some time 
with the presidency of the New Hampshire Medical Societ3^ 

Dr. Batcheller was widely known as a politician. He was 
chosen Representative and Senator to the General Court 
of New Hampshire ; was also elected Councillor, and per- 
formed the duties of each with honor to himself and bene- 
fit to his constituents. He was also a delegate to the Con- 
vention to revise the Constitution of New Hampsliire in 
1850-51. He was no timid advocate of the cause of eman- 
cipation of the slave, and this, too, when it required strong 
nerves to stem the large majorities against him. 

At a meeting in Concord, for the purpose of discussing 
the anti-slavery question. Dr. Batcheller and Gen. Frank- 
lin Pierce, afterwards President of the United States, were 
pitted against each other. So well did the Doctor argue 
his side of the question, that he convinced his opponent > 
and, as they came out of the meeting, Pierce slapped him on] 
the shoulder, and said, " Doctor, you are right, but tlie time 
has not yet come." 

He was also a zealous advocate of the cause of temper- 
ance, and was one of the first to jiroclaim the doctrine of 
total abstinence. 

After a residence of some thirty-seven years in Marlbor- 
ough, he removed to Fitzwilliam, to be near his sons who 
had previously establislied themselves in business there. 
He obe3^ed some calls for about a year, when, his health 
suddenly failing, he gave up practice altogether. Yr-om 
that time, he continued to l)ecome more and more feeble in 
body and mind, and at length helpless as an infant gave up; 
life without a struggle. Although he was not a college] 
graduate, he was well educated. He was quick in motion, 
rapid in speech, and of untiring energy. He read much,, 
thought much, and continued to gain as well .as impart] 



I'HYSKnANS. 203 

knowledge. He was a man in the noblest sense. of llic 
term, a pleasant compannjn, line friend, good neighlKn-; 
and it may be trnl}'- said of him that the world was better 
for his liaviiig lived in it. 

The author is imlel)tetl to William S. Leonard, M.D., for the following 
sketch of ])r. Samuel A. Kiehai'dson : — 

Samnel A. Richardson was born in Dnblin, Dee. 23, 18')(), 
lie was the yonngest of four children, and the only son 
of Abijah and Mar}^ (Hay) Richardson. His parents were 
of the old Dnblin stock ; a little austere in manner, perhaps, 
as was the fashion of the time, but good types of those 
sturdy virtues, such as honesty, piety, industry, and thrift, 
which characterized a former generation in tliat mountain- 
town. His earl}?- life was spent on his father's farm, 
assisting in its duties and labor, as was usual with farmers' 
boys of that period. The common schools of Dublin at that 
time were equal, if not superior, to any in Cheshire County ; 
and the early education and training of the son were 
mostly gained in the somewhat famous School District, 
No. 2, which has produced many young men who have made 
their mark in the various walks of life. The Rev. Dr. 
Leonard, who was singularly unerring in his estimates of 
young men, early marked him as a boy of promise, and one 
who would some day be heard from in the battle of life. 
The good doctor was wont in his old age to enumerate the 
scores of Dublin young men who had fulfilled the promise 
of their youth and his own propli^cy of success, and " Dr. 
Sam " was always mentioned among the number. 

As 3'oung Richardson approached manhood, he supple- 
mented his common school education with such higher ad- 
vantages as could be obtained at the " Hancock Literary and 
Scientific Institute," an institution quite flourishing in those 
days, and the " Normal Institute " at Reed's Ferry. Beyond 
this, we are not aware that he enjoyed the benefit of any 
special school training before commencing the study of that 
profession to which he has devoted his life. He early con- 
ceived the idea of a medical education, and in the intervals of 



204 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

farm work bent his niiiid and studies in this direction. He 
was obliged to rely almost entirely upon his own resources 
and earnings ; and we find him making the first decided move 
in this direction by attending a course of medical lectures 
at Philadelphia in 1852. The following spring (1853) he 
entered his name as a student in the office of Albert Smith, 
M.D., LL.D., of Peterborough, at that time among the most 
eminent professors and medical teachers in the State. He 
attended a course of medical lectures at the Woodstock 
(Vt.) Medical College in 1854, and still another course at 
the Albany (N.Y.) Medical College in 1855. In July, 1855, 
he located as a physician in Marlborough, taking the place 
of Dr. James Batcheller. He quickly gained the esteem 
and confidence of the people and a fair share of the business. 
Not content, however, with his medical acquirements, in the 
spring of 1856, Dr. Richardson secured another physician 
to fill Ms place temporarily, and attended still another course 
of lectures at Albany, N.Y., receiving from that college the 
degree of Doctor of Medicine. He also spent some time 
as resident physician at the Albany County Almshouse 
Hospital. The six following years were busy ones to him. 
Having returned to Marlborough, he entered upon the full 
tide of a very extensive and successful j)ractice. His skill 
and good judgment were early recognized, and he was soon 
called to practise more or less in all the adjoining towns. 
In addition to the arduous duties of his profession, he 
identified himself to a considerable extent with the manu- 
facturing interests of the town. 

In 1862, when the cloud of civil war darkened our 
horizon. Dr. Richardson offered his services to his country, 
and in September of that year was appointed Assistant 
Surgeon of the Thirteenth Regiment N.H.V., of which 
Aaron F. Stevens (afterwards General) was colonel, and 
George B. Twitchell, M.I)., of Keene, was surgeon. The 
following extract from the arm}^ report of Col. Stevens to 
the Governor of New Hampshire, after the battle of Freder- 
icksburg, dated Dec. 13, 1862, will serve to show how soon 
Surgeon Richardson's sterling qualities were appreciated by 



PFTYSrOTANS. 205 

his superior officer. He says: " VVitli pariiiuilai- pridf and 
pleasure, I call your atteutiou to the services of Assistaut 
Surgeon Richardson, who in those dreadful days proved 
himself an honor to his profession, and an invaluable aid to 
the army in its hour of suffering.* While I look with 
shame and horror on the conduct of men, who calling 
themselves surgeons attached to other regiments, I am 
proud to say that, from personal observation, I know that 
for two days and nights after the battle, and at times when 
the shells of the enemy were falling around him, Dr. 
Richardson pursued his arduous duties in the Hospital and 
out of it with a fidelity and ability that has endeared him 
to me personally, and gained him an enviable distinction 
among his professional brethren in the army." 

In April, 1863, Dr. Richardson was promoted Surgeon 
of the Thirteenth Regiment N.H.V., vice Dr. Twitchell, 
resigned. June 23, 1863, he was detailed as operating 
surgeon to assist Col. Rivers, Fourth R.I.V. April 25, 1864, 
he was appointed Acting Medical Director of the Second 
Brigade, First Division, Eighteenth Army Corps. Dec. 
6, 1864, he was assigned to duty with the Flying Hospital, 
Twenty-fourth Army Corps, as Chief Operating Surgeon, 
June 8, 1865, and was appointed surgeon in charge of the 
same. It is impossible to make any estimate of the extent 
or magnitude of Dr. Richardson's labors during this fearful 
period. That must ever be unwritten history; but from 
the lips of surviving soldiers, old comrades, and the sick 
and wounded who came under his care, there i-s but one 
expression, and that of gratitude and heartfelt thanks for 
his unselfish devotion to duty, his tender and skilful minis- 
trations to those in his charge, and, more than all, his never- 
varying good cheer and light heart in the darkest days, 
which infused new life and hope into the breasts of many 
a poor sufferer, and rekindled the spark of life almost 
extinguished. 

•Surgeon Twitchell was unavoidably detained at Wasbington, and did not arrive 
until the Tuesday after the battle. In the same report, Col. Stevens says, " I sincerely 
regret his absence at a time when his distinguished abilities would have rendered 
him so useful to the unfortunate suffering victims of the day's carnage." 



206 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROTJGH. 

We cannot better close this brief epitome of Dr. Ricliard- 
son's military life than by quoting from a letter recently 
received from Gen. Aaron F. Stevens of Nashua. Under 
date of Sept. 9, 1878, Gen. Stevens says : " I desire to 
reaffirm now whatever you may find in my army reports 
favorable to Dr. Richardson, or in appreciation of his talents, 
industry, and professional accomplishments, his kindness of 
heart, and ever prompt discharge of his duties in camp, field, 
or hospital. He was a man of superior talent and extraor- 
dinary resources, admirably adapted to public professional 
service, as well by his force of character and power of 
organization, as from his professional knowledge and ac- 
complishments. Dr. Richardson was separated from my 
immediate command, early in his term of service, b}^ well 
deserved promotion, but not until I had learned to appre- 
ciate and love him, and to witness personally his strength 
and fitness in the line of duty. 

" We all deplore his misfortunes ; and I pray you, my dear 
sir, to see to it that in Marlborough's History ample justice 
is meted out to my friend and the friend of the soldier. 
" I remain sincerely yours, 

"A. F. STEVENS." 

Dr. Richardson, in speaking of his army life to an intimate 
friend, said simply, " It has cost me everything except life 
and honor." 

Dr, Richardson returned to his home in Marlborough at 
the close of the war, and devoted himself assiduously to his 
profession for several years ; but he brought Avith him that 
scourge of a Southern clime, fever and ague, which gradu- 
ally made inroads upon his health, and, as a sequel to the 
exposures, privations, and hardships of his army life, caused 
his professional labors, comparatively unfelt before, to be- 
come more and more a burden. In December, 1872, the 
death of his only child, " the apple of his e3'e," a beautiful 
girl, gave him a terrible blow, and threw him into a state of 
nervous depression from which it was feared he would not 
rally. When sucli strong liearts give way to grief and 



rHYSKUANR. 207 

sorrow, there is not that reaction which comes to lighter 
natures. In the years that have passed since, there have 
been many long years of sickness and suffering ; but it is 
our hope and belief that time and rest will accomplish a 
cure, and that Dr. Richardson will regain in a good measure 
his old-time elasticity and phj^sical strength, as he retains 
unimpaired his mental vigor, his happy, genial manner, 
and personal magnetism. 

It remains to speak of Dr. Richardson as a physician, a 
point that perhaps should have come earlier in this notice. 
There is quite as much difference in doctors as in men of 
other callings. People are very quick to find out who the 
good ones are, while " the poor ye have always with you " 
in medical practice. Dr. Richardson inclined towards 
surgery before the war ; and his military life, with its 
splendid opportunities and practice, brought him, on his 
return, into the front ranks among New Hampshire sur- 
geons. He was ever firm, self-reliant, with nerves of steel, 
all subservient to excellent judgment and discretion. In 
the treatment of general diseases, he always has had distin- 
guished success, never a great medicine-giver, but relying 
much upon the vis medieatrix natural^ — the benign influence 
of nature in the eradication and cure of diseases. Many 
times it is the doctor's manner that helps the patient, quite 
as much as the drugs he carries in his medicine-case. Dr. 
Richardson always gained the confidence of his patients in 
the outset, then their esteem and regard. They believed in 
him thoroughly and completely, and got well oftentimes 
because he assured them they could not die. The late 
eminent Prof. Dixi Crosby used to say that a doctor's 
motto to his patients should be, " O King, live forever." 
There should be no such word as " fail " Avritten upon his 
countenance. Dr. Richardson was always jovial, always 
had a good story to tell, and some amusing anecdote to call 
the sick man's attention from his own ailments, to get him 
away from and out of himself, so to speak. There was 
something positively infectious in his hearty laugh and his 
words of good cheer. Said one, " I don't know why it is. 



208 1IIST(1RY OF ArART.IiOROTTGH. 

but I alwa^'s feel better after Dr. Richardson has been here, 
even though he gives me not a drop of medicine." It is 
true that tliere is an untold amount of potency in "the 
hearty laugh that doeth good like a medicine." In those 
grave and desperate cases, where life and death are equally 
balanced in the scale, each struggling for the mastery, here, 
too. Dr. Richardson was equally at home, — watchful, vigi- 
lant, ready to meet any emergency, and combat dangerous 
symptoms at every turn with all the best chosen weapons of 
his art. Doctors cannot save ever3^body; and Doctor 
Holmes has truly said "that the best physicians lose the 
most patients," for the very reason that to them are in- 
trusted the most critical cases, and patients given over by 
others go to them as a last resort, in the vain hope of 
obtainiup- relief when there is none in this world. 

Thus briefly we have recorded our impressions of one of 
IMarlborough's physicians, giving glimpses of his early life, 
his home practice in the town, and his brilliant record in 
the service of the United States. It may be said that is 
written with the partiality of a life-long friendship ; but we 
claim that it only brings out into bolder relief and clearer 
expression the strong and salient points in a man's char- 
acter, if this delicate duty is intrusted to an intimate friend. 
The records of a physician's life must be at the very best 
imperfect and fragmentary, and the fame of the most noted 
is often endjodied in those brief but impressive words which 
have the stamp of the Bible upon them, "the beloved 
physician." 

The life of a country doctor, though oft-times hard and 
dreary, toiling on throiigh summer 4ieat and winter cold, 
with long cheerless rides upon rough roads, over high hills, 
and through stony valleys, has nevertheless its bright spots. 
It is something worth living for to have your name deeply 
graven upon the hearts of those whose suffering you have 
alleviated, whose lives you have helped to save ; and, more 
than all, to feel that at all times and in all places, whether 
at home or ujion the battle-field, yon have ever done your 
duty, — so lived, been so disinterested, so forgetful of self, so 



I'll VSK MANS. 200 

humane, tender, generous, and noble, that " tlie nobleness 
that lives in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise 
in majest}' to meet thine own." 

Samuel J. Martin, son of Jefferson and Rhoda (Davis) 
Martin, was born in Weston, Windham County, Vermont, 
Sept. 9, 1830. When three years of age, his parents 
removed to Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont, wliere 
he received his early education, dividing his time between 
his studies and farm work. Previous to his seventeenth 
year, his help was much needed at home ; and he conse- 
quently had limited advantages for study. At this time, 
however, he entered Black River Academy at Ludlow, 
Vermont, and spent two terms each year, during two years ; 
and for the next four years studied at the same place, 
during one term of each year. His studies during this time 
were confined to the English branches ; but he afterwards 
spent two terms at Chester Academy, and there pursued the 
study of Latin, with other higher branches, earning money to 
defray his expenses by teaching penmanship and day school. 
After leaving school, he engaged in teaching, and continued 
it with the exception of one year — when he was in poor 
health — until his twenty -eighth year. 

He early developed a taste for the medical profession, but 
in his desire to enter it was opposed by his father who 
preferred that he should become a farmer. Accordingly, at 
the age of twenty-eight, he yielded to his father's wishes, 
and purchased a farm with money, a part of which he had 
earned by teaching. At the end of one year, becoming 
dissatisfied with farming, he began the study of medicine at 
home, under the direction of A. E. Horton, M.D., of Mount 
Holly. One year later, he sold his farm, and gave his 
entire attention to his studies; and after three years' study, 
and taking two full courses of lectures, graduated from the 
Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia. He began his 
practice in February, 1863, at Marlborough, and remained 
there until April, 1866, doing a successful practice ; and at 
that time removed to Walpole, Xew Hampshire, and there, 
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210 lllSTOUV OF ISrAKLBOROUGH. 

in acklitiou to his practice, opened a drug-store with another 
gentleman who managed the Latter business, while he 
devoted himself chiefly to his profession. At the end of 
eighteen months, having lost everything, he closed out his 
interest in the drug-store, and gave himself unremittingly to 
his studies and practice. 

The force of circumstances induced him to investigate 
the subject of homoeopathy ; and, at the end of one year's 
observation and careful thought, he embraced the principles 
of that school. Not having recovered from his failure in 
the drug business, and desiring a larger field of action, he 
removed to the West in 1869. After spending four months 
looking for a place in which to settle, he established himself 
at Racine,Wisconsin, where he has since resided, building up 
an extensive practice, and making for himself a most worth}' 
rejivitation as a skilful practitioner. 

During his residence in Marlborough, he was elected 
superintendent of public schools. He has filled the office 
two terms as Vice-President, and one term as President, of 
the Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of Wisconsin. 
He is also a member of the American Institute of Homoe- 
opathy and the Illinois Homoeopathic Medical Association. 

Dr Martin has given much attention to self -culture, iind 
by extensive reading and observation, has acquired that 
knowledge of men and things which, with his excellent 
conversational powers, renders him a most agreeable and 
social companion. This is bat a brief outline of the life and 
history of one who, though having many experiences in 
common with others, has yet given an example of continued 
effort and will-power that entitle him to an honorable 
mention in these pages. 

Dr. George L. Harrington, son of Leonard B. and Eunice 
G. Harrington, was born in Wincliendon, Mass., Nov. 11, 
1814. In his childliood and youth, he was quiet and 
unassuming, 3'et always thoughtful, fond of his books, and 
anxious to gain knowledge. Having made the most pos- 
sible out of his public school and academic privileges, he 
became a medical slndcnt in tlic oflicc of Prof. Walter 



PHYSICIANS. 211 

Ciirpeiitev, of Burlington, Vt. Here lie enjoyed peculiar 
advantages under tlie instruction of a wise and experienced 
teacher. In due time, he entered the medical department 
of the Vermont University, and graduated in course M.D. 

In the winter of 1872, he settled in Marlborough as a 
physician. Naturally enough, for the first two years he did 
not have a great run of practice. However, it became 
evident to those who early employed him that he Avas 
no quack, but one determined to establish himself in the 
confidence of the people by his works ; and so gradually 
he grew into public favor, all the while extending his pro- 
fessional career. Long since it became extensively known 
that, if he is not a man of many words, he is a man of 
second thought, keen discernment, and sound judgment. 
He never has been known to praise himself, or tell of 
wonderful cures and almost miraculous deeds wrought by 
his skill. Perhaps, he has been too reserved and reticent at 
times for his own good and highest success. In the long- 
run, no doubt, he will lose nothing from such a constitu- 
tional habit. The wise Socrates said he never had regretted 
keeping silence, but had often sorrowed for much speaking. 
From the fact he is an M.D., it is plain, he does not think 
he knows it all ; for he spends much time among his books, 
and finds it a necessity to acquaint himself with the latest 
journals and modern works of his profession. In the sick- 
room, he is affable, and naturally adapts himself at once to 
the- situation of things. He seems to possess a ready facult}' 
of reading disease, and a willingness, in case he fails of its 
diagnosis in any particular instance, to acknowledge his lack 
of comprehending it. Such frankness is a virtue, and most 
commendable, especially in a physician. So the sick under 
his charge can scarcely fail of trusting and confiding in him 
as a medical adviser. In not a few cases, he has proved 
himself a skilful and cultured physician. Already he has 
won a good field of practice, and certainly his future is 
more promising than the present or the past. He has 
proved himself a useful citizen and a Christian gentleman. 
With truth it may be said of him that he is a true friend 
to the sick and a well-wisher to all in health. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

SKETCHES OF PROMINENT INDIVIDTJALS. 

Charles Cummixgs. — Cyrus Stone. — Osgood Herrick. — Luther 
WiswALL. — Philander Wallingford. — William C. Wihtcomb. 
— Edwin Davis. — Sullivan H. McCollester. — Jairus B. Col- 
lins. — Jeremiah Stone. — Timothy L. Lane. — John Q. A. McCol- 
lester. — Daniel 13. Woodward. — Sumner A. Mason. — Luther 
Farrar. — Joseph C. Mason. — Andrew C. Stone. — John W. 
Converse. — Justus Perry. — Sumner Wheeler. — Cyrus Wake- 
field. — Warren H. Wilkinson. — Rufus S. Frost. — William II. 
Greenwood — Deacon Abel Baker. 

Rev. Charles Cummings, son of Rev. Joseph and Anna 
Cummings, AA'-as born in Seabrook, N.H., Sept. 23, 1777. 
At the age of two years, his parents removed to Marlbor- 
ough, where he passed his chiklhood. He was married in 
1798, and settled in Sullivan. 

It was about this time, or a little later, that he felt 
impressed that it was his duty to preach the gospel, as 
he understood it. He struggled with his convictions for 
several years, feeling deeply his incompetency for the work, 
having but a limited education, such as was furnished by 
the common schools of those early days ; but, finding no 
rest for the body or peace for the mind, his strong con- 
victions of duty prevailed. In 1805, he was licensed to 
preach by the Baptist board of ministers, and received 
ordination in 1810 in Sullivan, where he formed a church, 
and labored for many years, all or a part of the time. He 
was also instrumental in organizing churches in Keenc, 
Swanzcy, ^larlborougli, Peterborough, Hillsborough, Lynde- 
borough, and Antrim, and preached more or less in other 
towns in Sullivan, Hillsborough, and Merrimack Counties. 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 218 

In 1820, lie was called to the Domestic Missionary work. 
He was truly one of the pioneers in the ministry. A man 
of great energy and earnestness, not shrinking from any 
sacrifice for the good of the cause he loved so well and 
labored so faithfully to sustain, iiothing. but utter inabil- 
ity could deter him from meeting his appointments, many 
times travelling until late into the night, and through the 
scorching heats and drenching rains of summer. He had 
a strong physical constitution, which enabled him to endure 
his arduous labors. 

The following was copied from the Christian Watchman 
and Reflector^ some time after his decease. It is from the 
pen of Rev. G. Robbins, who ofiiciated at his funeral, be- 
ing at that time pastor of the Baptist church in Keene. 
Speaking of his successful labors in the ministry, he says: 
" He was a man of a kind, conciliatory spirit, humble, 
IH'ayerful, and zealous in every good work. And he be- 
longed to a class of men that ought never to be forgotten, 
— that class which performed the labors and endured the 
privations of the pioneers of our cause in this State." 
After his death in 1849, the Dublin Association, as an 
expression of regard to his memory, passed the following: 
" Resolved, that his faithful and arduous labors in planting 
new churches in fields before unoccupied, and breasting the 
force of opposition commonly incident to such a work, 
claims from us not only a tribute of high respect, but of 
affectionate and Christian remembrance ; and, as life is still 
spared to us, ma}^ a sense of our increased obligations stim- 
ulate us to renewed devotion in the service of our divine 
Master." 

He never wrote his sermons; but, in the early years of his 
ministry, he would select a text of Scripture before going 
to the field (for at that time he tilled the soil), and while 
laboring with his hands he mentally studied and wrought 
out his sermons. He had a strong, sympathetic nature, and 
possessed the power to move his audience to a remarkable 
degree. It was no unusual thing to see the congregation 
moved to tears. The last few years of his life lie labored in 



214 HISTORY OP MARLBOROUGH. 

Pottersville, and preached up to the last Sabbath but one 
before his death which occurred in Roxbury, N.H., Dec. 27, 
1849, at the age of seventy-two years. 

Rev. Cyrus Stone, son of Shubael and Polly (Rogers) 
Stone, was born in Marlborough, June 9, 1793. He became 
a professing Christian at nineteen years of age, and re- 
mained a farmer up to the age of twenty-four years. His 
attention being then turned to the condition of the pagan 
world, he determined, after mature deliberation, to devote 
himself to the preaching of the gospel among the heathen. 

He spent a year and a half at the Kimball Union 
Academy, Meriden, after which he entered Dartmouth in 
1818, graduating in the class of 1822. 

Possessed of little means and receiving but slight help 
from others, he mainly supported himself, both in his pre- 
paratory and through his collegiate course, by his own exer- 
tions ; laboring on the farm in summer, and in winter 
teaching in Fitzwilliam, Westminster, Vt., and other places- 

His influence in college and in places of temporar}^ labor 
was decidedly felt as a Christian worker. After graduating 
at Dartmouth, he at once entered "Andover Theological 
Seminary," graduating thence in the class of 1825. 

It being deemed by the American Board desirable that 
their male missionaries to India at that time should be 
possessed of some medical knowledge, he spent the autumn 
of the same year at Hanover, N.H., in attendance on 
medical lectures. Early in 1826, he continued his medical 
studies at the Harvard Medical School, spending the year 
in their prosecution as well as in the performance of a large 
amount of religious work in Boston and vicinity. During 
this year, he was united in marriage to Miss Atossa Frost, 
daughter of Col. Joseph and Zilpha (Roberts) Frost of his 
native town, and with her sailed from Boston for Bombay 
in the ship "Emerald" — Capt. Heard — on the 7th of May, 
1827, arriving safely in India in September of the same year. 

The children of this marriage were two, Elizabeth W. and 
Atossa F., who, after the death of Mrs. Stone, were sent 



PKOMINKNT TNDIVTDFALS. 215 

to America at a very tender age to be educated ; their 
father remaining to prosecute his work. 

In the year 1834, he married Miss Abigail W. Kimball, 
of Waterford, Maine, who had gone to India, a single lady, 
to teach in the girls' school, under the auspices of the 
American Board. 

The children by this union were five, two of whom, Mary 
Sabine and James Farrar, Avere born in India, and are still 
living ; and three, after their return to this country, of whom 
only Rev. Cyrus Stone of Minnesota survives. * Of the 
children by the first marriage, the elder, Elizabeth, died 
before her father's return ; while the younger is still living. 

In 1841, after fourteen years' service, he was compelled by 
tlie state of his own as well as his wife's health to return to 
America. He preached for varying times in Bingham, 
Maine, Harwich, Saugus, and East Bridgwater, Mass., 
and then located for several years in Melrose, Mass., seven 
miles from Boston, and engaged in the publication of the 
'•'Mother's Assistant " and ^ Happy Home," monthl}" maga- 
zines of a religious character, and books of a similar kind 
for families. 

His final work, however, was in the ministry. He was 
instrumental in founding and providing with a permanent 
house a church in Beechwood, a portion of Cohasset, Mass. ; 
and he was called to be the pastor of the flock he had 
gathered. 

Here he died, on the 19th of July, 1867, of a chronic 
affection of the liver, aggravated, if not caused, by his 
residence in India. 

Rev. Osgood Herrick,! son of Ebenezer and Lj-dia 
(Eaton) Herrick, was born in Marlborough, Nov. 19, 1799. 
He worked upon his father's farm until the age of fifteen, 
when lie was j)laced in a store in Keene, where he remained 
until he Avas twenty-one, giving entire satisfaction to his 
employers. 

*He was killed by lightning since the above was written. 

t This notice is taken mainly from a sketch of his life i)ul)lishe(l, soon after his 
death, in the " IJoston Ueconler " of April 28, 1837. 



216 lllSroitV OF MARLHOUOrCH. 

In the year 1818, at a time of great religious declension, 
Mr. Herrick and two others became the subjects of renew- 
ing influences of the Holy Spirit, and in the month of July 
of the same year united with the Congregational Church of 
Keene, under the pastoral care of Rev. Z. S. Bastow. 

Soon after, he felt an ardent desire to' become more 
extensively useful than he could in the business in which 
he was engaged. Accordingly, he resolved, as soon as 
circumstances would allow, to prepare himself for the 
ministry. In the spring of 1821, he commenced the study 
of Latin, and in the fall of 1822 was admitted a member of 
Dartmouth College. As he allowed himself but little time 
for i)reparation, he entered college under many disadvan- 
tages, and consequently severe study became necessary 
during his first collegiate year. It was during this year 
that his constitution was impaired and the foundation 
of that disease laid which resulted in his death. 

In the autumn of 1826, he graduated at Dartmouth 
College, being regarded as one of the most distinguished of 
his class. Tlie following year he was engaged in teaching 
in the State of Virginia. In 1827, he became a member of 
Andover Theological Seminary, where he remained the 
usual term of three years. 

On leaving the seminary, he received a unanimous call 
to become the pastor of the Congregational Church in 
Milbury, and on the 9tli of December, 1830, was ordained 
and installed over that church and society. 

Ten days subsequent, he was united in marriage to Miss 
Emily Wilder of Keene. 

Mr. Herrick was a self-made man. By his own persever- 
ance, he overcame difficulties from which most young men 
would have shrunk. By his industry and economy, he 
defrayed nearly the whole expense of his education. , Dili- 
gence and perseverance were among the distinguishing traits 
in his character. He was never idle. He felt the Avork of 
the ministry was too important to admit of indolence, and 
he felt too great an interest in the salvation of men and 
the honor of liis Divine Master to be discouraged by any 
dilHculties that were surmountable. 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 217 

Mr. Herrick's talents were more useful than splendid. 
He excelled rather in clearness of mind than brilliancy of 
imagination. His views were seldom confused or his 
conceptions feeble on any subject to which he directed his 
attention. He was a man of sound practicable wisdom. He 
formed his opihions on subjects, after taking a comprehen- 
sive view of their various bearings, and generally with such 
precision as not to have occasion to change. He was also 
a man of firmness of purpose, — did not form any plan of 
action without careful examination and a conviction of 
duty ; but, when his conclusions were formed, he was not 
wavering, and only on the presentation of weighty reasons 
did he desire to change. Cautious to resolve, convinced he 
was right, he firmly and with all the energies of his soul 
executed his resolutions. 

His mind was well balanced ; and his faculties were not 
only well proportioned, but cultivated in due symmetry. 
As a preacher of divine truth, Mr. Herrick was clear, 
instructive, energetic, and expressive. He never aimed, in 
the solemn work of preaching the gospel, merely to amuse 
the fancy or gratify a fastidious taste, but to enlighten the 
mind, arouse the conscience, affect the heart, and save the 
soul. His manner of delivery was earnest and impressive ; 
his eloquence was that of clear thought, sound argument, 
and ardent feeling. As a pastor, he was devoted and labo- 
rious, ever ready to counsel the afflicted, to instruct the 
inquirer, to encourage and edify the saints ; as a friend, 
frank, affectionate, and obliging. 

In June, 1835, at a Sunday-school convention, immedi- 
ately after addressing the assembly, he was attacked with a 
slight hemorrhage of the lungs. A few days after, he had 
another severe attack, and from that time began gradually 
to sink.. He was, however, able to discharge the duties of a 
pastor until the last Sabbath in December, 1836, when he 
preached his farewell sermon. It was a solemn occasion. 
He felt, and gave his hearers to understand, that he was 
preaching his last discourse. 

At no time during his sickness was he desponding or 

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218 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

gloomy, but always cheerful and happy. He spoke of death 
as "going home." "To me," he said, "there is nothing 
gloomy or terrible in death." He manifested the most entire 
patience and submission. During the whole of his protracted 
sickness, not a word of complaint escaped his lips. He 
often said: "I am an astonishment to myself. I did not 
suppose it possible that I could endure all the pain and 
languor I have, without a single impatient feeling. But 
such is the fact. I can truly say that I have not felt even 
the rising of a single impatient feeling." His countenance 
was alwaj^s lighted up with a smile, and, though he shed 
tears, they were always tears of joy and gratitude. He died 
at Milbury, Mass., March 16, 1837. 

Rev. Luther Wis wall was born in Marlborough, Jan. 
9, 1801. He was the son of Maj. John and Mary (Tayntor) 
Wiswall. He early developed a thirst for knowledge, but 
had only limited educational privileges, having simply the 
advantages of common schools till he was seventeen years 
of age, when he began to teach winter schools, and con- 
tinued to do so for fifteen years. In the mean time, he 
attended two terms at an academy, and pursued his studies 
at home as he had opportunity. In 1829, he purchased a 
small farm, and in 1830 married Miss Sophronia Kendall 
of Athol, Mass. Six children were born to them, of whom 
only two survive, a son and daughter. 

In 1822, Mr. Wiswall united with the Congregational 
Church, then under the pastoral care of the Rev. Halloway 
Fish. He was soon brought into active service in the 
church, and for several years superintended the Sabbath- 
school. In studying the Scriptures to qualify himself for 
the duties of his office, he became interested in study for 
its own s-ake, and the thought often arose that he would 
like to pi'each the gospel. This thought was not easily 
repressed. His activity in the church led, much to his 
surprise, to his election as deacon. 

The church in ]\Iarlborough was at that time weak, and 
much disturbed by the coming in of those wlio preached 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 219 

another gospel. Others claimed the right to occupy their 
house of worship a part of the time. A small Unitarian 
Church was organized, and the Congregational Church was 
unable to procure preaching that was acceptable. But, after 
a struggle of more than ten years, they built a small house 
of worsliip, and have since seen better days. Mr. Wiswall 
did much, in those days of trial, to encourage and strengthen 
the despised band of believers, often bearing a large part 
of the burden of sustaining public worship. In 1834, while 
tliis house was building, he sold his farm and stock, and 
removed East, and entered the seminary at Bangor. His 
mind had been turned to the ministry by witnessing the 
great difticulty of small churches in obtaining ministers, 
hoping to qualify himself to meet the wants of some needy 
Hock of God. 

Mr. Wiswall was graduated at Bangor, Me., in 1836, and 
was settled as pastor of the church in Brooks and Jackson 
the following year. Here he labored till 1854, when he 
removed to Windham, Me., where he has since labored. 
Though late in entering the ministry, he has preached the 
gospel more than forty years. Nor has he preached in 
vain. Several seasons of refreshing were enjoyed by the 
church in Brooks and Jackson, and large additions made 
to the church. In Windham also, his labors have been 
blessed of God. He has uncommon skill in building a 
church on strong foundations, rooted and grounded in the 
great truths of the gospel. His own mind clearly appre- 
hends the foundation doctrines of the Christian system; 
and he has the power of so presenting them as to convince 
others of their truth. 

Mr. WiswalFs intellectual structure is of a marked 
character. He has great mental acuteness, is profoundly 
logical and of sound judgment. He is therefore eminently 
fitted to grapple with sceptical minds, and either convince 
or confound them. A young man of sceptical proclivities 
at one time boarded in his family, not at all apprehensive 
that his confidence in the arguments on which he rested 
Avould be shaken. He was well assured of his ability to 



220 HISTOEY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

defend his position. Not many months of free intercourse 
with his pastor had passed, before his confidence in infidel 
sentiments gradnally subsided ; and it was not long before 
he gave in his adhesion to the truth and claims of the 
gospel, and yielded himself as a friend and follower of the 
Lord Jesus Christ. This young man subsequently, with 
great honor to himself and benefit to the public, occupied 
for years a seat on the bench of the Supreme Court of his 
native State ; and for several years he " used the office of 
a deacon well " in a prominent church. His death was a 
public loss. 

At another time, two young men of public education 
came under his ministry. They belonged to the liberal 
school of theology. Their course for a while gave rise to 
the apprehension that they hoped to liberalize the church, 
and supplant good, old-fashioned orthodox}-. For a season 
aftairs wore a threatening aspect. But the pastor was not 
caught napping. By a course of reasoning upon the ques- 
tions involved, and the wise use of Scripture, the sound- 
ness of the church remained intact, and the 3'oung men 
found it convenient to seek other places of residence. 

Mr. Wiswall is a sound theologian, and an able defender 
of the "faith once delivered to the saints." Nor does he 
belong to that class of preachers who think it unprofitable 
to preach the doctrines, the great vital truths, of the 
gospel, — who seem to think they are effete, worn out, and 
not fitted to this enlightened age. Men of this da}- are too 
wise to embrace them, too free and liberal to yield to their 
authority. But not so with Mr. Wiswall. He regards 
them as the teachings of infinite wisdom, fitted to the 
spiritual wants of men of all ages, countries, and climes, and 
as the power of God unto salvation to all who cordially 
receive them. Hence he preaches them clearly and con- 
scientiously, as of vital benefit to his hearers. In his hand, 
they are not stale and commonplace, but racy, and instinct 
with life and energy. 

Socially, Mr. Wiswall is one of the most genial and 
companionable of men. A quiet wit, guided by strong 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 221 

common-sense, adds much to the pleasure of social inter- 
course with him. One needs to know him well to appre- 
ciate him. He is a brother beloved in the churches ot" 
jNIaine, having the confidence and respect of all who know 
him, ministers and churches. 

Rev. Philander Wallingford,* son of Ebenezer 13. 
and jNlary Wallingford, was born in Marlborough, N.H., 
June 6, 1812. His childhood was passed like that of other 
children, blessed, however, with the care of Christian 
parents, Avliose counsels and discipline laid the foundation 
of his future manhood. One incident, however, occurred at 
school, when he was five years old, that gave pleasure to his 
mother, and is worthy of notice, as it was the first sermon 
he ever preached. 

It was the custom at intermission for the boys in that 
school to go down to Deacon Guild's to drink water out of 

" The old oaken bucket that hung in the well " ; 

and one day, while they were thus engaged, one of the little 
boys swore that it was his turn to drink next. Whereupon 
little Philander told him it was wicked to swear, and 
that God would be displeased with him. When the school 
assembled in the afternoon, the teacher came to him, and 
presented him with a beautiful little book, upon the fly-leaf 
of which was written : — 

Presented to Philander Wallingford for reproving one of his school- 
mates for using bad language at intermission. 

(Sig-ned) WILLIAM GUILD. 

When he went home, his mother pressed him to her bosom, 
told him he was a good bo}^, and that the book was a reward 
of merit. From that moment he regarded that book of all 
others the best. Never did he prize one more highly, — not 
even the Book of books, which, more than twenty years 
subsequent, the bishop delivered to him, saying, "Take thou 
authority to read the Holy Scriptures in the church of God, 

• This sketch is by Rev. A. K. Howard, formerly pastor of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church. 



222 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

aud to preach the t>ame. " ludeed, it was a primer con- 
taining Sc'viptnre lessons adapted to the capacity of little 
children, w ith pictures to illustrate the same. 

In 1827, his parents removed to Claremont. He remained 
at home until he was twenty-one, laboring with and for his 
father, thus forming habits of industry and economy, which 
have been of great service to him through life. He early 
saw that character was formed by the society in which men 
move; He therefore chose his companions from the virt- 
uous and upright, shunning the vicious and evil. Thus, 
through good associations, as he reached his manhood, he 
was cultured in wisdom and integrity, and Avas respected 
by all. 

Accustomed to attend public worship with his parents 
and to join with them in their hymns of praise (leading 
for some time the choir), he could but see and feel the 
necessity of " the one thing needful," yet this one thing he 
lacked. 

A change, however, was soon to come over his life. In 
the summer of 1831, he became more thoughtful, and con- 
versed freely with an intimate friend upon his need of 
a Saviour. About this time, he decided to attend the select 
school of Rev. A. Buck, at Chelsea, Vt. 

It was a time of religious revival ; and the scholars, as 
well as the citizens, were sharers in its fruits. The favor- 
able time had come. The matter was well considered, and 
his conclusion was to give his heart to Christ and his life to 
the service of God. He immediately informed his parents 
of the happy change, and, when he returned to his friends, 
he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has 
continued a loyal member. 

Having reached his majority, he resolved to improve his 
education, to fit himself better for some useful calling. His 
father gave him about one hundred and fifty dollars. This, 
with what he could add by teaching singing-schools, and 
other acts of industry, he expended at New Market Acad- 
emy, When his funds were gone, he asked himself, What 
shall I do? There was a sensible impression of a call to 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 223 

the ministr}^, seconded by the voice of the Church. l>nt, in 
view of the responsil)ilities of the ministry and liis inability 
further to prosecute his studies, he turned aside to useful 
and honorable business, which he pursued with fair success. 

Jan. 1, 1838, he married Miss Caroline M. Treadwell, of 
New Market, N.H., a lady well qualified to share with him 
the responsibilities of his after life. She has been the light 
of his home, and her companionship he still enjoys. 

Mr. Wallingford was not long to continue in his secular 
business. God had a higher and better work for him to do, 
and he very signally and unmistakably called him to it. 

In a protracted conversation with a clergyman who was 
deeply solicitous that he should enter the ministry, and 
who had come a long distance to converse with him on the 
subject, and who pressed with great earnestness his en- 
treaties, a pledge was given that, if Providence opened 
a door that gave unmistakable evidence that it was of God, 
he would no longer resist. 

Very soon after this conversation, he went to Framing- 
ham, Mass., to visit a sister, one hundred miles distant. 
There, on the street, he met Rev. Phinehas Crandall, a 
Presiding Elder in the New England Conference. They 
were entire strangers. After paying to each other common 
civilities, Mr. Crandall asked him if he was a preacher. 
He answered no. " Have you not had drawings and call- 
ings in that direction ? " This question was not directly 
answered. Following up the subject, Mr. Crandall said : 
" I think it is a Providence that has brought us together. 
I have a vacancy in my district, and I want you to fill it." 
Every objection named on account of inefficiency was laid 
aside by Mr. Crandall who still urged him to comply with 
his request ; and, in view of the pledge he had so recently 
made, he yielded to his importunities, and consented to go. 
It was therefore arranged that at a given time he was to go 
to Brookfield, Mass., as preacher in charge of that appoint- 
ment, not having at that time a license to preach. 

At the time appointed, he proceeded thither, and was 
received with great cordiality, the people not dreaming that 



224 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

their preaclier was a layman till the expiration of about 
three months, Avhen they were informed by their pastor 
that the quarterly meeting was approaching, and, if he 
remained with them in his present capacity, it would be 
necessary for him to liave a license to preach, and that it 
must, according to the laws of the Church, come from them. 
At said quarterly meeting, he was licensed, and his license 
signed by Phinehas Crandall, P. E., dated Brookfield, Mass., 
Sept. 20, 1842. In 1843, he joined the New England Con- 
ference. In 1845, he was ordained Deacon by Bishop E. S. 
Jones, and Avas subsequently ordained Elder by Bishop 
F. A. ]\Iorris. All this speaks well of his ability as a 
preacher, and progress in his theological studies. 

He preached in the following places in Massachusetts : 
Brookfield, Natick, Barre, South Barre, Winchendon, North 
Brookfield, Shelburne Falls, and Holyoke. 

On account of the feebleness of his wife, and a bronchial 
affection, which for the time impaired his efficiency as a 
speaker, in 1856 he returned and located at Claremont. 
He could not, however, be allowed long to remain unem- 
ployed. Many doors were opened for him to preach in his 
located capacity. He was called to supply in New Hamp- 
shire the following places: Rochester, Rye, South New 
Market, Walpole, Cornish, and Goshen ; and, in Vermont, 
Nortli Hartland and Weathersfield Boav. The church he 
served at the latter place was Congregationalist, where he 
preached more than two years. 

The following report of the Windsor Association of Con- 
gregational Ministers, before whom he was examined while 
holding his pastorate there, will show how he was regarded 
by that fraternitj^ : — 

Report of the Wimlsor Association upon the case of Rev. P. Wallingford, 
acting pastor at Weathersfield Bow : 

I. Wo found him a regularly ordained Elder in the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. 

II. A clear and full statement of his religious experience leaves no 
doubt on our minds that he is a converted man. 

III. The statement of his views in entering the ministry makes the 
impression that he was actuated by an eai'uest desire for the salvation 



I'KO.MINICNT INDIVIDIALS. 225 

of souls; and nothing' in his ministry liere leads us Jo lliink any other 
motive actuates him now. 

IV. In a protracted examination ol' him as to his doctrinal \ie\vs, he 
seems to us thoroughly sound, and in entire agreement with us on every 
point except election and perseverance. 

V. In respect to worship and ordinances, he declares not only his 
purpose, but his choice, to conform to the usages of this church, so long- 
as he shall minister to it. 

VI. As to his proposed lal)or, he is to do all the church asks; namely, 
to preach one sei-mou each Sabbath, superintend the Sabbath school, and 
visit as if resilient here. 

VII. The Association iind a very good degree of union and harmony 
in the church, and no o]iposition personally to Mr. Wallingford. 

VIII. As to the question of applying funds for the support of any 
but a Congregational minister here, would say, were it to be done in any 
instance, we cannot conceive of a case in which, so far as any thing- 
appears, it could be safer than in this case. 

Signed by vote of the Association, 

S. 11. CO 15 15. President. 
X. Bishop. Clerk. 

Thus it will iippear that he labored with acceptance, not 
only with his own denomination, but witli others, showing- 
that he possessed a true catholic spirit. 

His sermons were carefully prepared, and impressively 
delivered ; and, in all the churches he served, he strove to 
do the work of a preacher and pastor. 

Especially was he efficient in aiding churches to build 
church-edifices and parsonages. His skill as a draughts- 
nian enabled him to plan wisely, and his habits of economy 
led him to appropriate funds judiciously. 

He has been an earnest worker in the temperance cause, 
seeking in this and in every other way the best good of 
society. 

In the location and establishment of the Claremont Junc- 
tion Camp Meeting, he has been one of the leaders. The 
grounds have been laid out under his special direction, and 
whatever is beautiful and convenient in that regard is due 
to him. The Association has made him its treasurer, and 
ho carefully looks after its interests. 

What he accumulated before entering the ministry he 
safely invested, the proceeds of which afford liini now a 
competency. 

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226 HISTORY OF MAHLHUKOUGH. 

llf has miide for Ids wife and himself a pleasant home 
on Central Street, Claremont, N.H., near the church of his 
choice. Thus, after his wanderings as an itinerant, he can 
now sing : — 

•• At lioiue again from toil and strife, 
Home made for wife and me ; 
Where, in the evening of our life. 
We may in (juiet he." 

Rev. WILL[A^[ C. Whitcomb, son of Deacon Simeon 
and Sally (Ijincoln) Whitcomb, was born in Marlborough, 
Feb. 9, 1820. He was in childhood singularly dutifid to 
his parents, never requiring discipline to enforce their com- 
mands ; and in mature years was ever anxious, according 
to his means, to promote their welfare. He received from 
them a religious training, and in 1887 united with the Con- 
gregational Church in this town. 

He pursued his literary and classical course at the Acade- 
mies in Jaffrey, Troy, and Ashby. He earned his money to 
attend them by teaching, always living in the uu;)st econom- 
ical way. 

He studied theology at Gilnumton Theological Seminar}', 
completing his course in 1847, at which time he was 
licensed to preach. He received several calls to settle in 
New Hampshire, but declined, as he wished to obtain 
further help for his work by attending the lectures of Prof. 
Park, in Andover Theological Seminary. He remained at 
Andover two years as a Licentiate student. 

May 1, 1851, he was ordained pastor of the church in 
Stoneham, Mass. May 1, 1852, he was married to Miss 
Harriet L. Wheeler, of Concord, Mass. In August, 1855, he 
was dismissed from the church in Stoneham, after Avhich he 
labored with the churches in (.il()l)e Village (Southbridge), 
in North Carver, and in Lynnfield Centre, all in Massachu- 
setts. 

He received a commission as Chaplain of the United 
States Hospital at Newbern, N.C., which bears the signa- 
tures of Abraham Lincoln and Edward M. Stanton, dated 
July 5, 1862. which lie licl<l to the time of his death. His 



fllOMINENT INDlVIDt'ALS. 227 

labors in Ne-wbt-ni, I'oi'tsmoutli, and iMuix'licad City, N.C, 
were very abundant and interesting, and continued two and 
one-fourth years. 

In the summer of 1804, he eanie Jiome on a ruriougli ot 
some length. In September, he returned to meet the sad 
effects of the yellow fever, brought treacherously by the 
enemy to our soldiers. Soon after his return, he was 
attacked with malarial fever, and, before he had fully re- 
covered, was taken with acute bronchitis, from the effects 
of which he died at the hospital in Morehead City, Oct. 29, 
1864. 

Mr. Whiteomb's character was strongly marked, and he 
possessed many excellences. He had an untiring activity, 
always doing with his might what his hands found to do. 
He \\'as in a remarkable degree frank and outspoken, being 
incajjable of disguise and knowing little of concealment. 
But for nothing was he more distinguished than for a warm, 
loving heart. He set a value on friends, and was true in 
his friendships. That he had a devoted attachment to his 
family is seen in the fact that, when absent on his chap- 
laincy, his general practice was to write to them daily. He 
was a decided Congregationalist, but loved all Christ's dis- 
ciples of every name ; union among Christians being a 
favorite theme. He cherished an affectionate remembrance 
of his native town, in evidence of which may be mentioned 
the gift of a bell for the school-house in the village a short 
time before his death. He loved the slave and the colored 
race, and from an early age was ever ready, according to his 
ability, to aid the cause of emancipation. 

From the outbreak of the slaveholders' rebellion, he took 
a lively interest in the struggle ; and that he was able with 
so much cheerfulness to separate himself from a family he 
loved so well may be taken as evidence of true j)atriotism. 

Mr. Whitcomb had (jualities of mind and heart which 
could not fail to render him popular and useful as a pastor. 
Much good, we are assured, was accomplished by his labors 
in connection with the churches to which he ministered. 
But his active temperament and habits, his self-forgetfulness 



228 HISTORY OP MAKLBOROUGH. 

in his zeal to do guod, his syinpathv with the suiferiiii;', his 
cheerfuhiess, and readiness with thoughts aii<l words for 
every occasion, seemed to fit him espeeiall\' for the hibors to 
wliich he was devoted, as hospital chaplain; and much 
was he loved by those who Avere the objects of his benefi- 
cent labors. 

Mr. Whitcomb was a pleasant newspaper correspondent. 
As an author, he published two volumes of original and 
selected matter in prose and poetr}- to comfort the bereaved. 
Although he fell in his prime, still ho has left a full and 
useful life. 

Edwin Davis, son of Jonah and Sarah (Wilkinson) 
Davis, was born jNIay 8, 1821, • under favorable circum- 
stances. His ancestry reaches back to the first settlers of 
New England. His father was a man of mental strength, 
good judgment, and emulous to do good as he had oppor- 
tunity. His mother was a woman of remarkable good com- 
mon-sense and generous feeling. They were both extremely 
desirous to make the most possible of their only child. So 
Edwin was fortunately cared for in his early childhood, and 
at a suitable age was sent to the district school. Jieinjy 
of a genial disposition and full of fun, he was very much 
of a favorite among his school-mates. He always stood 
well in his classes. Having mastered to some extent the 
common branches, he left home at the age of fourteen, to 
attend Melville Academy in Jaffrey. Now, for several 
years, he spent most of his time in academies, pursuing 
the sciences, mathematics, English and classical literature. 
At the age of seventeen, he taught his first school, in 
Swanzey, N.H. Though a mere boy, he proved himself 
able to instruct and govern young men and women who 
were his seniors. For a number of successive winters, he 
taught with commendable success. In the winter of 1840, 
while teaching in (luilford, Vt., he formed an acquaintance 
with Miss Nancy S. Chase, whom he married July 2, 1845. 
Previous to this, he became acquainted with Kev. W. N. 
Barber who was preaching in that town. Up to this time, 



I'lJOMlNENT INDIVIDUALS. 229 

he liad not fully tlei-idutl what hu would do for ii life-work, 
lie liad thought of studyiug- theology or uiedieiiie. JUit, as 
\w associated with Mr. IJarber, his decisiou was made; iu 
favor of divinity, nuieh to the gratilicatioii of his parents, 
and espeeialh' his father who thoroughly believed and prac- 
tised Universalism. After he closed this school, he remained 
in Guilfi:)rd, stnd\ing for some time theological works under 
the tuition of JNIr. Barber. Here he wrote his first sermons 
and certain articles for publication. In the last part of 1842, 
he went to Westmoreland, N.H., to continue his studies 
under the direction of Rev. C. Woodhouse. He had here 
a portion of the time, as a companion in his theological 
studies. Rev. Josiah Marvin. The aid received from jNlr. 
Barber and INIr. Woodhouse has effectually told on his min- 
istr\'. In his case, at least, it would seem that the adage has 
proved true, — " As is the teacher, so is the taught." In the 
year of his majority, he preached his first sermon at Vernon, 
Vt. While pursuing his studies, he continued to preach 
occasionally. At this time, he was slim and tall, Avith c^uite 
a 3'outhful-looking face ; and so often, when he would rise in 
the pulpit among strangers to preach, there would be silent 
questionings on the part of the older portion of the audience 
whether that stripling would be able to preach much, but 
they would usually become satisfied before he had advanced 
far, that lie was equal to the emergency. 

He was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry at 
the annual session of the New Hampshire Convention of 
Universalists at Winchester, June 19, 1845. His first stated 
engagement to preach was in his native town, where his 
labors were crowned with success. In 1845, he removed 
to Richmond, N.H., where he remained some five years, 
living in sight of the birthplace of Hosea Ballou, and 
preaching in tlie meeting-house in which that gifted one had 
proclaimed the gospel of glad tidings. In 1850, he changed 
his location to Hinsdale, M.ll., taking charge of the Univer- 
salist society there, and preaching some part of the time in 
West Brattleboro" and Vernon, Vt., in Northfield, Mass., 
and West Swanzey, N.II. During his settlement here, he 



230 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

tauglit several select schools iind devoted considerable time 
to overseeing tlie pnblic schools. On acconnt of the death 
of his father, which occurred on the 24th of March, 1856, 
he went to Marlborongh that same year to reside, for the 
purpose of aiding his bereaved mother and settling his 
father's estate. By earnest solicitation, he made engage- 
ment with the society there for the second time to supi)ly 
them with preaching for the year. 

In the spring of 1857, he settled in Paper-]Mill-Yillage, 
Alstead, N.H., where he remained four years, having a very 
successful ministry, still proving himself a most devoted 
friend to the cause of education. 

In 1861, he had a call to settle in Methuen, Mass., which 
he accepted. He had already spent some twenty years in 
the ministry, living all the while in his native county. In 
this new field of labor, he made many warm friends and 
served well the society as a faithful, religious teacher. 
After laboring three years in Methuen, he located in West 
Acton, Mass., where he organized two societies, one in West 
and the other in South Acton. He faithfully ministered to 
these societies for seven years, being instrumental in having 
a good church edifice built in the West Village, and prepar- 
ing the way for another to be built in the South Village. 

During the centenary year of Universalism in America, 
he was employed by the New Hampshire State Convention 
to take the lead in raising her quota of money for the 
Murray fund. In this enterprise, he accomplished all that 
could rightfully be expected. In December of 1870, he 
accepted a call, and settled in Canton, Mass., where he 
has continued for nearly nine years. During this charge, 
he has been employed a portion of two years by the Massa- 
chusetts Universalist Convention as financial agent of that 
body to raise money, and has been successful in securing 
more than ten thousand dollars. Few men are better 
adapted to solicit money for a good cause than ^Ir. Davis. 
The people feel at once, as he makes an appeal, tliat he is 
strictly honest and believes heartily in his cause. 

As a writer, Mr. Davis's style is direct, smooth, and some- 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 231 

what florid. Tlis sermons are quite methodical, and so 
illustrated as to render them plain and interesting. His 
publishetl articles have been full of good thought, clearly 
and tastefully expressed. 

He seldom speaks publicly without special preparation, 
and so he speaks because he has something to say. In 
manner, he is aftable without the least ostentation or affec- 
tation. His voice is expressive of a good head and heart. 
As a reformer, his trumpet has given no uncertain sound. 
He has always been a bold advocate of freedom and tem- 
perance. 

Mr. Davis is very much devoted to his family, consisting 
of a wife, a daughter, and two sons, one of whom, graduated 
in 1878 from the Medical School of Boston University, is 
now a practising physician in Milton, Mass., and the other 
is in the Senior Class of Tufts College. 

Mr. Davis never repels, but draws others toward him, so 
he is a welcome servant of the Lord at the bridal altar, in 
the sick-room, or in the place of deepest sorrow. 

The subject of this biography is now doing his best work. 
Though his hair bears the mark of fifty-five winters, still he 
is well preserved and vigorous. His countenance is fresh, 
and his eye as dark and vivacious as ever. Marlborough 
is the better for his being one of her native sons, and the 
Avorld is better because he is living in it. 

Sullivan H. McCollestee, D.D.,* one of the most dis- 
tinguished of the citizens, was born in Marlborough, Dec. 
18, 1826, and has been on the stage of active life for a little 
more than half a century. He is the son of Silas and 
Achsah (Holman) McCollester. He is of Scotch descent, 
his ancestors having come from Scotland. His youth Avas 
spent like that of many New England bo3-s, working on a 
farm and at some mechanical employment. During the 
winter, he was accustomed to attend the village school. 
Here he had good privileges; for Marlborough has ever 

'Sketch by Rev. John S. Lee, U.D., of St. Lawrence University, Canton, N,Y. 



282 Hisroitv OF ^farlborough. 

been noted for her good schools. In his iifteentli year, he 
first attended a select school and afterwards several of the 
educational institutions near his home: Mt. Cjesar Seminary 
in Swanzey, Dublin Select School, Winchendon (Mass.) 
Academy, Jaifrey Academy, and Meli-ose Seminary, Brat- 
tlelxno', Vt., where he gained a thorough knoAvledge of the 
ordinary English branches, the higher matliematics, the 
Greek and tlie Latin languages, and thus was fitted for col- 
lege. I first met him at INIt. C;esar Seminary, in the fall 
term of 1846. He afterwards attended Melrose Seminary 
when I had charge of it. I remember him as a mild, pleas- 
ant, genial, and social companion and scholar, eager for 
knowledge and interested in all that concerned the school. 
He was a general favorite among the students. He exerted 
a good inlluence in the school, and by his kindness and 
sympathy, aided the teachers in their arduous and trying 
labors. 

When eighteen years old, lie commenced teaching, first 
engaging in a school at Riclnnond, and receiving for his 
services only nine dollars a month. In Walpole, he taught 
four successive terms, which shows that his services were 
received with favor. He entered Norwich (Vt.) Univer- 
sity in the winter of 1848, and graduated in the summer 
of 1851, having finished the fall classical course. Leaving 
college with the reputation of a fine scholar, he entered 
Cambridge Divinity School, and studied there two 3^ears 
witli the intention of entering the Christian ministry, when 
he took charge of Walpole Academy. In tlie mean time he 
was married, Nov. 28, 1852, at Dummerston, Vt., to Miss 
Sopliia F. Knight, whom he first met in Melrose Seminary. 
His Avife, a ripe scholar and a successful teacher, aided him 
in his scliool. As a Avoman adorned with genial, social 
qualities, quick sympathies, and all the graces of the spirit, 
she has been a most excellent helpmeet to her husband 
amid tlie labors and trials of their married life. 

In 1858, he took charge of Mt. Ctesar Seminary, where 
for nearly five years he labored almost incessantly, doing 
double diih lc;icliiii'>- mid nrciicliiii'j'. He is held in grate- 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 233 

fill remembrance here for his efforts in behalf of educa- 
tion, morality, and religion. From Swanzey, he removed to 
Westmoreland, and took charge of the Universalist Society 
there, and the one also in West Chesterfield. He taught a 
select school a portion of the time. He was soon elected to 
the responsible office of School Commissioner for Cheshire 
County, which he held till 1859. At the meeting of the 
State Board of Commissioners, he was appointed president. 
In winter, he visited schools and lectured on education. In 
spring, he held Teachers' Institutes, and thus made his influ- 
ence felt extensively among the teachers and the people. 

From Westmoreland, he was called to take charge of 
Westbrook Seminary near Portland in Maine, commencing 
his labors there in April, 1861. He remained there nearly 
eight years, and raised the institution into a flourishing 
condition. His first term of thirty scholars, he was accus- 
tomed to say, was the hardest he ever taught. He sought 
to put the school upon a firm basis of discipline and 
systematic study ; and he finally succeeded in infusing a 
healthy, moral, and intellectual tone among the students, 
and awakening a noble ambition in their hearts. The 
school became very popular, sometimes numbering from one 
hundred and seventy-five to two hundred and forty mem- 
bers. In 1864, he obtained from the State Legislature a 
charter for a woman's college, the first of the kind belonging 
to the denomination in New England. From this college, 
he graduated annually a class of young women who, by their 
scholarship and moral influence, gave tone and vigor to the 
society in which they moved. The seminary was noted for 
the cultivation of the social powers of the students. A 
common interest united teachers and pupils. 

In the summer of 1866, in company with his wife, he 
visited Europe, and remained there till the spring of 1867. 
In their travels, they visited Ireland, Scotland, England, 
Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. He 
was delighted with the varied and sublime scenery of the 
Alps, and spent several weeks there, breathing the pure air 
of the mountains in the warm weather, and dwelling on the 

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234 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

shores of the Swiss and Italian hikes during the winter. 
He stopped a hnig time also in London, Paris, and Rome, 
and studied their history, anti(;[uities, and social institu- 
tions, and the topography of the surrounding country. He 
wrote full, frequent, and interesting letters for the Portland 
Transcript, the Grospel Banner, and other papers, which 
were read with eager interest not only by his friends, but 
also by many who had never before heard his name. 

In the spring of 1867, he returned to his school with fresh 
energy, and his mind invigorated and expanded by what he 
had observed and studied. He remained in the seminary 
till July, 1868, when, in company with the writer, taking 
one of the Montreal and Liverpool steamers at Quebec, and 
passing around the north of Ireland, he made his second tour 
of Europe, revisiting the countries which he on his former 
tour visited, and extending his travels to Egypt, Palestine, 
Turkey, and Greece. It was a memorable journey, espe- 
cially the month passed in the Holy Land ; and it produced 
a vivid and lasting impression upon his mind. We went up 
the Nile, ascended the Pyramids, landed at Jaffa, and spent 
nearly two weeks in and around Jerusalem, stood before the 
tombs of the patriarchs, bathed in the Jordan, walked along 
the shores of the Sea of Galilee, supped and slept in the 
birthplace and the home of the youthful Jesus, for two days 
rode along the sandy shores of the Mediterranean, stopping 
over night in the old, dilapidated cities of Tyre and Sidon. 
He rode over the Leban mountains, visiting Baalbec and 
the Cedars of Lel)anon. Then we took steamer at Beyrout, 
and passed among the Greek and Turkish Isles of the 
Archipelago, spent a Sunday at Smyrna, and thence, along- 
side the plain of old Troy, through the Dardanelles to 
Constantinople ; thence to Athens, whence we made excur- 
sions to Pentelicus and other ports of Greece, to Corinth, 
Corfu, and Brindisi in Italy. He visited many of the cities 
where he stopped on his first tour, but spent less time in 
those, as his chief object was to pass through " the lands of 
the Bible." The journey was fruitful in results, and his 
social and professional life was greatly enriched by the 
offerings he gathered, 



PEOMINENT INDIVIDUALS, 235 

On his return in February, 1869, he lectured extensively 
and his lectures were received everywhere with marked 
favor. He also wrote letters for some half a dozen papers, 
descriptive of the lands he visited; and these were read 
more eagerly even than were those of liis first journey. 

He remained in the school at Westbrook until the sum- 
mer of 1869, when he resigned, and in the fall took pastoral 
charge of the Universalist Church in Nashua, N.H. His 
pastorate was a success, productive of marked spiritual re- 
sults. In the fall of 1872, he removed to Akron, Ohio, and 
entered upon the presidency of Buchtel College, a new liter- 
ary institution, established chiefly through the labors and 
generous benefactions of John R. Buchtel of that city. In 
this honorable and responsible position, he has worked for 
six years ; and with the aid of the benefactors, the patrons, 
and the members of the faculty, he has put the college upon 
a firm basis, and given it a name, and made it a power in 
the State. In addition to his official duties, he has preached 
and lectured in the principal towns and cities of the State, 
and thus extended his influence and the influence of the 
college, and done much in behalf of education and religion. 
In consideration of his merits as a scholar and his high posi- 
tion as an educator, St. Lawrence University, in June, 1874, 
gave him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. 

In their domestic relations. Dr. McCollester and his wife 
have been called to experience much sorrow. Of five chil- 
dren born to them, only one remains, Lee, now growing up 
to manhood and fitting to become a blessing to his parents 
and the world. In his life, Mr. McCollester illustrates the 
phases that distinguish the genuine New Englander, — 
energy, patience, faith, industry, and perseverance. While 
he has not sought honors, he has obtained them. He has 
aimed to do good, and by faithfully pursuing his object he 
has been eminently successful in life. 

Since the above was written, Mr. McCollester with his 
wife and son has spent another year in the old country for 
the purpose of making himself more familiar with men, 
institutions, and places. During his absence, he wrote for 



236 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

several different papers ; and since liis return he has had . 
more calls to lecture on his travels than he could fidfil. 
He has a remarkabl}'" happy faculty in enabling others to 
see what he saw and feel what he felt. 

Jairus B. Collins, M.D., son of Samuel and Lydia 
(Matthews) Collins, was born in Marlborough, April 21, 
1794, He studied medicine with Dr. Ephraim K. Frost of 
this town ; and at the completion of his studies, in 1822, he 
removed to Londonderry, Vt., where he was a successful 
physician up to the time of his death which occurred Feb. 
3, 1851. 

Jeremiah Stone, M.D., son of Shubael and Polly 
(Rogers) Stone, was born in Marlborough, Nov. 2, 1798. 
He graduated at Dartmouth Medical College, December, 
1825. He commenced the practice of medicine in Tops- 
field, Mass., Jan. 6, 1826, and remained there eleven years. 
Finding a country practice with its long and tiresome rides, 
was impairing his health, he removed to New Bedford, and 
thence to Provincetown, Mass., in 1864, where he remained 
until his death, with the exception of two 3'ears spent in 
Chatham. 

In town affairs, he ever took an active interest, endeav- 
oring to build up the place and render it truly prosperous. 
Foremost in all good movements, he cordially espoused the 
cause of anti-slavery in its earliest da^-s, wlien it was unpop- 
ular to be an abolitionist. He was an ardent supporter of 
temperance, and an earnest worker in the Congregational 
Church, of which he had been a member since 1814. He 
was an honorary member of the Massachusetts Medical 
Society. He was intolerant of quackery in every form, 
and strict in his views of professional etiquette. Prompt 
in decision, self-reliant in the emergencies of his profession, 
he inspired and retained confidence in his skill. 

Tliough often abrupt in liis manners, yet beneath was a 
warm heart that beat in sympathy with the needy and 
oppressed. Earnest in his convictions, decided in his opin- 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 237 

ions, and cheerful in his disposition, he carried the elasticity 
of youth into the last years of his advanced life. Tall and 
erect, of powerful presence, he inspired with hope the sick 
who sought his aid. 

To a naturally buoyant spirit was added the sustaining 
power of a strong and earnest religious faith that made 
belief to him a bright and clear reality. He died April 
23, 1875. 

Timothy L. Lane, M.D., son of John and Mary (Living- 
ston) Lane, was born in jNIarlborough, Sept. 1, 1800. He 
studied medicine with Dr. Batcheller. Attended school 
first at Groton, Mass., afterwards at Hanover, N.H., where 
he graduated in medicine in 1824. He located first at 
Sullivan, in 1825 ; removed to Lunenburg, Vt., in 1832 ; 
remained there until 1834, when he went to Gilsum, N.H., 
where he lived until 1838 ; from thence to Daysville, 111., 
practised medicine there till 1841, then removed to Fillmore, 
111., and continued the practice of his profession until his 
death, Sept. 1, 1849, being his forty-ninth birthday. 

He was married in 1825 to Roxana Harvey who died Jan. 
1, 1849, preceding him just eight months, leaving two chil- 
dren, a son and daughter, both residing in Fillmore, 111., at 
the present time. 

John Quincy Adams McCollester, M.D., is the son 
of Silas and Achsah (Holman) McCollester. He first saw 
light in the easterly part of Marlborough, near the Roxbury 
line. May 3, 1831. In March, 1836, the family removed to 
the village. From the age of four years to that of ten, he 
attended the district school which was usually kept two 
terms a year, of eleven weeks each. Intelligent and active 
in mind and body, at the age of ten years he commenced to 
work in his father's pail manufactory, and soon exhibited 
his capability by performing the usual labor of a skilled 
artisan. His schooling was now limited to the winter term. 

In the autumn of 1846, he attended a select school in his 
own village, taught b}- Uvo brothers. Ransom N. and Royal 



238 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

H. Porter, and subsequently received further instruction in 
the schools and academies in Fitzwilliam, Walpole, Saxton's 
River, and South Woodstock. He was often associated 
with his brother, Rev. Sullivan H. McCollester, as an assist- 
ant teacher, and it was under his supervision, mainly, that 
he effected his preparation for college. In the winter of 
1848-49, he taught school in the "Fay Hill" district in 
Walpole, and enjoyed the New England experience of 
"boarding round." The Doctor frequentl}^ alludes to this 
portion of his life with pleasure. The intelligence, applica- 
tion, and interest of the scholars in their school work, he 
represents as unequalled in any school with which he has 
been acquainted. During the two subsequent winters, he 
taught school in the same district. In 1851, he passed an 
examination, and was admitted to the class that graduated 
in 1853 from the Norwich University at Norwich, Vt. In 
1856, he received the degree of A.M. from this institution. 

After completing his academical course, he entered the 
office of Dr. James Batcheller of his native town as a 
student of medicine. He attended one course of medical 
lectures at the Dartmouth Medical School, and for five 
months in 1855 he was employed as an assistant in the 
hospital at Deer Island, Boston Harbor. He went to Pliil- 
adelphia in October, 1855, attended the course of lectures 
delivered at the Jefferson Medical College during the winter 
of 1855-56, and received the degree of M.D. from this 
institution in March, 1856. 

Industrious and apt as a student, he received high mark- 
ings in all his studies, but preferred mathematics and the 
exact sciences to literary and classical branches. He has 
often remarked that the great latitude, uncertainty, and 
want of precision in the meaning and use of words in 
literature and the classics have rendered them less congenial 
to his taste than the study of the sciences. 

In May, 1856, he married Miss Sarah E. Hazen of Shirley, 
Mass., and during the same month settled in South Deer- 
field. During his short stay in this place, he gained the 
confidence of the people ; but, concluding tluit the field was 




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PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 239 

too contracted, in November of the same year he moved to 
the vilhige of Groton Junction, now known as Ayer. On 
the 28th of August, 1857, his daughter Anna was born, 
and on the 5th of May, 1858, his happy home was made 
desolate by the death of his wife. Aug. 9, 1859, occurred 
his marriage to Georgianna L. Hunt, who has borne him 
six children, three of whom now survive. 

In Ma}', 1862, he volunteered his services as a medical 
officer, and was employed as a surgeon in the field and in 
hospital, during and subsequent to the disastrous campaign 
of McClellan on the Peninsula. In November, 1862, he was 
commissioned surgeon of the Fifty-third Regiment Massa- 
chusetts Volunteers, and was on duty with the regiment 
during its active service in Louisiana. 

He was mustered out at the expiration of the term of 
service of the regiment, Sept. 2, 1863. As a medical officer, 
he gained the confidence of his superiors in rank, and was 
regarded as able and efficient. 

At the conclusion of his military service, he resumed his 
practice at Groton Junction. He was appointed Examining 
Surgeon for United States Invalid Pensioners in 1864, which 
office he held till 1876, when pressure of professional duties 
obliged him to retire from his position. 

Dr. McCoUester has never been a political aspirant ; 
nevertheless, he has always been alive to all matters of 
social interest. He served seven years on the board of 
school committee of Groton, and two years in the same 
capacity in Harvard, in which town he has resided since 
April, 1869. He is a charter member of Caleb Butler 
Lodge of A. F. and A. Masons, and is one of its Past 
Masters. 

As a physician, gifted with senses remarkabh^ acute, deli- 
cate of touch, quick and keen in observation, taking in the 
physiognomy of disease, reading understandingly books, 
men, and things, his judgment, correct and rapid, appears as 
if produced by intuition. 

Probably the most reliable gauge of a physician's ability 
is his reputation with his professional brethren. Many who 



240 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

stand higli in public esteem as medical men speak very 
highly of Dr. McCollester's professional abilities ; and were 
it not for his attachment to his friends, which has confined 
him to a laborious but not very remunerative practice, he 
might easily have found a larger field for his talents, better 
compensation, less physical and mental wear, and time for 
scientific stud}^ 

As a man, his social nature is largely developed; and the 
repeated afflictions he has sustained in the death of his 
children, have been very heavy blows to him. lie is affable 
and courteous to all, and treats the indigent sufferer with 
the same kind consideration which he extends to the 
affluent. He is not wanting in ambition, and desires and 
appreciates the good-will and approbation of the public. 
Love of money forms no part of his composition, and, were 
it not for the large extent of his practice, he would be con- 
stantly impecunious. 

" I cannot explain anything about it,'' said a sick old lady 
whom he attended. "I certainly thought I should die ; but, 
when he came into the room, it was like a flood of sunlight. 
I could not feel discouraged, if I wanted to be." To this 
power of awakening hope and inspiring courage in the sick 
and suffering. Dr. McCollester owes no small part of his 
success. 

In his religious views, he is liberal, believing that we 
know too little to assert dogmatically that our brother's 
views, however different from our own, or however narrow 
they may appear, are false. He feels contempt for cant 
and also a genuine respect for honest religious conviction 
wherever and whenever exhibited. 

DANn<:L P>. Woodward, M.D., eldest son of Stilman and 
Eunice (Buttrick) Woodward, was born in Marlborough, 
N.H., Oct. 1, 1835. He was the eldest of six children, four 
sons and two daughters, all of whom but one, the youngest 
son, are married and still living. 

Mr. Woodward was early instructed to care for and 
cultivate his father's farm, and thereby at an early age 



rilOMlNENT INinVlDL'AhS. 241 

was inured to solid pliysical lahor. He w as ciiipliaticalh' a 
worker in Ids boyhood. His early education was lindteil to 
the brief terms of the district and select schools of his nati\e 
town. He early ind)ibed an energetic inclination to think 
and study for himself, being encouraged by his judicious 
and strong-minded mother who had had experience in teach- 
ing in the district schools of her native town and vicinity. 
His youthful mind waxed stronger and stronger while labor- 
ing on his father's farm and in the Avooden-ware shops near 
his home, till he arrived at his majority, when he spent two 
brief terms at Westminster Seminary, Vermont. He was 
unpretending, studious, and methodical in his attainments, — 
pr(\gressivc, persevering, hopeful, and bound to succeed. 

He commenced his professional stiulies under the efiicient 
instructions of Dr. Samuel A. Richardson of Marlborough. 
While pursuing his studies, not being unmindful of his duty 
when his country called, he enlisted in her service, and 
spent three successive years in a cause that lay near to his 
heart, his country's freedom. 

During this time, he suffered the hardships and privations 
incident to the Held, the camp, and the hospital; ever effi- 
cient, faithful, and true on the field of battle as elscAvhere. 
He continued his professional studies in the hospitals of 
the United States Army, and subse(i[uently entered Harvard 
Medical College" of Boston, INIass., where he graduated 
^larch 8, 1865, and received the degree of jNI.D., and im- 
mediately began the practice of his profession in Troy, 
X.H., in plain view of his old homestead, where he remained 
actively and efiiciently pursuing the profession of his choice. 

The 17th of May, 1865, found the doctor uniting his 
interests with the lady of his choice. Miss Ellen A. Burt, 
of in3-mouth, Vt. 

In 1868, Dr. Woodward decided to leave the early held 
of his profession, and removed to Ellenburg, Clinton 
County, X.Y., where he continues to practise his pro- 
fession. 

The doctor's early temperate habits, iinigorating outdoor 
exercises, and methodical stivliousness. have develope<l ii 

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242 HISTORY OP MARLBOROUGH. 

sound iiiiiid in a strong bod>-, enabling him to pciforni the 
successive duties of each returning day ahnost unmolested 
by sickness or pain. In Dr. WoodAvard we see that the 
child and yonth was father of the man. 

Sumner A. Mason, M.D., fifth sou of Clark and Almira 
(Towns) Mason, was born at the old homestead. May 23, 
18-38, where he continued to reside until twenty-one yeava 
of age, receiving the limited common school education 
granted to tlie residents of the farming districts of Marlbor- 
ough. He subse(iuently became a student of Sullivan II. 
McCollester, in Westmoreland Valley Seminary, until the 
breaking out of the Rebellion. 

He says: " Here allow me to })ay a tribute of respect to 
my (|uondaui friend and preceptor ; for Avhatever I may owe 
to other instructors for their efforts, or to parents for their 
moral and religious training, who without doubt laid the 
foundation of character, it was he who first inspired me with 
the hope of a professional future, — that something more 
than the busy humdrum of life might be evolved from it. 
And whatever success I may gain in my profession, what- 
ever fresh laurels 1 uuiy win iVom new efforts, I shall look 
back upon his counsels and his teachings as upon 'apples 
of gold in pictures of silver." '' 

He enlisted with the first three months' troops sent from 
New Hampshire, as a private in Company A, Cheshire 
Light (luards, as named by Capt. Barker, which after- 
wards became a part of the '• fighting second." He went 
from Keene to Portsmouth, ^vhere the regiment rendez- 
voused for some weeks, and encamped upon the ground. 
The exposure, together with a severe attack of conllueiit 
measles, broke up his licallh \'ny a long time, and confined 
him to the hospital. While there, suffering from the second 
stag(^ of this disease, the only thing he can recollect is that 
he was aroused by an unusual commotion, the sounding of 
bugles and the rolling of (b'ums: and when he asked, "What 
is that?" Col. H. B. Titus, who had called to bid hiui adieu, 
)('plie<l. ••Tb;ii is yoiip reginu'ut goiiig to Washiugton, 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 243 

(iodd-hy. old boy."" After a ^)artial convalescence, he re- 
turned home: and his brother Charles took his place, he 
assuming his. 

It was alter this that he eommenced his professional 
studies in liis native t(»wn. and pursued them under diliH- 
culties for upwards of one year, having charge at tliat time 
of the homestead and his widowed mother. The most of 
his time during the day was devoted to them, and his nights 
to study. He then imagined he conkl rob Nature Avitli 
impunity, and never heeded the old clock as it rang out 
"forever more "' its nddnight peal upon the silent air. The 
winter of 1864-65 he spent in Philadelphia, for the purpose 
of attending medical lectures. During the two years and 
upwards he spent in that city, he studied medicine in the 
office of Henry T. Child, M.D., 634 Race Street, a Quaker 
gentleman of great worth and intelligence, wliose large 
library was gratuitously open to him at all times, and wliose 
uniform kindness he will never forget. 

In the spring of 1865, he found himself in need of rest, 
and resolved to seek recreation in the camp of our soldiers, 
where at least he could have a little relaxation from mental 
toil, and at the same time render efficient service to the 
unfortunate wounded. Kor that purpose, he visited AVash- 
ington and Alexandria under the auspices of the Christian 
Commission, where he was detailed to Aisit the various 
camps and hospitals in and about those cities. He remained 
here until the 3d of July, when he was ordered to Citj- 
Point, Va. Here again he visited the large government 
hospitals ; and while engaged distributing stores, tracts, 
religious literature, etc., he had a rare opportunity of observ- 
ing the different phases of disease, as manifested in a large 
number of patients. 

City Point was one of the places designated by the 
(xovernment for the discharge of our soldiers, hence was 
one of the last abandoned by the Christian Commission. 
As long as there was a sufferer, its beneficent liitnd was 
stretched forth to alleviate. 

Let me not, he says, "attempt to describe to you my 



244 HISTORY OF MARLnoIIOU(4H. 

feelings when the hist footfall of the brave defenders of our 
rniou t-eased to re-echo upon ni}' ears, when I watched 
the last steamer, until its form grew spectral, gently gliding 
from those historic shores, bearing upon its bosom the 
household joys of far-off homes, leaving thousaiuls to slum- 
ber where erst they walked in all the pride of numhoocrs 
bearing." Soon after the departure of the soldiers from 
the Point, the Commission was closed up, and its effects 
turned over to the Freedmen's Bureau. 

After this relapse from constant toil, he spent some time 
in visiting the battle-field of Petersl)urg, and the line of 
breastworks between it and City Pt)int. It was while resid- 
ing here that he made the ac([uaintance of his wife who 
had been a nurse in the hospitals, and who in turn nursed 
him. She was the only child of Lurad C. Heath, a lineal 
descendant of (tcu. Heath of New Hampshire ; and as 
the}' journeyed together on horseback, the only means of 
locomotion over those bloody iields, they concluded that 
the journey of life would be incomplete unless the}' trav- 
elled together. Miss Heath was seven years his junior, and 
a graduate of Rockland Female Institute. This was a ro- 
mantic meeting of a descendant of his native State in old 
Virginia. After a few months' residence on the beautiful 
banks of the James liiver, he returned to I^hiladelphia, 
where, undi-r the tuition of Dr. Child, he graduated in 
1868, an allopathic physician. 

ire practised only a few months in Phihulelphia. when he 
removed to New York City, where he achieved eonsiderable 
success during the ensuing years, and where he still resides. 

On the 18th of November (Thanksgiving), he consum- 
mated his engitgement with Miss Emma Josephine Heath. 
He was married in Plymouth Church, by Rev. Henry Ward 
lieecher. 

LuTHKit Faurak, son of Phinchas and Lovina (Warren) 
I'^irrar, was born in Marlborough, .Jan. 11, 1778. Of his 
early life, or Avhere he obtained his education, we have not 
been informed ; but, having completed his education, he 
chose the law as his profession, and setlled in ^raiue. 



I'llOMlNENT INDIVIDUALS. 245 

He was einimMitl}- possesst'd of all those ainiabU' and 
useful eu(low)uents which reuder man an ornaiiient and a 
blessing to society. In the discharge of all the relative 
duties of life, he was governed by a fixed deterniinatioii to 
do wliat his conscience should dictate to be right. Jn his 
family, mildness, discretion, and prudence, marked his de- 
portment. As a neighbor, he was urbane and benevolent. 

The predominant traits in his professional (diaracter were 
honesty and capability. The effects of religious principle 
and a coi-rect life were exemplified by a remarkable compos- 
ure and patience during a tedious and distressing sickness, 
and a perfect resignation in death. 

Early called off from active professional duties to pine on 
a bed of sickness and pain, he fonnd support for several 
years in the kind attentions of his numerous friends and in 
the consolations of religion, until he cheerfidly resigned his 
spirit to God, in hnnd)le hope of a blessed immortality. He 
died at Norway, Me., April 28, 1812. 

Joseph C. Mason, son of Clark and Almira (Towns) 
Mason, was born at the old homestead, March 13, 1837. 
He received a common school and academic education, and 
began his career as an educator at qnite an early age. 
Later in life, he devoted considerable time to the study of 
languages, sciences, and advanced mathematics. He re- 
ceived a legal education at the Law College in Albany, 
X.Y., and in the office of Dearborn & Scott, distinguished 
attorneys of Peterborough, N.H. He was admitted to the 
bar in September, 1864, at Nashua, N.H., at a session of the 
Supreme Judicial Court. He practised his profession at 
Mason A'illage (now Greenville), N.H., nearly three years, 
and then removed to Missouri, where he has for the most 
part since resided, and devoted his time mainly to educa- 
tional work, thouo'h still nuiintainino- his connection with 
the bar. 

He held the office of Superintending School Comnuttee at 
Mason \^illage, and in 1866 was appointed by the Governor 
of New Hampshire to the office of Connnon School ('om- 



246 iiisrouv OF MARLnonot'ciit. 

niissioiici" oi' llilLsboioiigii Cuuulv. and was c.r nljifin incinbcr 
of the State Board of Education. 

During the war, he was an earnest advocate of the Union 
cause, and contributed to swell the Union Army by deliv- 
ering patriotic speeches in various parts of New England. 

After his removal to ^Missouri, he held the office of princi- 
pal of the Washington Public School, St. Louis; superin- 
tendent of public schools at Boonville, Carthage, and Jopliii, 
wliicli last-named position lie still holds. He has been a 
fre({Ui'nt contril)utor to educational and other journals, and 
has published several quite extended reports growing out 
of his official relations. 

His work as an edutiator for several years past has been 
largely that of an organizer. It may be added that a large 
iiumber of teachers have been specially prepared for this 
work under his supervision in the Normal department of 
the schools above mentioned. 

Andrew Coolidge Stone, son of Aaron and Mary 
(Ward) Stone, was born in JNIarlborough, ]March 16, 1839. 
He was educated in the Alarll)orough schools, and attended 
terms in the academies of ^leriden and New Ipswich, N.H., 
Westminster, Vt., and graduated at Phillips (Exeter) 
Academy. After graduating, he engaged for a short season 
in teaching in the schools of Walpole, New Ipswich, Keene, 
and Peterborough ; but, having chosen the law as his pro- 
fession, he commenced its study in the office of Hon. D. 
Sanders, in Lawrence, Mass., in 1861. 

Upon the breaking out of the war, he postponed his legal 
studies for the more important duties of the patriot ; and, 
enlisting in Company A, Thirty-third Regiment Massachu- 
setts Volunteers, he served to the close of the Avar. 

With the return of peace, he resumed the pursuit of his 
profession, and completed his preparatory studies in the 
office of Hon. L. Sherwin, at Ashtabula, Ohio, and was 
admitted to tlie bar in 1867. 

At Ashtabula, he formed an acquaintance, happily con- 
summated in wedlock in 1869, with Mary F. Hulbert, the 
accomjdislied daughter f)f J. T). Hulbert, Esq., of that [dace. 



I'UOMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 247 

IniniL'tliately upon liis admission to tlie l)ar. he t'stablislied 
iiiiiis(>lt" in the practice of Ihc law at La\\i'ciici\ Mass., and 
speedily M'on, and now holds, an honorable position Tor 
integrity and legal ability at the distinguished bar of that 
State. Mr. Stone's ambition has not led him much into 
political lih'. and theriddre he has not sought pul)lic (sm- 
ployment. The only political oi'tice he has filled was that 
of member oi" the Common Council of Lawrence, of which 
body he was the president. But that he is not without a 
proper degree of interest in political affairs is shown by liis 
active and influential membership of the Republican State 
Central Committee. He holds the judicial commission of 
^Master in Chancery. His successful career, social and ])ro- 
l\'ssional, is due to his native energy of character and the 
m(U'al qualities that distinguish the man of honor. 

.loHN Willie Conversk, son of Nelson and Sally M. 
(Jones) Converse, was born in Marlborough, July o, 1848. 
Though a farmer's boy, and always obliged to labor at tlie 
farm work, he was regarded as being of a thoughtful and 
studious turn of mind, and was encouraged in this by his 
])arents, they allowing him the full benefit of such school 
advantages as tlie town then afforded, and afterwards send- 
ing him to various seminaries in A'ermont, Maine, and New 
Hampshire. 

When about twent)' years of age, lie commenced the study 
of law at home, under the direction of the late law firm 
of Wheeler & Faulkner, of Keene, N.H. ; and, when he 
became of age, removed to Springfield, Mass., Avherc he 
continued his studies for two years in the office of .Augustus 
L. Soule, — now judge of the Supreme Court of !\fassac]iu- 
setts. — and in 1872 was admitted to the bar of that State. 

The following year he became engaged to and married 
Miss Clara A. Wheeler, a woman of uncommon merit ami 
abihty ; but she died in May, 1875. 

Feeling that he wanted a larger tield of action, in 1876 
he travelled through the West, and visited tlie principal 
cities there f(U' this reason, lint finallv settled in I'xiston. 



248 HISTUKV OF MAULHOUOUGIl. 

wliei'u lit' is iiuw practising his prot'ession. When in Spriug- 
field, lie beeame interested in politics, taking an active' part 
in campaign work, and earned cjnite a repntation as a polit- 
ical speaker. He has always been a Repnblican. l^ike all 
others in his profession, he has been obliged to work hard 
and earnestly for the position he holds, but is now in the 
enioynient of a moderate practice and the full contidence 
of the l)ar. .V clear thinker and close reasoner, his jndg- 
ment is always to be relied on, as he never gives an o[)inion 
hastily. He is fast growing into prominence, and his suc- 
cess seems assured. 

Justus Peiirv was born in Marlborough, Feb. 8, 1788. 
He was the son of Dr. Justus and Martha (Frost) Perry. 

Although Dr. Perry was the onl}' physician of the place, 
and had a large practice, he died leaving his family poor. 
Dr. Adams, an eminent pli3'sician of Keene, who was his 
compeer, when speaking of the circle of young physicians 
in that neighborhood, generously remarked that ^ Perry 
had the most native genius of them all." 

The young Justus was ai)prenticed to an excellent and 
worthy saddler, David Wilkinson, Sen. By him and his 
wife he was treated as a son. At the age of nineteen years, 
he bought his time of his master, and set up in the same 
business for himself; his master, who was thorough and 
skilful, working for him. The wife of Mr. Wilkinson had 
the greatest turn for trade ; and before that period she once 
took Justus to Boston with her, seeing his talent for busi- 
ness. On Sunday moniing, the l)oy of sixteen expressed a 
desire to go to church. The clerk of the hotel said he 
would accompany him aud show him about. He took 
Justus to hear Dr. Cliaiiuiiig })rcacii. This great preacher 
nr.ule an impression upon tlie youth, wliich he never forgot. 
He often referred to it in after life, saying that it was a 
turning-point in his religious character. 

Not long after beginning business for himself, he accum- 
ulated enough goods to exchange them for horses, which he 
sold at New Ha\'cii for a good profit. 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 249 

111 the iiieaii time, his step-father, Capt. Wheeler, for 
whom he had a great respect, died. As soon as his mother's 
affairs could be settled, he removed her, with her family of 
young children, to Keene. She was a woman of remarkable 
force of character, and had unusual sagacity in the labors 
of love among her sick neighbors. The celebrated Dr. 
Twitchell of Keene, when he gave up hope of a case, used 
to say, " If she cannot save him, nobody can." 

Justus rented a store in Keene, and began business there. 
His mother's means were small, and he devoted his time and 
strength to providing her with a home and the comforts of 
life. When told that he was wearing himself out by over- 
taxing his mind and body, and running great pecuniary 
risks, he replied, " My wish is to see my mother and sister 
well provided for, and I shall ask for nothing more." He 
was never unfaithful to this early trust, although he paid 
the penalty of excessive ambition by a severe typhus fever, 
which left his constitution somewhat impaired for life. 

He was always on the lookout for o^jportunities and, 
when a glass manufacturing company failed, he bought it at 
great discount, and began a new business, wliich proved 
very successful. He built a fine house, displaying a taste 
beyond the times in the choice of a lot and the planting of 
the grounds. There he installed his mother and her unmar- 
ried sister and brothers. 

He shortly after married Mary Haven Edwards, of Bos- 
ton, Mass., by whom he had two children, a boy and a girl, 
Horatio Justus and Mary Olivia. His wife died soon 
after the birth of her daughter ; and he afterwards married 
Hannah Wood of Concord, Mass. By her he had three 
children, two girls and a boy, Ellen Elizabeth, Martha Ann, 
and Henry. 

He was by no means a mere man of business. Although 
his early education was scanty, he had a fine appreciation 
of books, and collected a valuable library. His children 
recall with pleasure the home where he took down these 
books, and inspired them with a love of the best literature. 

He was genial in his habits and hospitable, and never 

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250 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

forgot his early friends, especially the good saddler and his 
wife; and quickly came the social glass, which he would 
mix for them after the custom of their times, when they 
came up from Marlborough, and visited him. He was, how- 
ever, strictly temperate himself. He had almost an abhor- 
rence of alcoholic drinks, having seen the evil effects of 
them so much. He drank nothing on his table but the 
cider from the farmer's barn. He was somewhat reserved 
in disposition with the public at large, and enjoyed most 
the intercourse with his family and relatives, whom he loved 
with unfaltering affection. His passion, if it might be called 
so, in early life was for military achievement. He had a 
fine form, and loved the excitement of the drill and com- 
mand. He was first captain of a company, afterwards made 
lieutenant-colonel, and at length general and brigadier-gen- 
eral of the light infantry of the county. He went into this 
with all the ardor of youth, and probably found stimulus 
and refreshment for his jaded nervous system. 

He was by nature a religious man. At the time of the 
division in the Congregational Church of Keene, he took 
his stand on the liberal side, and became a member of the 
Unitarian Church, remaining ever one of its best supporters. 
He was in the habit of having devotional services in his 
family, and loved much to read the Bible, which, he often 
said, " he needed no commentator to interpret for him." 

During the last ten years of his life, he was a great 
sufferer from neuralgic pain. His nervous system was 
completely prostrated l)y it at length. He rarely ever slept 
a night through, but was constantly watched by his faithful 
wife, who lost her own health in her anxiety and care for 
him. He would walk his sitting-room at intervals during 
the day, suffering the most acute paroxysm of pain. As 
soon as the agony began to pass away, he would turn ten- 
derly and solicitously to his sorrowful wife and children, 
saying : " Do not worry. I shall soon be over it." Such 
was his native strength, that immediately after these attacks 
he would put on his coat and go into the street. His strong 
frame could not loiiu; hold out. His disease affected his 



PEOlVriNENT INDIVIDUALS. 251 

whole system. He consulted the venerable Dr. Jackson of 
Boston, who told him that there was great danger of its af- 
fecting his brain. The prediction proved true, the last two 
or three months of his life, when his mind succumbed to the 
power of disease. 

He died in November, 1840, aged fifty-two years, and was 
laid in his own tomb, which he had provided on his family 
estate. After the death of his wife and two of his children, 
and the departure of the others from Keene, the place was 
no longer sacred from intrusion ; and his remains were 
removed, with the rest of his family, to the beautiful ceme- 
tery now in Keene, where they repose by the side of his two 
companions and his children. 

Stjmner Wheeler, son of Capt. David and Martha 
(Frost) (Perry) Wheeler, was born in Marlborough, March 
8, 1807. 

He was a young man of fine disposition and industrious 
habits. He was early initiated into business habits by his 
elder brother, Justus Perry. He continued with him until 
he was received as a partner ; and after Gen. Perry became 
disabled, and was obliged to retire, the business was carried 
on by himself and his brother Quincy. 

He was married. May 15, 1832, to Catherine Vose of 
Boston, Mass. By her he had four children, Catherine 
Frances, Ellen, Mary Bemis, and Frank Sumner. 

On the death of his two brothers, he sold out his interest 
in his business, hoping to enter into other active pursuits, 
in which, however, he was disappointed. But he was far 
from being an idle man. Such was his character for strict 
integrity and generosity, that he was continually put into 
private offices of trust, which gained him much esteem and 
confidence in the community. The poor widow felt safe to 
confide her all to him, and the orphan child leaned on him 
for support. He had a disposition of remarkable geniality. 
He loved his friends and his neighbors, and found his high- 
est happiness in serving them. He was often seen with his 
sleigh full of children, carrying them home from school 



252 HISTOHV OF MARLBOBOUGH. 

on stormy Avinter days ; for all children were to him as his 
own, and there was a seat at his table for young or old. 
He it was who must lead the picnic and the farail}^ dance ; 
and he also was the one who, with grave and sympathetic 
face, conducted the funeral, or walked by the dead to their 
last resting-place. He was a regular attendant and sup- 
porter of the Unitarian Church in Keene, and not only filled 
the office of treasurer for many years, but gave liberally of 
his own substance. 

The sudden death of his younger brother Quincy in the 
prime of life, a young man of fine promise, was a severe 
blow to him and to his family ; but his attentions were 
unwearied towards his older brother Franklin, who was an 
invalid for many years. His devotion to his half-brother, 
Justus Perry, then in declining health, was constant, and 
after Gen. Perry's death he was like a father to his 
children. 

He lived daring the first part of his married life in a 
hired house on Main Street. He afterwards bought the 
fine place at the lower end of the street, formerly occupied 
by ]Mrs. Catherine Fiske who had her celebrated school for 
young ladies there. 

It was the brightest of homes ; and many were the jokes 
that passed between him and the venerable Dr. BastoAV 
one side of him, Dr. Charles Adams in front, and Dr. Inger- 
soll half-way up the street, wliom he accosted every morn- 
ing. 

As an illustration of his character for integrity in the 
town, we will mention an incident which occurred one day 
in the bank. A knot of gentlemen were engaged in con- 
versation on the subject of honesty. One of them said that, 
no matter how honest a man might seem to be, there was 
always a flaw in every man somewhere. Another said, 
" he would wager ten dollars that he could show them an 
honest man." Another spoke up and replied, " Leave out 
Sumner Wheeler, and I will stand you." Sumner Wheeler 
was tlie man of the first wager. 

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PROMINENT INDrVrDUALS. 253 

neighbors were more frequent. His face was a benediction 
on the street. No misfortunes could make him gloomy. 
He suffered pecuniary losses, but was never cast down. He 
would sometimes say, when he heard others speaking de- 
spondingiy of this life, " For my part, I do not wish for any 
better world than this." Yet when stricken down by 
tj'phoid fever, and called suddenly away, he was ready to 
go. He died Sept. 23, 1861. 

The 15th Psalm, beginning, " Lord, who shall abide in 
thy tabernacles? who shall dwell in thy holy hills?" read 
at the funeral, was so singularly appropriate to him that 
listeners who perhaps rarely read the Bible expressed admi- 
ration and surprise at its fitness to so just a man. 

His memory is still green in the home of his affections 
and the community of Keene. 

Cyrus Wakefield, son of James and Hannah (Hemen- 
way) Wakefield, was born in Marlborough, Feb. 14, 1811. 
His father's farm was included in that territory, which the 
following year was set off to make the town of Roxbury. 
Hence the report that he was a native of Roxbury. The 
following sketch of his life and character is taken from 
Eaton's History of Wakefield and Reading, Mass.: — 

" His father's occupation was that of a farmer, and thus 
his early associations were connected with the rugged dis- 
cipline of a New England farm-boy. 

" The school was a mile and a half over the hills ; and it 
was no easy task in winter, with the snow over the fences 
to reach it. Yet the New England boy lingers not by the 
fire, even in the severest storms; but with his books under 
his arm, and his cap well tied about his ears, he resolutely 
goes on to his place at school. And well he may, because 
there are but two terms a year, of ten weeks each, one in 
winter, the other in summer ; and, when he is twelve years 
of age, he will not be allowed the privileges of the summer 
term, since his help is required on the farm. Young Cyrus 
seems to have realized the importance even of these slight 
educational advantages, and, by applying himself with great 



254 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

zeal to his studies, mastered the rudiinents of the common 
schooh 

" The executive and administrative qualities of his mind 
began .to develop very early in life. There were number- 
less projects in his busy child"-brain, to the accomplishment 
of which he bent not only his own, but also the abilities of 
his brothers. He would induce his father to lay out work 
in advance for himself and younger brother, sometimes 
having plans which required a month's time for their exe- 
cution. At one time, it would be the construction of a 
fish-pond ; at another, the building of coal-pits, the product 
of which he sold to the neighboring blacksmiths. . . . 

" At an early age, he grew restive. Some of his relatives 
had gone to other States, and at times would return to tell 
what they had seen and done in the great cities. His 
father's farm would seem now too small for his growing 
ambition. The successes of his friends kindled in his own 
bosom a generous emulation. He, too, would try his fortune 
in the great world outside. At last, after much urging, his 
father consented ; and Cyrus went to Peterboro', to enter a 
cotton mill as a picker-boy. This was a most excellent 
position to dissipate the rosy hues which had gathered about 
his ideal world, and to discover to him the cold, stern 
reality. 

" Only a short time elapsed, and he was back at the "old 
homestead, still determined to realize his fondest hopes of 
one day becoming a merchant. He had heard of the fame 
of Mr. Appleton of Dublin, who had emerged from obscu- 
rity like his own, but who was then widel}^ known as a 
successful and an honorable merchant. What others had 
done he could do; and he incessantly urged his views upon 
his father, who as constantly presented the other and darker 
side, showing how many who went to the city lost health, 
time, and even character, in their pursuit of wealth, and 
were ultimately obliged to return in disgrace to their native 
towns. 

" His father at length sent him to live with a clergyman 
in a neighboring village, who, in return for his taking care 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 255 

of liis horse and cow, should give him suitable books to 
read, and if possible lead his mind into theological studies. 
This good man, however, was not apt to teach. On the 
first day, he put him down before a large book containing 
the history of the controversy between Calvin and Armi- 
nius. The book was dry and uninteresting. After a trial 
of several days, the boy gave up in despair, convinced that, 
if Calvin and Arminius could not settle the theological 
matters in dispute, he certainly could not hope to do it. 

" He returned again to his father's house, more resolutely 
determined than ever to go to Boston, and try his luck in 
the great world of trade. After a few more futile attempts 
to find congenial employment for him near home, he, at 
the age of fifteen years, with his parents' consent, came to 
Boston, declaring that he would achieve success, and make 
a name of which his friends would be proud. 

"Arriving in Boston, he at first entered a small retail 
grocery store of Messrs. Wheeler & Bassett on Washington 
Street, but soon after secured a clerkship with Messrs. 
Stearns, Cobb, & Winslow on India Street. While in their 
employ, he conceived the plan of doing business on his own 
account, since he had some time at his command not 
required by his employers. His employers gave him the 
liberty to buy and sell empty barrels and casks. They also 
assisted him in other ways in small business-transactions. 

"At length he had saved one thousand dollars in hard 
cash. But with the thousand dollars came a still stronger 
desire for money. He saw the path to wealth opening 
before him ; and, instead of pursuing a course of study at 
some college, he bent his energies more strongly than ever 
to the accumulation of property. This step he regretted 
in after life, feeling that he had made a serious mistake. 
He attended evening schools, both of an academic and 
mercantile nature; visited the various debating societies 
and churches ; observed carefully the habits of the people ; 
listened, so far as his time would allow, to the various 
courses of scientific lectures, for which his mind had a keen 
relish : and thus laid the foundation of what general knowl- 
edge he possessed. 



256 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

"•During- his business engagement with Messrs. Stearns, 
Cobb, & Winslow, he made shipments to Valparaiso, and 
other ports of South America, with indifferent success. In 
1834, he entered the grocery business, under the firm name 
of Foster & Wakefield, on Commercial Street, opposite 
Commercial Wharf. In 1836, the firm was dissolved; and 
I\Ir. Wakefield sent to New Hampshire for his younger 
brother, Mr. Enoch H. Wakefield, with whom two years 
after he formed a copartnership under the name of Wake- 
field & Company. This firm was continued until 1844. 
During the latter part of this copartnership, a small lot of 
rattan thrown out of a ship as refuse matter was acciden- 
tally purchased, and sold at a profit to a few chairmakers, 
who, working the raw material by hand, used the outside of 
the cane in seating chairs. This favorable purchase, led to 
others, until, at the dissolution of the firm, Mr. Wakefield 
opened an office at the corner of Commercial and Cross 
Streets, where he carried on a jobbing trade in rattan. The 
demand for split rattan in seating chairs now increased. 
The great cost of preparing it in this country, without the 
aid of machinery, caused Mr. Wakefield to look abroad for 
a supply ; and as he had a brother-in-law in the house of 
Messrs. Russell & Company, Canton, China, he forwarded 
to him samples of the cane most in demand. In a few 
years, his importations of Canton split rattan were known 
throughout the United States. 

" In the year 1856, Mr. .Wakefield resolved to begin the 
manufacture of cane in this country, and to utilize, so far as 
possible, the whole of the material. The American Rattan 
Company was at this time the only party cutting cane by 
machiner}^ and they used it only for seating chairs. The 
remainder of the rattan was wasted. But Mr. Wakefield 
determined to make the whole of the rattan — cane, pith, 
and shavings — valuable. He began with one or two ma- 
chines worked by hand, in Boston. A fortunate speculation 
gave him both credit and capital, so that he could enlarge 
his business. Hearing that there were several large lots of 
rattan in the New York market, — tlie article being much 



niUMlNKXT INDIVIDUALS. 257 

depressed at that time, — Mr. Wakefield, with all tlio ready 
money he could command, went to that city, established his 
quarters quietly at the Astor House, and put his brokers at 
work to obtain the lowest price at which the entire stock 
could be purchased, enjoining on them not to name the 
purchaser. Having obtained the desired information, he 
decided to take all the available lots, for which he paid 
sufficient cash to make the material subject to his order. 
This gave him the whole control of the rattan stock in the 
country. Prices soon advanced, and he was able to sell 
and realize a handsome profit. This single operation, not 
only put money and credit at his disposal, but also gave 
him a prestige in the business, which he ever after main- 
tained. 

" Soon after this, he removed his works from Boston to 
South Reading. Water-power took the place of hand-power 
and, as the business rapidly increased, that of steam was 
soon added. The mill at South Reading, in which he first 
began soon became too small for him, and building after 
building was erected, until at the time of his death his 
manufactories and store-houses covered an area of ten acres 
of flooring. 

"Nor was this wonderful increase in his business the only 
remarkable feature. There was a corresponding advance in 
utilizing the whole of the rattan, so that nothing was lost. 
From a comparatively small jobbing trade in an article at 
that time of little value, he advanced to the manufacture of 
reeds for boop skirts, then to cane for seating chairs, then to 
the manipulation of the waste, and finally to the use of 
all the small pieces, and even shavings in making various 
beautiful and useful articles. His original idea was thus 
realized ; and probably no one ever succeeded, in the face of 
so many difficulties, and with such a stubborn material as 
rattan, in so nearly accomplishing his object. 

" In the year 1851, Mr. Wakefield made his first purchase 
of real estate in South Reading. In July of that same year, 
he bought the larger part of the land comprising his home- 
stead; and in place of the mansion house, which then stood 

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258 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

upon it, he built in 1861 a magnificent residence. About 
this time, he fully realized that the town was destined to 
become a very important place. And now he seemed never 
to have enjoyed a moment so long as he knew that there 
was a piece of real estate in the vicinity of his house or 
factories which could be purchased. He would not rest till 
he had a deed of it in his own name on record. Many of 
these purchases were of low swamps and meadows, which 
he cleared, filled up, and drained, making valuable building 
lots of what had been 'waste land. 

"While in the spring of 1867 the citizens of South Read- 
ing were considering the propriety of erecting some suitable 
memorial to the brave men who had gone from their num- 
ber to the war of the Rebellion and had perished, Mr. 
Wakefield came forward, and voluntarily offered to give to 
the town a lot of land and a cash contribution of #30,000 
for a Memorial Hall. In accepting this munificent offer, 
the town at once decided to change its name, and on the 
20th of Januar}^ 1868, by acclamation, voted that it should 
henceforth be Wakefield. 

" Mr. Wakefield more than fulfilled his promise to the 
town. He more than quadrupled the cost of the edifice ; 
and on Feb. 22, 1871, in the presence of an audience 
completely filling the new and beautiful hall, he surren- 
dered the keys of the building to the proper ofiicers of the 
town. 

" Although Mr. Wakefield never held a position where 
elevation was due to political influence, j^et he was a leader 
in all local enterprises and improvements, and sometimes 
led the way where few were ready to follow. He was one 
of the corporators of the Savings Bank, director in Citizens 
Gas Liglit Company, president aiul largest stockholder in 
the Ice Company, member of the School Board, of the 
Agricultural Association, and National Bank of South 
Reading. 

"Mr. Wakefield was a man of iron will and resolute pur- 
pose, combined with great physical endurance. Energy, 
perseverance, and an indomitable courage in the face of 







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PEOMINENO* INDIVIDUALS. 259 

aliiiust iusupei'iible obstacles, were his piuniinent cliai'iicter- 
istics. He had a keen perception, and results that other 
men reached by hard thought seemed to intuitively come 
to him. He knew human nature thoroughly, and could 
read a man at a glance. To those who knew him best, he 
revealed at times a warm, genial, and tender nature, though 
to a stranger he might seem distant. He was charitable, 
giving not only in large sums to public enterprises, but 
cheering the hearts of the poor with his generous gifts. 
Many students struggling for an education remember with 
gratitude his timely aid. As a merchant, he was shrewd, 
industrious, persistent, and careful in the details of his 
business. His character and deeds are thus epitomized in 
the resolutions adopted by his fellow-citizens on the even- 
ing after his death :"' — 

" The valuable citizen, the prosperous merchant, the progressive leader 
in ornamental and architectm'al improvements, the friend and helper of 
education, the chief promoter of onr local industrial pursuits, our munifi- 
cent namesake, whose numerous and generous benefactions will remain 
his enduring memorials." 

Mr. Wakefield died very suddenly on Sabbath morning, 
Oct. 26, 1873, at the age of sixty-two years and eight 
months. 

Wareen Hubbakd Wilkinson, son of David and Patty 
(Hubbard) Wilkinson, was born in Marlborough, July 9, 
182-4. 

During his boyhood, besides attending school, he assisted 
his father in his labors on the farm, and at the early age of 
ten began to work in the harness-shop, thus following the 
trade of both his father aud grandfather, and during his 
minority acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business, 
by which mainly he has attained the success he has enjoyed 
in his later years. 

At the age of twenty-three, he became a partner with his 
father, and continued the harness business in Marlborough 
until 1853, supplying not only the home-demand, but also 
stores in Keene, Peterboro, and Greenfield, Mass. 



2-60 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Removing to Greenfield in 1853, he continued in business 
there six years, wlien he removed to Springfield, INlass., 
which has since hevn his home. There he was endeavor- 
ing to build up a trade, when the threatening clouds of 
approaching civil war unsettled all plans and prospects of 
commercial enterprise. During the winter of 1860, how- 
ever, Mr. Wilkinson received an order for military work 
from the quartermaster of the State of Connecticut, which 
being satisfactorily filled led to his receiving similar orders 
from other States and from the United States Government 
for the manufacture of military leather goods of various 
kinds during the continuation of the war. 

For many of these, he furnished improved patterns, which 
were adopted and are still used in the service. During the 
1-ast three years, he has furnished large quantities of goods 
for foreign countries, amounting to about eighty thousand 
dollars annually. 

Since 1869, Mr. Wilkinson has been engaged in the 
manufacture of horse blankets, first at Marlborough, then 
at Winchendon, Mass. ; and, as his business increased, he 
removed the work to Holyoke, Mass., where he now has one 
of the largest mills of the kind in the country, the annual 
production of which amounts to about two hundred thou- 
sand dollars. 

In these different manufacturing enterprises, employment 
is furnished to more than three hundred persons. 

In the midst of these various business interests, he has 
not, however, forgotten his native town, but has again in- 
vested in its manufacturing interests. Nor is he unmindful 
of the church where he first professed his faith in Christ, 
and to which he still belongs, as shown by his various gifts 
as its needs have seemed to require. 

Mr. Wilkinson married first Almira, daughter of Capt. 
Asa Frost of Marlborough. She died in 1874. He has 
since married Emily J., daughter of James Brown of Brim- 
field, Mass. 

Hon. RuFUS S. Frost, son of Josepli and Lucy (Wheeler) 



PROlSriNEKT INDrVIDUALS. 261 

Frost, was born in Marlborough, July 18, 1826. His father 
died when he was about four years of age. His widowed 
mother moved to Boston with her children, less than three 
years afterwards. lie received liis education mostly at the 
public schools in Boston, and at the academy in Newton. 

At twelve years of age, he went into the dry goods store 
of Messrs. J. H. & J. Osgood, where he remained until he 
was twenty-one, when he became a partner of J. H. Os- 
good, which mutually pleasant relationship was continued 
for five years. Similar business connections were subse- 
quently formed with two other firms for shorter periods. 
After these, he became the head of his own business-house 
in 1866, taking younger partners as the exigencies of the 
case demanded ; and with these he is still associated. 

In his mercantile as well as in his manufacturing inter- 
ests, both of which have been large, Mr. Frost has always 
regarded himself as particularly favored in the honorable 
business-standing and high-toned moral character of the men 
with whom he has been and is still connected. 

During the lapse of thirty years since he began his active 
business-life, there have been the usual ebbs and floods of 
reverses and successes, through which he has successfully 
passed ; not only without failure or compromise, but with- 
out a spot or blemish upon his reputation as a thoroughly 
honest, upright, fair, and gentlemanly business-man. 

At the age of twenty-one, he married Miss Ellen Maria 
Hubbard of Chelsea. She died Feb. 28, 1878; and he 
married June 18, 1879, Mrs. Catharine Emily Willard of 
Tioga, Penn. 

Mr. Frost left Boston when he was fourteen years old to 
reside in Chelsea, then a rapidly growing village of seven- 
teen hundred inhabitants. He grew up with it, and took a 
lively interest in its development. After it became a city, 
he was twice elected its mayor — 1867 and 1868 — with 
great unanimity, and was strongly urged to continue longer 
in that office. In 1871 and 1872, he served as State Sena- 
tor. In 1873 and 1874, he was a member of the Governor's 
Council. In these various civic relations, Mr. Frost acquit- 



262 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

ted himself with great credit, and to tlie entire satisfaction 
of his constituency. 

Mr. Frost indulged tlie Christian's hope, and united with 
the Salem Church, Boston, when fourteen years old. Sept. 
20, 1841, the First Congregational of Chelsea was organ- 
ized, of which he was one of the original forty-one members. 
He at once identified himself with the choir, with the Sab- 
bath school, and with all the various activities and benevo- 
lences of the church. For a long time he led the choir and 
played the organ. He superintended the Sabbath school 
for years, until his health compelled his resignation. He 
was always ready to take part in the social meetings, and 
discharge any and all his church and parochial obligations. 

Naturally of a cheerful and hopeful temperament, which 
Christian assurance necessarily intensifies and adorns, Mv. 
Frost has always been and is a good neighbor, a warm and 
welcome friend, a genial companion, and a safe pattern and 
counsellor to every young man. 

The citizens of his native town do not need to be told 
of his lively interest in all their public affairs. He early 
secured the old family homestead for his summer residence. 
He has aided the churches by contributions, and by sending 
at his own expense ministers for holding especial religious 
services. He gave a beautiful organ to the Congregational 
Church, where he worships when in town. The gift of a 
town library is a monument both to his generosity and to 
his good judgment as to the best methods of interesting 
and educating, and so elevating, such a community. 

William H. Greenwood, youngest son of Asa and Lucy 
Mason (Evans) Greenwood, was born in Dublin, March 27, 
1832. He removed to Marlborough with his parents, work- 
ing on the various public works in which his father was 
engaged till 1850, when he entered Norwich University, 
Norwich, Vt., graduating in 1852. The same fall he went 
west to Illinois, and began as civil engineer on the line of 
the Central Military Tract (tract of land) Railroad (after- 
wards tlie Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad,) on 



PROMINENT INDIVrDUALS. 263 

the 23d of November, 1852. He remained with said com- 
pany until tlie road was completed, and ran on the train for 
sometime. He then went to work for the American Cen- 
tral Railroad as §,ssistant engineer, and was with that 
interest until the beginning of the war. He was married. 
May 19, 1857, to Evaline D. Knight of Dummerston, Vt. 

He enlisted in the Fifty-first Regiment of Illinois infan- 
try in 1861, and was commissioned first lieutenant of 
Company H. He remained with the regiment but a short 
time, though he retained his commission, being detailed as a 
topographical engineer at department head-quarters. 

At various times, as topographical engineer, he reported to 
Gens. Grant, Rosecrans, Thomas, McPherson, Stanley, and 
other general officers. He was aide-de-camp to Gen. D. S. 
Stanley for some time, and was appointed assistant inspec- 
tor-general of the Fourth Army Corps, a part of the army 
of the Cumberland, in July, 1864, which position he held to 
the close of the war. He was mustered out in Texas, and 
was retained by Gen. Sheridan to rebuild the railroad, de- 
stroyed by the rebel Gen. McGruder, from Port Lavaca to 
Victoria in Texas. In April, 1866, he returned to Ver- 
mont, remaining there only a month, when he again went 
West, and was employed on the engineer corps of the 
Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, afterwards known 
as the Kansas Pacific. He was appointed chief engineer of 
this road in 1867, which position he held up to 1870. 

In the winter of 1867-68, he took charge of a survc}^ for 
this compau}^ through to San Francisco on the thirty-second 
and tliirty-fifth parallels^ and advised the adopting of the 
Cimaron, thirty-fifth parallel, and Tahatchpe Pass route. 
While chief engineer of this road, he constructed one hun- 
dred and fifty miles of railroad in one hundred working 
days, and the last day they laid ten and one quarter miles 
of track in less than ten hours, which was the largest 
amount ever laid up to that time, and has never been 
exceeded up to the date of 1876. 

During liis surveys across the Plains, he had several en- 
counters with the Indians during tlieir raids in 1867, 1868, 



264 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

and 1869, and endured hardsliips from cold and hunger 
which few men have ever experienced. While with this 
road, he was also consulting engineer of the Denver Pacific 
Railroad. 

In 1870, he made the first general report made in this 
country in favor of a narrow gauge (three feet) railroad, 
and was appointed general manager of construction of the 
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad of Colorado. On the com- 
pletion of the first division of said road, he was ajDpointed 
general superintendent of the same, and remained with the 
road until the track was laid to Canon City, one hundred 
and sixty-five miles. In 1872, in company with Gen. W. S. 
Rosecrans, Gen. W. J. Palmer, and others, he went to 
Mexico to construct a national railroad in that country. 
While on the Mexican national road, he visited England 
and the Continent, to inform himself as to the best base of 
supplies for that interest. Failing to get the proper con- 
cessions from the Mexican government, he returned to the 
United States, and established himself as a civil engineer in 
New York. 

In May, 1878, he took charge of the construction of the 
Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad for the Atchison, 
Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company, through the 
Grand Canon and up the valley of the Arkansas River. 
In March, 1879, he took charge of the Marion and McPlier- 
son Railroad, which was the last public work with which he 
was connected, up to the writing of this historj^ 

Deacon Abel Baker was a son of Bezeleel and Abigail 
(Wood) Baker of Marlborough, and was born A})ril 8, 
1797. Like most lads in this town at that early day, he 
was brought up on a farm, and inured to almost all kinds of 
manual labor. He possessed a good constitution, was ath- 
letic and energetic, and seldom failed to accomplish the 
object of his desire. His educational advantages were 
mainly limited to the district school, which at that period 
was much less cfifioicnt than now. These advantages, how- 
ever, were vvell improved ; and he became one of the best 



PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS. 265 

and most adviiiiced scholars in his district. Having mas- 
tered the branches taught in tlie district school, he was 
sent to an academy in New Salem, Mass., where he studied 
one term, and then commenced teaching. For several years, 
he taught school in the winter, and assisted his father on 
the farm in the summer. As a teacher, he was very success- 
ful, and his services were sought b}^ the best and most 
desirable school districts. 

He married April 18, 1821, and located upon a farm 
in the adjoining town of Troy, and devoted his attention 
to agriculture. His admirable qualities of head and heart 
were soon recognized by his fellow-citizens, and he became 
one of the leading men of the town. His sound judgment, 
practical wisdom, and general intelligence fitted him for 
any position in the community ; and he was consequently 
elected at different times to almost all the civil offices in 
the town. He served the town some fifteen years as select- 
man, — the most of the time as chairman of the board, — 
and represented it in the Legislature of the State in the 
years 1840-42. 

In all the public positions he was called to fill, he was 
faithful and honest, and none of his constituents ever had 
reason to feel that they had misplaced their confidence. 

He did a large amount of business in the settlement of 
estates. His ability and familiarity with the law fitted 
him for the transaction of this kind of business, and for 
many years his services in this line were in constant 
demand. 

The crowning excellence of Deacon Baker's life, however, 
is to be found in his devotion to the service of his divine 
Master and in his noble Christian character. He experi- 
enced religion in early life, and united with the Congrega- 
tional Church, of which he was ever afterwards a worthy, 
active, and honored member. Through the trying period in 
the early history of the little church in Troy, he was one 
of the few who remained steadfast in the Congregational 
faith ; and through his and his co-laborers' efforts, under the 
divine blessing, the church lived and prospered. Soon after 

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266 HISTORY OF MARLBOHOUGH. 

he became a member of the church, he was chosen a deacon, 
and lield and honored this office during the remainder of 
his life. As an officer in the church, he was vigilant and 
faitliful, watching over its members and laboring to promote 
their spiritual welfare. He was honored by all classes, and 
looked up to as a faithful friend, a wise counsellor, and an 
exemplary Christian. After a long and useful life, he died, 
vSept. 26, 1878, calmly, and in the full assurance of a glo- 
rious immortality. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 
MoxADNOCK Mountain. — Post-Offices. — Libkaeies. — Odd Fellows. 

— CeMETEKIES. — MORTUABY KeCORD. — PERSONS OVER EIGHTY, 

January 1, 1880. — Town Officers. — Governor VoTfe. — Mirriam 
Newton's Diary. — Pauperism. — Abatement of Taxes. — Wild 
Animals. — Alexander Fish's Ear. — Anecdotes. 

MONADNOCK MOUNTAIN. 

Although the line of the town of Marlborongh is at the 
foot of the grand Monadnock on the west side, yet, it being 
so situated that no other town can have access to it without 
passing througli Marlborough, unless the ascent be made om 
some other side, it would seem that the History of Marlbor- 
ough should give, at least, a description of that part of the 
mountain which has been looking down upon the town 
since its settlement. Formerly, a large portion of it was 
covered with a thick kind of under-brush, and some quite 
large timber which extended far up the sides, giving the 
mountain a very different appearance from what it now 
presents. But in the year 1800, after a very severe drouth, 
the mountain was on fire for several weeks, and the west 
side was nearly all burned over. The fire was followed 
by a strong wind ; and the timber was hurled in all direc- 
tions, and for years afterwards the large timber lay just 
as it fell. The saplings were, however, soon rotten, and 
the bald rocks were visible all over the mountain. 

The best way of ascent was thougjit to be on the westerly 



268 HISTOKY OF MARLBOKOUGH. 

side, until 1850 or 1855, when the Mountain House was 
built ; and the United States Coast Surveyors constructed 
a new road to the top from the south side. 

After the settlement of the towns in the vicinity of the 
mountain, during the time that the wolves were on the 
lookout for mutton,^ and were very destructive among the 
sheep, it was thought it afforded a secure shelter for them ; 
and at three difff rent times the inhabitants in the vicinity 
on all sides, by a general agreement, surrounded it and com- 
menced a general hunt, which continued from the foot 
to the top. But tliese hunts were not very successful. 
Sometimes a stra}" bear or wolf was killed, but there were 
so many hiding-places it was difficult to dislodge them. 

Some time after the American War, a few chivalrous 
young men of Marlborough, on some important occasion, 
undertook to make a bonfire on the top of the mountain, 
which they intended should be seen for twenty miles. A 
barrel of tar was carried up in buckets, and every effort was 
made to illuminate the darkness; but their efforts were not 
crowned with success. 

The pathway from the foot of the mountain to the top on 
the west side was formerly marked by stones, some of 
which still remain. 

A little to the south of this path, about half-way up the 
mountain, is what was called the Rock House. It is a 
smooth split in a large rock some thirty feet long and eight 
feet high, with an opening at the north some three feet 
wide, running to a point at the other end with a flat stone 
over it, so that several persons can be sheltered by it. 
Formerly, every person visiting the mountain felt he must 
not fail of seeing the famous Rock House. 

The inhabitants living in the vicinity of the mountain 
are attracted there to secure the large quantities of blue- 
berries which are found between the ledges in August and 
September. And, in a fruitful year, the writer has seen 
them so thick and large that a good picker would secure a 
ten-quart pail full in two or three hours. 



MONADNOCK MOUNTAIN. 269 

GRAND MONADNOCK. 

BY J. D. CUEIIOUE. 

Tiiou who rear'st thy wild, romantic head, 
Piercing sublime the blue, ethereal sky, — 

A huge, erratic pile, with igneous bed, — 
Be thou my theme while I extol thee high ! 

Abrupt amid her thousand granite hills, 
New Hampshire proudly claims thee for her own ; 
But thy bold, awful peak wdth wonder fills 
The eyes of other sons than hers alone. 

No State can own thee by exclusive right ; 
For when the rising sun tips thee with gold, 
Or, setting, robes thee with effulgent light. 
Thy splendor dazzles far through space unknown. 

Tell me if, oft in meditation lost. 

Thou ponderest not on ages rolled away ; 

For thou art old and gray and tempest-tossed, 

And round thy furrowed cheek the lightnings play. 

Geology, in its research profound, 
Has traced thy being back through endless time, 
To when the ocean wave, with murmuring sound. 
Roared round thy cliffs its melancholy chime. 

Yes, from the deep, dark caverns of the sea, 
Volcanic fire hath borne thee high in air, 
To overlook the stream, the vale, the lea, 
And evermore to stand majestic there. 

1 fancy thou art Nature's monument, 
Erected to record her mighty deeds, — 
How from the deep she reai-ed the continent. 
And scattered o'er its face a million seeds ; 

How thus she formed a dwelling-place for man, 
Long years before he drew the vital air ; 
And decked it, long ere human life began. 
With wavy trees and fruit and blossoms fair. 

Thou bearest record, too, of wind and tide, 
When yet the foamy wave was lashing thee ; 
For, far above the shrubs upon thy side, 
The Iceberg's giant footprints still we see. 



270 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

But in fond remembrance thou canst turn 
Back to the later scenes of other days, — 
When the wigwam, thinly thatched with fern. 
Cheered the poor Indian seated by its blaze ; 

When all around thee. Mountain, far and wide. 
Lay one vast wilderness of leafy shade ; 
And here the chieftain with liis dusky bride 
Dwelt along the liillside and the floral glade. 

But when the " Majiiower " met thy distant view, 
Alas ! it brought destruction to his home. 
And the red-man before the pale-face flew, 
No more his native hills to roam. 

The forest vanished at the Pilgrim's stroke, 
And the wild waste was fruitful by his toil ; 
Where the rude hut sent up its cheering smoke. 
The corn is waving o'er the loamy soil. 

Then watched our fathers, struggling hard and long- 
To plant on fair Columbia's wildwood shore 
A colony, which, dead, yet lives in song, 
bedecked with laurels stained with heroes' gore ; 

And heard the cannon's thundering -peal afar. 
Charge after charge on Bimker's awful height. 
When oui" su-es, oppressed, sought redress in \Nar, 
And many gallant sons fell in the fatal fight. 

How changed ! The itif ant colony has grown 
To be a nation of extensive sway ; 
No monarch ever pressed her lofty throne, 
And Freedom has her quiet, unmolested way. 

O proud Monadnock ! thy far-searching eye 
Looks down upon a thousand happy homes, — 
Homes of the joyful sons of Liberty, 
Where despots are unknown, and gladness roams. 

But Freedom's fane thou art; and on thy toj) 
The eagle oft, with weary spreading wings. 
From the high, ethereal realms will drop. 
And pause awhile midst her wanderings. 

Upon thy summit, too, thy sons and daughters 
Oft seek the clieering prospect far and wide 
Of forest and gTove and silver waters 
That slow and silent join the distant tide. 



POST-OFFICES. 271 

But thou hast cheer for me when fai* away ; 
For, when in (h-eams I walk my natiA'c liills, 
Thy hnage, basking in the sunlight gay, 
My weary, troubled soul with rapture fills. 

From the loved spot where passed my youthful days. 
Thy awful grandness bounds the distant view ; 
And oft in wonder I have paused to gaze 
At thy wild beauty of cerulean hue. 



POST-OFFICES. 

The first post-office was established in this town Feb. 27, 
1823. Previous to this date, the inhabitants received their 
mail from Keene. Letters coming to that office for those 
in adjoining towns were advertised in the New Hampshire 
Sentinel. Those having letters to mail generally left them 
with Dr. David Carter who handed them to the post-rider 
who in turn delivered them at the post-office at the end of 
his route. William Ward was the first postmaster. The 
post-office was in the building since occupied by David 
Wilkinson as a harness-shop. 

The following is a list of the different postmasters at this 
office, with the date of their appointment : — 

William Ward, February 27, 1823. 

Jonah Davis, ' July 4, 1825. 

Elijah Boyden, July 29, 1833. 

Abner Boyden, January 3, 1835. 

Oilman Converse, January 27, 1837. 

Silas Collester, August 19, 1841. 

Elijah Boyden, May 16, 1845. 

Gideon D. Richardson, . December 10, 1852. 

George W. Garfield, August 8, 1857. 

Elisha O. Woodward, May 26, 1860. 

William M. Xason, June 23, 1874. 

At the time of the reappointment of Elijah Boyden in 
1845, the post-office was established in the Stone Store, 
where it has ever since remained. 

A post-office was established at Marlborough Depot, 



272 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

March 24, 1852, since that time the following gentlemen 
have held the office of postmaster : — 

Names. Date of Appointment. 

Nelson Converse, March 21, 1852. 

George W. Garfield, Xoveniber 24, 1852. 

Cyi-us S. Moors, August 3, 1857. 

Cleon M. Lane, January 23, 1871. 

Andrew L. Felch, August 7, 1871. 

Cyrus S. Moors, May 28, 1872. 

LIBRARIES. 

Sept. 22, 1795, a number of the citizens of Marlborough 
met for the purpose of forming themselves into a society to 
be known as the Marlborough Social Library. At this 
meeting, Rev. Halloway Fish, Dr. David Carter, Jedediah 
Tayntor, Phinehas Farrar, 'Esq., and Lieut. Calvin Stone 
were chosen a committee to draw up a constitution. It was 
also voted that two dollars be the price of each share in the 
library. 

At a subsequent meeting, the committee presented a 
constitution, which was accepted and adopted. The follow- 
ing persons became members of the society, only one of 
whom survives, Rev. Luther Wiswall, of Windhaifi, Me. : — 

Jedediah Tayntor. Daniel Priest. 

David Cai'ter. Sinieon Newton. 

Joseph Frost. Jeremiah Bemis. 

Hugh Mason. George Farrar. 

Jonathan Frost. William Banks. 

John Parkhurst. Kimber Harvey. 

Isaac Gould. Abijah Tucker. 

Jonadab Baker. Phinehas Farrar, Jr. 

Reuben Ward. Charles Ilolman. 

Isaac Cummings. Amos Cummings. 

Simon Piper. Benjamin Longley. 

Eliphalet Stone. John Harvey. 

Elijah Frost. Persis Sweetser. 

Calvin Stone. Daniel Goidd, Jr. 

Jacob Woodward. Daniel Cutting. 

Shubael Stone. Hezekiah Ilodgkins. 

Samuel Collins, Phinehas Farrar. 



LUUlAlllES. 



273 



Isaac Robbius. 
Benjaiu'ui Whitney. 
Levi Gates. 
William Teuney. 
John Wiswall. 
John Lane. 
Anna Temple. 
William Lincoln. 
Elijah Boyden. 
Nathan Wild. 
Thomas Temple. 
Luther Newton. 
Thaddeus Pavmenter. 
"John Fitch. 
Elijah Gates. 
John Wiswall, Jr. 
Robert Emerson. 
Phillips Sweetser, 3d. 
Robert Worsley. 
Richard Tozer. ^ 
Amasa Converse. 
Nathan- D. Barker. 
Ephraim K. Frost. 
Jonas Woodward. 
James Batcheller. 



Lovell Porter. 
Thomas Adams. 
Charles Ilolmau, Jr. 
Enoch White. 
Levi Gates, Jr. 
John Joslin. 
Luther Hemenway. 
Amos Cummings, Jr. 
Calvin Hastings. 
Caleb Perrj-. 
Luke Blodgett. 
Jonathan Bemis. 
Al)ner Smith. 
Abel Baker. 
Oliver Wright. 
Asa Hastings. 
John Buss. 
William Ward. 
Calvin Newton. 
Thomas Tolman. 
Luther Bemis. 
Etheel Parmenter. 
Luther Wiswall. 
Josejah Woodward. 
Samuel Joness 



Among the first books purchased were Belknap's History 
of New Hampshire, Morse's Geography, Cook's Voyages, 
Gordon's History of \\\q Revolution, Doddridge's Rise and 
Progress, Blair's Sermons, Life of Franklin, etc. 

The library was kept for many years at the house of 
William Tenney, where S. O. Pope now lives. This place 
was chosen, no doubt, on account of its being near the 
meeting-house, as most of the books were exchanged on 
Sunday, although it was accessible at all times. 

Whenever it became necessary to purchase books, a tax 
of from fifty cents to one dollar was assessed upon each 
share. 

The library was removed in 1843 to the house of Charles 
Holman, where Charles H. Thurston now resides. The 
interest in the library now Ijcgan to decline, and in a few 
years was given up altogether, and the books divided among 



274 HISTORY OF aiARLBOROUGn. 

the share-holders, some of wliich have been deposited in the 
Frost Free Library for safe keeping. 

, FROST FREE LIBRARY. 

Tn tlie summer of 1865, Hon. Rnfus S. Frost of Clielsea, 
Mass., made known to the citizens of Marlborough that lie 
wished to present his native town with a free library, and 
would do so, whenever the town would provide a suitable 
place in which to keep it. 

A meeting of the citizens was held in September, but no 
definite action was taken in relation to the subject, further 
than to choose a committee to correspond with Mr. Frost. 
Tliis committee attended to the duties assigned them, and 
the followi'ng correspondence took place : — 

Ma-ri.i?oro', N.H., Sept. 15, 1805. 
RuFus S. FnosT, Esq.: 

Dear Sir, — A meeting of tlie citizens of Mavlboi'o' was liolden AVednes- 
(lay evening to take into consideration the subject of providing a suitaldcs 
place for the library which, it is understood, you are intending to present 
to the town. It was not the object of this meeting to take any definite 
action on the subject, any further tliaii to ascertain more fully the minds 
of the jieople liere. There was quite a full attendance ; and it was tlie 
unanimous ojunion of those present that the town will, when the matter 
is formally laid before them, vote to erect a building either indojicnd- 
ently or in connection with a town hall. 

It is not clear in the minds of all that it conforms ^itli your wishes to 
have a building furnished at the expense of the town. Some think you 
prefer to erect and present the building as a part of the donation. 

To leai'U what, if anything, you would have us do, a committee have 
been appointed to correspond with you, and are instructed to say to you 
that a ](!gal town-meeting will be called to act upon any proposition you 
n<ay nudce, Avhenever it shall suit your convenience. Also, can you iu- 
furm us of the size of the building required, or the size you would liuild/ 
Very respectfully yours, 

^ E. (). WOODWAFyI), 1 

CHARLES E. IIOI'GIITON, I Committee. 
CHARLES K. MASON, J 

BosTox, Mass., Sept. 20, 1865. 
Messrs. E. O. W()(ti)\vAin>, CuAiti.KS E. Hougutox, Charles K. Mason, 
Commillce : 
Dear Sirs, — Your esteemed favor of the IStli inst. did not reach me 



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FROST FllEE LIBllARY. 275 

till yesterday; and, iu reply, I woidd say that I'or over a year I have ((jii- 
sidered the plan ol' presenting to my native town a free pul)lic lil)rary, 
and have appropriated ti\e thonsand dollars for that object, a part of 
which is to be invested and the income of the same to be expended 
annually for new books to freshen up the library. This being perpetnal, 
a proper place for such a library had early occupied my attention. With 
pride and satisfaction, I have seen the good citizens ol' Marlboro' tax 
themselves to raise men to carry to a triumphant termination the war 
thrust upon us by the South. But the Rebellion is now crushed, and, 
\vith the glorious success of our arms, w'e are left with a large debt and 
heavy taxation, of which 1 know your patriotic citizens will readily 
assume their share. Under these circumstances, I could not consent to 
have any of them feel that their taxes were increased one cent because 
I had presented the town with a library. It has been suggested to me 
that a town hall might be built by subscription by some of the citizens 
(and thus avoid taxation), and that a suitable room in it might be made 
fire-proof, and the free use of it donated perpetually for the library. 
But there might be delay in building the town hall, or other difficulties 
might arise connected with this plan, in which case I should prol)a])ly 
contract for a suitable building. 

I am pleased to learn from your letter that the citizens of Marlboro', 
the friends and associates of my honored parents, and also the playmates 
of my childliood and friends of later years, take so mucli interest in t-he 
library. 

I beg to assiu'e them through j'ou that every year's experience in life 
makes me value more highly the principles taught me by my parents, 
and love more tenderly Marlboro', their home and the home of their 
parents. Truly yours, etc., 

RUFUS S. FROST. 

The library building, a handsome, substantial granite 
structure, having been completed pursuant to the design of 
Mr. Frost as indicated in the preceding correspondence, 
and furnislied with books to the number of two thousand 
volumes, the citizens of the town were formally called upon 
to meet at three o'clock, Monday afternoon, August 26, 
1867, to see if they would vote to accept the proffered gift 
upon such terms as the donor should dictate. Accordingl}-, 
at that hour, the library was fdled to overflowing by the old 
and young of the town. 

Charles K. Mason, Esq., having been chosen moderator 
of the meeting, and tlu^ diviiu' l)lcssing- invoked b}- Kev. 



276 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Iracl Tao-orard, Mv. Frost tlius addressed tlie laroe assera- 
blage : — 

Men, women, and cliildren of my native town, the day which I have 
been anticipating so long has at lengtli arrived ; and it gives me great 
pleasure to meet you all, and welcome you here. 

The great number present indicates the interest you tiake in education, 
which, with religion, must be the foundation of the prosperity of any 
community. 

The facts that my paternal and nuiternal ancestors lived here from the 
first settlement of the town ; that in 1770 my Great-grandfather Frost 
and Grandfather AA'heeler, with other citizens of the town, signed tlie 
agreement to opjiose with arms the hostile proceedings of the British; 
that, when 1 was four years old, my father (whom I well remember) died 
here, and, with my eldest sister and most of our ancestors, lies in the old 
graveyard ; that the first six years of my life were spent here, and that I 
here received at the coimnon school, the Sabbath-school, and from my 
now sainted mother, the beginning of my education, — these facts have 
rendered this place very dear to my heart. 

And, as I ha^■e come back to the home of my boyhood from year to 
year, with my family, to drink in health and enjoyment from these grand 
old hills and valleys, and seen these stalwart young men and the beauti- 
ful young women who are growing up here, I have longed to do some- 
thing which would add to the attractions of " dear old Marlborough," and 
prove a real benefit to all her people. It seemed to me that a/ree library 
would accomplish these results. In the summer of 1805, I made the first 
piu'chase of books, and have been selecting and adding mitil the present 
time ; and, in everything connected with the library, I have endeavored to 
act for the town, without regard to denomination or party. I now oft'er 
you the property with the following deed : — 

Know all men by these presents, That I, llufus S. Frost, of 
Chelsea, in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
in consideration of the love and affection which I have to Marlboro', in 
the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, my native toA\ n, 
and in the hope of contributing something to the moral and mental im- 
provement of the present and future inhabitants of said town, do grant, 
sell, and convey to said town forever the Library Lot and Stone Building 
thereon, lately erected by me for a rublic Library in said town. Said 
tract of land is bounded as follows : Beginning on the Depot Boad at 
tlie north-west corner of land of Wan-en H. Wilkinson, thence northerly 
on same road to other land of said Wilkinson near the intersection of 
the roads ; thence easterly on a curve on said Wilkinson's land to the 
liighway leading to the Brick Church ; thence south-easterly on said 
highway to a stake in the ground ; thence soutli-westerly on said Wilkin- 
son's land to a stnkc ill llic urniiud ; ami tliciii'i' soiitlicrly on said Wilk- 



FlIOST FIM:K LII'.llAUY. 277 

inson's land to tlio place of beginning. Togelher \vi(ii all Uie books, 
linniture, and other personal property in said building, and all the privi- 
leges and appurtenances belonging to said premises, To have and to hold 
the same as and for a Public Library free to all the inhabitants of said 
town forever. 

This conveyance is made for the uses and purpos(js, and upon the 
trusts hereinafter expressed, to wit: That the pi'emises shall forever 
hereafter be used and occupied as a Free Library for the iiduil)itants of 
said town, and for no other use or purpose whatever; that the town \\ill 
permit the general management and control of the grounds, building, 
library, papers, funds, and property to be in the hands of a Board of 
Trustees, consisting of the Selectmen of the town for the time being, the 
Clergymen settled or statedly officiating in said town, and three other 
persons withoiit regard to residence, chosen or appointed as the town 
may decide from time to time, and for such length of time as the town 
shall determine, not less than three years: which Board of Trustees are 
to choose a secretary, and from time to time make all needful rules, reg- 
ulations, and by-laws for the management of the library and its property. 
All books hereafter pm-chased, or received by gift or otherwise for the 
library, are to be examined by the Trustees or some of them, and, if ob- 
jected to in writing as unfit for the library by any one or more of the 
Trustees, the book-is not to be admitted into the library, but the objec- 
tion made is to be recorded by the secretary. The town is to see that 
the property is protected from encroachment and trespass, and that the 
three Trustees are chosen or appointed, and that the library and all 
funds gi\eu for the purposes of the library are used according to the 
intention of the donor, under the active management of the Board of 
Trustees. 

Ellen H. Frost, wife of the said Rufus S. Frost, hereby releases all her 
claim to dower, and other claim to the premises. 

Witness our hands and seals this twenty-sixth day of August, A.D. 

16U7. 

RUFUS S. FROST. 
ELLEN H. FROST, [l.s.] 

Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of 

WM. P. WHEELER. 

VINCENT D. LENT. 
TiiK State of New H.VMrsinnK, | 
Cheshiue Co., Aug. *20, 1857. ) 

Personally appeared Rufus S. Frost, and acknowledged the foregoing 
instrument to be his free act and deed. Before me, 

WM. P. WHEELER, 

Justice of the Peace. 

" Designing that the taxes of no citizen should be increased because 
of this gilt, 1 have also laid aside live thousand dollars, the principtil to 



278 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH, 

reiiKiin forever intact, tlic iiitorest to bo jmid ainuKilly to the Trustees 
to be vised to freshen and iierpetuate the libiai v. And 1 have ah-eady 
appointed a trnstee to pay over tlie five tlioiisand dollars to the town at 
my decease." 

The town having t'onnally voted to accept the gift upon 
the conditions specified, Mr. Frost, addressing Rev. II. P. 
Osgood of the Board of Trustees, spoke as follows : — 

My dkau Sik, — The town of Marlborough, by the ^ote just juissed 
accepting the " Fi-ee Library " upon the conditions specitied in the deed, 
has constituted you one of its Trustees ; and I therefore transfer to you 
the kej-s, and joyfully bid God-speed to the work of education and eleva- 
tion which I trust the library will perform. But I cannot let them pass 
from my hands without expressing my gratitude to our heavenly Father 
that no loss of life or limb has been experienced in the construction of 
the building. I wnsh also to expi-ess my thanks to the builder, Jonathan 
Jones, Esq., and his assistants, for the substantial manner in which they 
have accomplished their work ; to Samuel Crossfield, ICsq., and his assist- 
ants, for the workmanlike finish which they have given to the interior; to 
Warren H. Wilkinson, Esq., for assisting in arranging the boundaries of 
the land; and to the citizens who have kindl}' assisted in grading the 
library-lot. And, sir, hoping that you and your associates may enjoy 
dispensing the privileges of the library as much as I have enjoyed in 
preparing them, I herewith deliver you the keys. 

j\Ir. Osgood, receiving the keys in behalf of the town, 
responded to the address of Mr. Frost, expressing the pro- 
found gratitude of the people of Marlborough to him for 
the inestimable benefit which, in the exercise of a gener- 
osity so discriminating and provident, he had conferred 
upon them. 

At the close of Mr. Osgood's address, an appropriate and 
fervent dedicatory prayer was offered by Rev. (liles layman, 
after which the following resolutions were reported by Dr. 
S. A. Richardson : — 

Resolved, Tluxt the Hon. llufus S. Frost, in the gift of a Library so 
anqil(! in tlie number of volumes and so rich in varied literature, with a 
provision for so large additions from year to year, and in the erection of 
so goodly a structure for its accommodation, shows himself a most worthy 
son of Marlborough, and merits the warm and lasting gratitude of evor\ 
citizen of the town. 

Resolved, That tlie town hereby tender to Mr. Frost, and plac'(> upon 



FKOST VllVA<: I.IIUIAIIY. 270 

record, their .siucxire ami hearty thanks for liis so lilxTal and desirable 
gift. 

Rexolveri That we will perpotnate the remembrance of this day and 
its pleasant and profitable associations by giving to this bnilding and 
Li-l)rary the name of Frost, and it shall be designated as Fito.s r FitKK 

lyllJUAKY. 

After appropriate remarks by Dr. Richardson, Hon. AVill- 
iam P. Wheeler of Keene, and Rev. Mr. Laws, these reso- 
hitions Avcre unanimously adopted. 

This action was followed by the recitation, in a beautiful 
and impressive manner, of a neat little poem by Miss Ida 
Woodward, addressed to Mr. Frost, in behalf of the young- 
folks; and the exercises at the library closed by a bene- 
diction. 

A procession was then formed, headed by the Keene 
lirass Band, and marched to the residence of Mr. Samuel 
Allison, on whose grounds was spread a most bountiful and 
tastefull}'- arranged collation provided by the ladies of jNIarl- 
borough. The collation was followed by pertinent senti- 
ments and animated speeches, interspersed with appropriate 
music. 

In the evening, many citizens having assembled at the 
residence of Mr. Frost, fireworks were displayed and a 
collation served. Impromptu bonfires sprung up on various 
eminences throughout the town, expressive of the gratified 
and iu1)ilant feelings of the people ; and so, merrily and hap- 
pily, closed a day which will ever form a bright spot in the 
annals of Marlborough. 

In Novemljer, Elijah I>oyden, Esq., having been cliosen 
librarian, the library was open to the public. i\lr. IJoyden 
held the office until August, 1872, when he resigned ; and 
Cliarles A. Bemis was chosen, and holds the position at the 
present time. 

Additions have been made to the books from .time to 
time, and they now number over three thousand volumes. 



280 HISTORY OF MAllLBOUOUGir. 

ODDFELLOWS:* 

PAQUOIG LODGE, No. 50, I.O.O.F. 

In tlie year 1868, five Odd Fellows residing in jMarlbor- 
ough, and members of Beaver Brook Lodge in Keeiie, 
petitioned to the Grand Lodge of NeAv Hampshire for a 
charter to institute a new lodge in Marlborough, to be called 
Paqnoig Lodge. A charter was granted, and the lodge was 
numbered 50, of the Order in the State. And on the loth 
of January, 1869, the Most Worthy Grand Master, Charles 
H. Brown, assisted by brothers of Beaver Brook Lodge, 
instituted Paquoig Lodge, with the following charter mem- 
bers : — 

Nelson Converse. Charles Buss. 

Charles O. Whitney. Luther G. Beniis. 

George Tilden. Solon W. Stone. 

William Collins. Charles Stay. 

Martin J. Buss. F. R. Thurston. 

E. O. Woodward. James Knowlton. 

These twelve Odd Fellows Avere at the time nu'mljers 
of Beaver Brook Lodge, and withdrew to institute the ne"\ 
lodge in Marlborough, they all living i-n Marlborough at 
that time. 

Odd Fellowship in Marlborough dates back to the yeal 
1850. Col. Nelson Converse joined Iknivcr Brook Lodge ii 
that year ; and soon after Asa Maynard, F. R. Thurston] 
L. N. Converse, L. Hemenwaj^ and Horace Bucklin oi 
Marlborough joined the lodge at Keene. But the war ol 
the Rebellion soon came on, and Odd Fellowship was nearlj 
dead in this section of the State, Beaver Brook Lodgl 
coming very near giving up its charter. After the close o| 
the war, the Order commenced to grow with a new interest 
and these other charter members joined the Order at Keen( 

The first lodge of Odd Fellows in New Hampshire waj 
Granite Lodge, No. 1, at Nashua, instituted Sept. 11, 184? 
The first lodge in the United States was AVasliington Lodge 
instituted in Baltimore, Aj^ril 26, 1819. 

♦Sketch fmuisbed by Luther Hemenway,JEsq. 



ODD FELLOWS. 281 

Till' lirsl ol'licers of Pac^uoig Lodge, wluj were installed 
J;ui. 13, 1869, were : N.G., Nelson Converse ; V.G., WiU- 
itim Collins; R.S., Lntlier G. Bemis ; P.S., George F. Buss; 
T., James Knowlton ; W., Charles Buss; C, Charles O. 
Whitney ; I.G., Charles Sta^y ; R.S. to N.G., George Smith ; 
L.S. t.o"^N.G., L. Hemenway; R.S. to V.G., E. O. Wood- 
ward; L.S. to V.G., M. D. Gay; R.S.S., George Tilden; 
L.S.S., Solon W. Stone ; P.G., F. R. Thurston ; Rev. H. P. 
Osgood acting as chaplain, who was succeeded before tlie 
close of the term by Rev. D. S. Dexter. 

The lodge first met, and was instituted in the hall over 
the Universalist Church, which had been secured by a lease 
for the term of five years. The hall had previously been 
altered and fitted up with tAvo anterooms at an expense of 
some four hundred and forty dollars, which was assumed 
and paid by the lodge. The hall for the first year was 
used by the societ}^ of Good Templers, they hiring it of the 
lodge. 

The lodge continued to hold its meetings in this hall 
until the first of April, 1875. At the expiration of the lease 
of the hall for five years, and as an effort to obtain a new 
lease for another term of years at a satisfactory price failed, 
the lodge decided to see if some other place could not be 
procured for their use. Not finding a suitable one, the 
lodge voted to build a hall that would be better arranged 
to meet their wants. 

The lodge first bought Rev. S. Law's house; but, after 
some investigation as to expense in building on that lot, 
they concluded to sell it, and did so at some advance over 
what they paid. On Sept. 7, 1874, the lodge, through a 
committee consisting of Charles O. Whitney, James Knowl- 
ton, and Nelson Converse, bought of Mr. E. O. Woodward 
the vacant lot of land north of the Stone Store; also a 
small piece adjoining, of E. Fitch. 

The lodge then chose A. A. Adams, C. O. Whitney, 
James Knowlton, L. Hemenway, and C. H. Thurston a 
building committee to proceed at once to build on the 
Jiewly acquired land the present ODD FELLOWS' BULLDLNG. 

38 



282 HISTOKY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

The stone inasonrv, (lig'g'ino- the celhir, and fitting up the 
grounds, were done by J. & T^. Knowlton. The wood-work, 
chimneys, phistering, and painting were contracted to and 
completed by A. R. & E. S. Foster of Keene. The buikl- 
ing is of wood above the basement (which is of stone), 
thirty-fonr feet by fifty feet, tAvo stories with a French roof. 
The first floor is finished and occupied as two stores ; the 
second, a jeweller's store, barber's shop, and a tenement for 
one family ; and the third story is finished and fitted up for 
a hall for the lodge with tAvo good-sized anterooms. 

On the first of April, 1875, the hall was completed, and 
the lodge moved in, and held its fii'st meeting of the month 
in their new hall ; and on the second day of June next it 
was dedicated according to the usages and work of the 
Order, the Most Worthy Grand ^Master, Samuel J. Osgood, 
presiding, assisted by the officers of the Grand Lodge and 
brothers from J\Ianchester, Peterboro', and Keene. 

The lodge continued to grow and increase from the first 
twelve charter members till it numbered in three years overj 
fifty, and has continued to number from fifty to sixty mem- 
bers up to the present time. 

The following is a list of the Noble Grands, or the highest] 
office in the lodge, each serving one term of six months : 

18G9.— Nelson Converse, William Collins. 
1870.— Charles Buss, Charles O. Whitney. 
1871.— George F. Buss, Charles A. Howard. 
187*2. — Luke Knowlton, Jr., Luther G. Beuiis. 
1873. — Luther Henienway, James Knowlton. 
1871.— A. A. Adams, INLason L. White. 
187.5. — George L. Fairbanks, Alvin K. Martin. 
1S7G.— Bradley E. Wright, Oren 8. Adams. 
1877. — Ivory E. Gates, S. Emerson Partridge. 
1878. — Charles Stay, Williaiii W. Ap[ilin. 

CEMETERIES. 

No sooner had the pioncci' inlialjitants of Marlborough I 
become permanently settled, than they, knowing the uncer- 
tainty of life and the certainty of death, began to look for 



CEMETERIES. 283 

a proper place iii which to bury their dead. Accordingly, 
ill 1707, a eoiiiniittee of rive men was chosen, " to iix a place 
for a lUirying Yard, viz: Beiijaniin Tucker, Daniel Goode- 
now, William I>arker, Joseph Collins, and Thomas Riggs." 
lint it seems this committee failed to perform the duties 
assigned them ; for at a meeting in January, 1770, this com- 
mittee was dismissed, and it was voted that " Benjamin 
Tueker, Joseph Collins, and David Warren be a committee 
to loock out a Buring place." 

The spot selected by this committee was the one now 
occupied by the old cemetery at tlie middle of the town. 
This was probably chosen on account of its adjoining the 
lot on which the meeting-house was to be built ; for in those 
days it was customary to locate the burying-yard as near 
the meeting-house as it could be with propriety. 

We have no record when the rirst death occurred in the 
township ; but the earliest date we have of one is about 1772, 
when a child of Jonathan Shaw" died, and was buried only a 
short distance from Mr. Shaw's house. In the course of a 
few years, other persons who died in that neighborliood were 
interred there ; but, as no gravestones were ever erected to 
their memory, we have no means of knowing who they 
were. 

The custom of burying the dead on the home farm pre- 
vailed to a considerable extent among the early settlers, 
owing to the fact that the roads were but little better than 
bridle-paths through the woods, and there was no way in 
which to convey dead bodies, except to carry them on the 
clumsy, old-fashioned bier. Thus we find graves scattered 
here and there on our hillsides, the last resting-place of 
many who have helped form and mould into shape the 
institutions of this town. Often the plough in the hands of 
some thoughtless proprietor has levelled these little mounds, 
so that tlieir exact locality can no longer be pointed out. 

There is no tradition to tell us who was the first person 
interred in the old burying-yard, and there are no grave- 
stones which date back earlier than 1777, the first being that 
of an infant son of Col. Richard and Mrs. S^^bil Roberts, 



284 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

which bears the date, ol' April 2o, 1777. Tiiere were also 
tAVo ehildreii of Ebeiiezer and Sarah Rhodes, that died tlie 
same year. A little to the right of the centre of the yard 
is a stone with the following inscription : " Mrs. Snbniit 
Sanderson, wife of Lieut. Colnian Sanderson, died Oct. 9, 
1781, aged twenty-eight years.'" This we are informed was 
the lirst adult person buried in the yard. 

In 1785, William Barker, the first settler of the town, 
deeded to the town one acre of land to be used as a public 
burying-ground. This yard is located in the north part of 
Troy village, falling within the limits of that town at its 
incorporation in 1815. 

In 1793, Daniel Emerson gave the town one-half acre of 
land in the north part of the town for a " burying-place." 
And JNIr. Emerson, in order, as it would seem, to perpetuate 
the memor}' of this gift, ordered to be placed on his grave- 
stone the following epitaph: — 

" This land I cleared is now my grave. 
Think well, my friends, how you behave." 

Tlie first person interred ill this yard, it is said, was 
John Lewis, who died Feb. 21, 1793. This yard has been 
used chiefly by the inhabitants of the north part of the town 
and those residing in the north-west part of Dublin, now 
West Harrisville. 

The burying-ground near i\lr. Esty's was set apart for 
that 'purpose at an early date. The first person interred 
there was Mary, wife of John Harvey, Jr., who died in 
1785. An infant child of John and Mary Harvey was also 
buried there about the same time. This yard is now chiefly 
used for the burial of strangers and paupers. 

Graniteville Cemeteev was laid out in the year 1852 
by Asa Greenwood Avho foreseeing that a new cemetery; 
would soon ])e needed selected the site, laid out, and fenced ] 
the same with a good substantial iron fence. The ground 
was divided into sixt^'-four lots which were sold at twelve^ 
dollars per Int. 



CEMETERIES. 285 

This cemetery was consecrated Oct. 20, 1852. Tlie fol- 
lowing is a copy of a hymn written for the occasion by Miss 
A. A. Morton : — -» ^ 

HYMN. 

We consecrate this chosen spot 

For chambers of repose, 
Where human forms naay rest, nor feel 

Tlie weight of liiiman woes. 

No gloomy fear, no chilling dread, 

Shall haunt this calm retreat. 
But forms imbued with life and hope 

SluiU here our presence greet. 

Affection's hand around the grave 

Shall gather trees and flowers, 
To beautify and cheer the place 

Through all save wintry hours. 

Here would we bring our cherished dead. 

And lay them 'neath the sod, 
While Faith's sweet voice says, " Dust to dust, 

The sj)irit to its God." 

Here we would lie when Death's pale hand 

Life's silver cord has riven. 
And opened for our waiting souls 

The shining gates of heaven. 

Our Father, bless this sacred rite. 

Impart thy genial grace, 
And jS.t us for that better land 

Where is no burial-place. 

Sarah, daughter of Nelson and Sally (Jones) Converse, 
who died April 26, 1853, was the first person buried in this 
cemetery. So rapidly have the lots been taken up that 
within a few years two additions have been made to the 
original yard. The wliole is finely arranged, and presents 
an attractive appearance. Much credit is due to the ladies 
who have formed a society for the j)urpose of keeping this 
cemetery in repair. In this work, they are aided by a por- 
tion of the interest accruing from two hundred dollars 
bequeathed to the town by the late Jedediah T. Collins for 
the purpose of keeping the four cemeteries in repair. 



286 



HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



SEXTONS. 



Since 1778, the following persons have served as sex- 
tons : — 



■ William Tennej-, Jr. 
Oliver Wright. 

■ Oliver Wright. 

• William Teniiey, Jr. 

• William Tenney, Jr. 
Elias Hemeuway. 

•Elias Ilemenway. 
William Tenney, Jv. 

■ Elias Hemenway. 

- William Tenney, Jr. 
Elias Hemenway. 
William Teuney. 
Elias Hemenway. 

- William Tenney. 
Elias Hemenway. 

■ Ebenezer Hemenway. 
William Tenney. 

■ William Tenney. 
Elias Hemenway. 

■ AVilliam Teuney. 
Elias Hemenway. 

- William Tenney. 
Joseph Cutting. 
Ebenezer Hemenway. 

■ William Tenney. 
Luke Harris. 
Ebenezer Hemenway. 

- AVilliam Tenney, Jr. 
Luke Harris. 
Ebenezer Hemenway. 

- AVilliam Tenney. 
Ebenezer Hemenway. 

- William Tenney, Jr. 
Ebenezer Hemenway. 

-John Lane. 
Daniel P^merson, Jr. 

- AVilliam Tenney, Jr. 
Daniel Emerson, Jr. 

-Georjie Lane. 



1778.- 


— John Felton. 


1800. 




Richard Tozer. 


1801. 


1780.- 


— John Felton. 


1802. 




Richard Roberts. 


1803. 


1781.- 


— John Felton. 
Richard Tozer. 


1804. 


1782.- 


— John Felton. 


1805. 


1783.- 


— John Felton. 






Richard Roberts. 


1800. 


1784.- 


— Richard Tozer. 


1807. 


1785.- 


— Richard Tozer. 




1786.- 


— Richard Tozer. 
John Felton. 


1808. 


1787.- 


— Richard Tozer. 
Coleman Sanderson. 


1809. 


1788.- 


— Richard Tozer. 
Ebenezer . 


1810. 


1789.- 


— Richard Tozer. 
Coleman Sanderson. 


1811. 


1790.- 


— Coleman Sanderson. 
Richard Tozer. 


1812. 


1791.- 


— Richard Tozer. 
James Dean. 


1813. 


1702.- 


- Richard Tozer. 




1793.- 


— Richard Tozer. 
AVilliam Barker. 
Daniel Cummings. 


1814. 


1791.- 


— Richard Tozer. 
Daniel .Emerson. 
Ebenezer Bacon. 


1815. 


1795.- 


— Richard Tozer. 
Ebenezer Bacon. 


1810. 




Ebenezer Hemenway. 


1817. 


1796.- 


— Ebenezer Bacon. 






Richard Tozer. 


1818. 




Daniel Emerson. 




1797.- 


. 


1819, 


1798.- 


— AVilliam Tenney, Jr. 




1799.- 


— WiUiam Tenney, Jr. 


1820. 



SEXTONS. 



287 



1820. — Daiiit'l Emerson, Jr. 

Elijah Gates. 
1821.— George H. Lane. 

Daniel Emerson, Jr. 

Elijah Gates. 
1822.— George H. Lane. 

Daniel Emerson, Jr. 

Levi Thatcher. 
1823.— Luke Blotlgett. 

Daniel Emerson, Jr. 

Levi Thatcher. 
182L— Lnke Blodgett. 

Winsor Gates. 

Daniel Emerson, Jr. 
1825.— Luke Blodgett. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Daniel Emerson, Jr. 
182G.— Luke Blodgett. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Daniel Emerson. 
1827.- Lnke Blodgett. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Daniel Emerson, Jr. 
1828.— Levi Thatcher. 

Silas McColester. 

Lnke Blodgett. 
1829.— Luke Blodgett. 

Le\d Thatcher. 

Daniel Emerson, Jr. 
1830.— Luke Blodgett. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Daniel Emerson, Jr. 
1831.— Luke Blodgett. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Daniel Emerson. 
1832.— Luke Blodgett. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Daniel Emerson. 
1833. — William Tenney. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Daniel Emerson. 
1831.— Luke Blodgett. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
J835.— Luke Blodgett. 



183.').— Levi 'I'halcluT. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1830. — Luther Ilemenvvay. 

Charles Gilbert. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1837. — Luther Hemenway. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1838. — Luther Hemenway. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1839.— Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1840. — Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
184:1. — Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1842.— Emery Cudworth. ■ 

Levi Thatcher. 

Thorley CoUester. 
1843. — Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1844. — Josiah Woodward. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1845. — Josiah Woodwai"d. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1840. — Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1847. — Emery Ciidwortli. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1848. — Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1849. — Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1850.— John 'SI. Davis, 



288 



HISTORY OF MARLBOROtJGH. 



1850.— Levi Tliatcher. 1839.- 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1851.— Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 18(50. 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1852. — Emery Cnchvorth. 

Levi Thatcher. 186 I.- 

Darius Richardtson. 
1853. — Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 1802.- 

Jeremiah Herrick. 
1854.— Emery Cudworth. 1863.- 

Levi Thatcher. 

Darius Richardson. 1864.- 

1855. — Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 1865.- 

Darius Richardson. 
1856.— Emery Cudworth. 1866.- 

Darius Richardson. 

Levi Thatcher. 1867.- 

18.57. — Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 1868.- 

Darius Richardson. 
1858. — Aaron Stone. 

Darius Richardson. 



-Luke Blodgett. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Darius Richardson. 
■ Emery Cudworth. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Darius Richardson. 

Darius Richardson. 

Levi Thatcher. 

Benjamin Whitney. 

- Jairus Collins. 
Darius Richardson. 

- Jairus Collins. 
Darius Richardson. 
Jairus Collins. 
Darius Richardson. 

-Jairus Collins. 

Darius Richardson. 

Jairus Collins. 

Darius Richardson. 
-Jairus Collins. 

Darius Richai'dson. 

- Jarius Collins, who lias held 

the office from that time to 
the present. 



Mortuary Record. — A record of deaths was kept by 
Rev. Halloway Fish and his successors, from Jan. 1, 1793, 
to Jan. 1, 18-11 ; and from that date up to the present 
time by Jairus Collins, Esq. And from these sources we 
learn that up to Jan. 1, 1880, there have been twelve hun- 
dred and sixty-six deaths. 



Year. 


No. 


1794, 


. . 12 


1795, 


. . 9 


1796, 


. . 21 


1797, 


. . 17 


1798, 


. . 4 


1799, 


. . 12 


1800, 


. . 9 


1801, 


. . 12 


1802, 


. . 7 


1803, 


. . 9 



Year. 






J^o. 


1804, ... 15 


1805, 






14 


1806, 






17 


1807, 






12 


1808, 






15 


1809, 






14 


1810, 






10 


1811, 






11 


1812, 






9 


1813, 






16 



Year. 






No. 


ISU, . . . 25 


181.0, 






19 


ISIG, 






16 


1817, 






15 


1818, 






8 


1819, 






8 


1820, 






14 


1821, 






13 


1822, 






16 


1823, 






14 



MOUTl-AUY RECORD. 



280 



Year. 


iVb. 


Year. 


No. 


Year. 


No. 


1824, . 


. . 12 


1843, . . 


18 


1862, . 


. 17 


1825, . 


. . 13 


1844, . . 


. 7 


1863, . 


. 88 


1826, . 


. . 13 


1845, . . 


18 


1864, . 


. 25 


1827, . 


. . 14 


1846, . . 


9 


1865, . 


. 21 


1828, . 


. . 13 


1847, . . 


11 


1866, . 


. 14 


1829, . 


. . 13 


1848, . . 


9 


1867, . 


. 19 


18;]0, . 


7 


1849, . . 


20 


1868, . 


. 18 


1831, . 


. . 13 


1850, . . 


8 


1869, . 


. 19 


18:52, . 


. . 8 


1851, . . 


16 


1870, . 


. 11 


18:5:3, . 


. . 9 


1852, . . 


15 


1871, . 


. 18 


18:51. . 


7 


1853, . . 


11 


1872, . 


. 19 


18:3."), . 


. . 11 


1854, . . 


28 


187:3, . 


. 20 


18:3(5, . 


. . 9 


1855, . . 


8 


1874, . 


. 13 


18:37, . 


. . 23 


1856. . . 


17 


1875, . 


. 23 


18:38, . 


. . 12 


1857, . . 


14 


1876, . 


. 18 


18:39, . 


. . 17 


1858, . . 


11 


1877, . 


. 19 


1840, . 


. . 18 


1859, . . 


18 


1878, . 


. 17 


1841, . 


. . 14 


1860, . . 


14 


1879, . 


. 30 


1842, . 


. . 18 


1861, . . 


23 







From the following record, we learn that the number of 
persons dying in this town since Nov. 2-4, 1808, eighty or 
more years of age, has been one hnndred and thirty-two ; 
above eighty-five, sixty-eight ; above ninety, twenty -eight ; 
and above ninety-five, eight : — 

Xov. 24, 1808, Josiah Favrar, 87 

Ft'l>. 10, 1810, Hannah Farrar, widow of Josiah Farrar 87 

]May 25. 1811, Ephraim Root,- Esq., 85 

Xov. 3, 1815, Israel Kichardson, 87 

Jan. 2:5. 1816. ISIrs. Parkhurst, « . 80 

:\larcli 21, 1816, Widow ^Vliite, 84 

F.'h. 9, 1817, Eliphalet Stone, 82 

]\Iay '.). 1817, Eichard Tozer, 84 

Mai-oh 29, 1819, Widow Harvey, 90 

-Ai)i-il 19, 1819, Widow Abigail Whittaker, 96 

Jan. s. 1S20, William White, 83 

July 10, 1820, Lydia (Goodale) White, widow of Wm. White, . 80 

Aug. 28, 1820, Elizabeth (Rogers) Tucker, wife of Abijah, ... 94 

March IS. 1821, Lydia (Goddard) Stone, widow of Eliphalet, . . 84 

Sept. 20, 1821, Widow Sarah Sampson 89 

Feb. 11, 182:3, Theodore Mann, ..81 

July 4, 1825, Ebeuezer Rhodes, 80 

Dec. 31, 1825, Widow Betsey (Flood) Spaulding, 80 

39 



290 



HISTORY OF ISIARLBOROUGH. 



June 4, 18:27, John Rogers, 80 

Dec. 21. 1828, Abijah Tucker, 89 

July 11, 1820, Daniel Emerson, 82 

INIarch 27, 1831. :\rehital)le (Jones) Teuney, widow of William, . . 81 

IMarch, 1882, Josiah Parkhurst 95 

May 17, 1833, Widow Abigail Emerson, 87 

June 28, 1836, Mirriam (Wheeler) Richardson, widow of Israel, . 00 

Sept. 14, 1836, Aseneth (Rice) Hastings, wife of Thaddeus. . . So 

Feb. 25, 1837, Lois (Johnson) Wright, widow of Oliver. ... 02 

April 24, 1837, Mrs. Mary Buss, widow of Jolni 90 

Aug. 25, 1838, Hugh Mason. 80 

1838, Mrs. Goodenow, widow of Benjamin 85 

Nov. 30, 1839, Thaddeus Hastings, 95 

July 23, 1839, Luke Newton, 84 

Oct. 27, 1839, Ebanezer Hemenway, 80 

April 12, 1840, Queen Harrington, 00 

Dec. 2, 1840, Tabitha (Willson) Baker, widow of Jonadab, . . 80 

April 1, 1841, Phinehas Farrar, 93 

Jan. 7, 1842, Ebenezer Herrick, 83 

Jmie 29, 1842, INIary (Maynard) Taynter. widow of Jedediah. . . 01 

Feb. 0, 1843, Aaron Wiilard, . .' 85 

Oct. 2, 1843, Abigail Worsley. wife of Robert 95 

Dec. 10, 1843, David Wilkinson. 81 

March 25, 1844, Hannah (Adams) Sargent, widow of Samuel, . . 80 

Feb. 17, 1845, Lovina (Warren) Farrar, widow of Phinehas, . . 02 

Dec, 1846, Gratia Mann, 80 

Dec. 20, 1847, Lawson Moore, 01 

June 16, 1848, Samuel Collester, 81 

April 9, 1840, Jacob Woodward, 87 

Sept. 22, 1849, John Converse, 82 

Oct. 1, 1849, Bezaleel Baker, 81 

April io, 1850, Benjamin Thatcher 00 

Jan. 7, 1851, Lydia (Matthews) (."ollius, widow of Sanniel, . . 80 

June 7, 1851, Ruth (Tower) Parmenter, widow of 'I'liaddcus. . 87 

July 5, 1851, Widow ]\lorse, 80 

Oct. 6, 1851, Mrs. Atwood, 81 

Oct. 20, 1851, Jonathan Frost, 87 

Jan. 31, 1852, Mrs. Lydia Knight 84 

March 21, 1852, :\Iartha (Clark) Tolman, widow of Josc]>li, . . . SO 

June 27, 1852, Capt. Benjamin AVliitney 82 

Sept. 22, 1852, MiiTJani (Newton) Xewton, widow uf ]>utlier. . . 88 

1852, Ml-*. Howard, 84 

Sept; 24, 1852, Mrs. Hobert, 87 

Nov. 30, 1852, Asa Porter, ' . . 00 

Sept. 2, 1853, Mercy (Totman) "Woodward, widow of Jacob, . . 96 



Sept. ;')(), 


1853, 


Feb. 5. 


1854, 


Fel). 7, 


1854, 


Feb. 10, 


1854, 


July Ki. 


1851, 


Oc't. IS. 


1851. 


Sept. 20, 


1855, 


July 27, 


1856, 


-May IS, 


1856, 


Sept. 4, 


1856, 


Oct. 23, 


1856, 


Dec. 29, 


18.56, 


Jail. 12, 


18.57, 


Xov. Ki, 


18.57, 


Feb. 27, 


1860, 


jNIarch 23. 


, 1860, 


May 24, 


1860, 


Feb. 17. 


1861, 


July 8, 


1861, 


Nov. 7, 


1861, 


March 2^ 


1, 1862, 


Apr. 10, 


1862, 


Aug. 6, 


1862, 


Oct. 12, 


1862, 


March 29, 


, 1863, 


May 3, 


1863, 


Dec. 28, 


1863, 


May 21, 


1864, 


July 22, 


1804, 


Xov. 24, 


1864, 


Jan. 4, 


1805, 


Jan. 27, 


1865, 


Apr. 12, 


1865, 


July 30, 


1865, 


Oct. 10, 


1865, 


Dec. 8, 


1867, 


Feb. 22, 


1868, 


Dec. 14, 


1868, 


March 18, 


1809, 


Xov. 25, 


1870, 


^larch 27. 


, 1871, 


Aug. 16, 


1871, 


Aug. 21, 


1871, 


Aug. 30. 


1871, 



MORTCL'VRY RECORD. 291 

Mrs. X^oyes, tlir ludtlicr of Mrs. , lames Farrar, . . 80 

Silence (Belknap) Collester, widow of Saiiiuel, . . 84 

Mrs. Mary Ward 82 

Mrs. Emerson, 82 

Widow Lucy l^arrabee, 83 

liuth (Gates) llenienway, widow ot Fbeiiezer. . . 87 

Xancy (Fuller) AAliitiicy. widow of Denjamiii. . . SS 

Mrs. Script lire, 80 

Catharine lliscock, HI 

Molly (Patterson) Hemenway, widow of Elias, . . 93 

Delilah (Rhodes) Bemis, widow of Jonathan, . . 81 

Lydia (Collester) Cummings, widow of Daniel, . 85 

Dorcas (Farnsworth) Gates, widow of Elijah, . . 87 

Eliza Knight, 86 

WiUiam ^^'hite, 87 

John Towns, 82 

Samuel Jones, 82 

Jedediah Putney, 85 

Esther (iMayuard) White, widow of William, . . 91 

Ebenezer Coburn, 81 

Zeuriah (Capron) (Converse) White, widow of 

Enoch, 81 

Abigail (Wood) Baker, -widow of Bezaleel, . . . 91 

llelief (Sawyer) llolman, widow of Esq. Charles, 90 

Betsey Carlton, 96 

Dea. Andrew Spooner, 82 

Ruth (Allen) Wilkinson, widow of David, . . . 95 

William Farrar, 81 

James Wakefield, Esq., 82 

Hannah Mason, 80 

Mary (Tayntor) Wiswall, widow of Major John, . 89 

Mrs. Howes, 84 

Aaron Buss, 85 

Rebecca (Metcalf) White, wife of Thomas, ... 81 

Sarah French, 92 

Thomas AA'hite, 82 

Widow Lydia (Richardson) Lowell, 83 

Silas Collins, . . • 81 

Major Thomas Tolman, 85 

Keziah Brooks, 81 

Joseph Carter, 83 

Nathan E. Wild, Esq., 92 

Eunice (Porter) Wild, widow of Nathan, . . . 87 ' 

Anna (Pratt) (Lawrence) WiUard, widow of Aaron, 94 

Polly (Converse) Holman, widow of Charles, . . 80 



292 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Luke Blodgett, 85 

Sally Meniam, wife of Zadock, 84 

Lois White, wife of Porter, 64 

^\'ido\v lllioda Stone, 88 

Betsey (llerrick) llussell, widow of Abiier, ... 80 

Winsor Gates, .81 

Mrs. Nancy Fairbanks, . . SO 

Zoa (Noyes) Farrar, widow of Dea. James, . . . SU 

Mo.ses Hunt, 87 

Sally (Lincoln) \\'hitcomb, widow of Dea. Simeon. 8.'> 

Lucy (Collins) Collins, widow of Artemas, . . . 8.j 

Lovisa (Con\erse) Buss, widow of John, .... 8:2 

Jonas Woodward, 84 

Jethro Coombs, 80 

Jeremiah Herrick, 80 

Hannah (Greenwood) Twitchell, 85 

Olive (Farmenter) Woodward, widow of Josiali. . SO 

Lucy Hunt, widow of Moses, S5 

Sila.s ^Vl^itcomb, so 

Sally Allison, i)l 

Caty (Woodward) Thatcher, wife of Elias, ... 91 

Elias Thatcher, 8U 

David Wilkinson, 80 

Calvin Tenney, 80 

Zadock Merriam, 87 

The following persons above eighty years of age were 
residing in town Jan, 1, 1880 : Benjamin Tilden, born in 
Marshfiekl, Mass., Dec. 14, 1785; Sally (Wright) Griihn, 
widow of the late Nathan Griffin of Nelson, born in Nelson, 
Dec. 24, 1786; Dolplms Bixby, born in Hillsborough, Jan. 
7, 1790; Sarah (Wilkinson) Davis, widow of Jonah Davis, 
born in Marlborough, Oct. 29, 1790; Samuel Allison, born in 
Dublin, March 20, 1795; Col. Cyrus Frost, born in Marl- 
borough, Sept. 25, 1795 ; Clarissa (Johnson) (Stebbins) 
Lawrence, widow of Capt. Asa Lawrence of Roxbury, born 
in Bolton, Conn., Jan. 25, 1796; l^evi Thatcher, born in 
Marlborough, Dec. 6, 1796; Caroline (Richardson) Frost, 
wife of Col. Cyrus Frost, ))()rn in Dublin, May 22, 1797; 
Al)raham (^orcy, Ixnn in Richmond, May 10, 1798; Cyrus 
Thatcher, born in iMarlborough, May 9, 1799; Permilhi 
(Porter) Gates, widow of Levi Gates, born in Marlborougli, 
June 15, 1799. 



Oct. 10, 


1871, 


Nov. 20, 


1873, 


May 3, 


1874, 


May 17, 


1874, 


Jan. -21, 


1875, 


Aug. 5, 


1875, 


Nov. 14, 


1875, 


Jan. 20, 


1870, 


March 29 


, 1870, 


Apr. 8, 


1870, 


Aug. 3, 


1870, 


Oct. ;50, 


1870, 


Nov. 2, 


1870, 


Nov. 15, 


1870, 


Jan. 9, 


1877, 


Jan. 17, 


1877, 


March 1, 


1877, 


Aug. 11, 


1877, 


Aug. 24, 


1877, 


May 4, 


1878, 


Feb. 7, 


1879, 


Feb. 8, 


1879, 


Nov. 3, 


1879, 


Nov. 4, 


1879, 


Nov. 11, 


1879, 



TOAVN OFFICERS. 293 

TOWN OFFICERS. 

1777. — Modevator, Thomas Higgs; Clerk, David Wheeler ; Selectmen, 
James Lewis, Eliphalet Stone, Ilichard Tozer. 

1778. — ]\Ioderator, Ilichard Atwell; Clerk, David Wheeler; Selectmen, 
Richard Atwell, David Wheeler, Oliver Wright. 

1779. — jNIoderator, Oliver AVright; Clerk, David Wheeler; Selectmen, 
James Lewis, David Wheeler, Oliver Wright. 

1780. — Moderator, William Barker; Clerk, Oliver Wright; Selectmen, 
William Barker, Joseph Collins, Benoni Robbins. 

1781. — ^Moderator, Jedediah Tayntor; Clerk, Oliver Wright; Selectmen, 
Oliver Wright, Samuel Sargent, Jedediah Tayntor, Samuel 
Soper, David Wheeler 

1782. — Moderator, James Brewer; Clerk, Oliver Wright; Selectmen, 
James Brewer, James Flood, Silas Fife, Ebenezer Temple, 
Daniel Cutting. 

1783. — Moderator, David Wheeler; Clerk, Oliver Wright; Selectmen, 
Reuben Ward, Phinehas Farrar, Alexander Parkman, Thomas 
Upham, Joseph Blood. 

1784.— Moderator, Datvid Wheeler; Clerk, Oliver Wright; Selectmen, 
Phinehas Farrar, Thomas Thompson, Oliver Wright. 

1785. — Moderator, Phinehas Farrar ; Clerk, James Brewer ; Selectmen, 
James Brewer, Phinehas Farrar, David Wheeler. Representa- 
tive, Alexander Parkman. 

178G. — Moderator, Oliver Wright; Clerk, Jonathan Whipple; Select- 
men, Oliver Wright, Eliphalet Stone, Abijah Tucker. 

1787. — Moderator, Oliver Wright; Clerk, Jonathan Whipple; Select- 
men, Oliver Wright, Joseph Collins, Daniel Cutting. Repre- 
sentative, Jedediah Tayntor. 

1788. — Moderator, Oliver Wright ; Clerk, Justus Perrj- ; Selectmen, 
Oliver Wright, Ebenezer Temple, Jonathan Whipple. Repre- 
sentative, Jedediah Tayntor. 

1789. — Moderator, Phinehas Farrar ; Clerk, Jonathan Whipple ; Select- 
men, Ebenezer Temple, Phinehas Farrar, Eliphalet Stone. 

1790. — Moderator, Eliphalet Stone ; Clerk, Phinehas Farrar; Selectmen, 
Silas Fife, Daniel Cutting, Moses Tucker. 

1791. — Moderator, David Wheeler; Clerk, Oliver Wright; Selectmen, 
Oliver Wright, Joseph Frost, Calvin Stone. 

1792. — Moderator, Phinehas Farrar ; Clerk, Oliver Wright ; Selectmen, 
Oliver Wright, Phinehas Farrar, Silas Fife. 

1793. — Moderator, Richard Roberts; Clerk, Ebenezer Temple; Select- 
men, Reuben Ward, Andrew Phillips, Moses Tucker. Repre- 
sentative, Phinehas Farrar. 

1794. — Moderator, Reuben Ward ; Clerk, Ebenezer Temple ; Selectmen, 
Ebenezer Temple, Jonadab Baker, Phinehas Farrar. Repre- 
sentative. I'li'nu'lias Farrar. 



204 HISTORY OF MARLBORO tTGtt. 

1705. — Aloderator, riiiuelias Farrar ; Clerk, Calvin Stone; Selectmen, 
Calvin Stone, Phinehas Farrar, Jonadab Baker. Kepresenta- 
tive, Phinehas Farrar. 

1790. — Moderator, Phinehas Farrar; Clerk. Calvin Stone; Selectmen, 
Phinehas Farrar, Hugh ]\Iason, Benjamin ^^'hitney. Repre- 
sentative, Phinehas Farrar. 

1797. — ^Moderator, Phinehas Farrar ; Clerk, Ebenezer Temple ; Select- 
men, Phinehas Farrar, Hugh Mason, Benjamin Whitney 
Kepreseutative, Phinehas Farrar. 

17!t'S. — Moderator, Hugh Mason; Clerk, Ebenezer Temple; Selectmen, 
Ebenezer Temple, Joseph Frost, David Wheeler, Phinehas 
P'arrar. Gideon Newton, llepresentative, Jedediah Ta}^ltor. 

1799. — Moderator, Phinehas Farrar; Clerk, Ebeiiezer Temple; Select- 
men, Phinehas Farrar, Joseph Frost, Ebenezer Temple. 

18UU. — Moderator, Joseph Frost; Clerk, Ebenezer Temple; Selectmen. 
Joseph Frost, Ebenezer Temple, Amos Cummings. Represen- 
tative, Phinehas Farrar. 

1801. — Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Ebenezer Temple; Selectmen, 
Ebenezer Temple, Joseph Frost, Benjamin Whitney. Repre- 
sentative, Phinehas Farrar. 

1802. — Moderator, Phinehas Farrar ; Clerk, Levi Gates ; Selectmen, 
Levi Gates, Phinehas Farrar, William Banks. Representative, 
Phinehas Farrar. 

1803. — ]\Ioderator, Phinehas Farrar; Clerk, Levi Gates; Selectmen, 
Levi Gates, Phinehas Farrar, William Banks. Representative, 
Phinehas Farrar. 

iy()4. — Moderator, Joseph Frost; Clerk, Levi Gates; Selectmen, Levi 
Gates, Phinehas Farrar, William Banks. Representative, 
Phinehas Farrar. 

1805. — Moderator, Joseph Frost ; Clerk, Benjamin Whitney; Selectmen, 
Benjamin Whitney, Phinehas Farrar, William Banks. Repre- 
sentative, Phinehas Farrar. 

1300. — Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Benjamin Whitney; Select- 
men, Benjamin Whitney, Jonathan Frost, William Banks. 
Representative, Col. Joseph Frost. 

1807. — Moderator, Col. Joseph Frost; Clerk, Benjamin Whitney; Select- 
men, Benjamin Whitney, Phinehas Farrar, Jonathan Frost. 
Representative, Phinehas Farrar. 

1808. — Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Benjamin Whitney; Select- 
men, Benjamin Whitney, Phinehas Farrar, Jonathan Frost. 
Representative, Phinehas Farrar. 

1809. — Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Benjamin Whitney; Select- 
men, Benjamin Whitney, Col. Joseph Frost, Jonathan Frost. 
Representative, Phinehas Farrar. 

1810. — Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Benjamin Whitney; Select- 
men, Benjamin Whitney, Col. Joscjdi Frost, Jonathan Frost, 
Representative, Phinehas Farrar. 



TOWN OFPrCERS. 205 

1811. — Moderator, IShubael Stone; Clerk, Levi Gates; Selectmen, Levi 
Gates, Phinehas Farrar, Maj. John Wiswall. Representative 
Phinelias Farrar. 
ISrJ.— Moderator, Hugh Mason; Clerk. Benjamin Whitney; Selectmen, 
Col. -Joseph Frost, Jonathan Frost, Caleb I'erry. Representa- 
tive, Phinehas Farrar. 
I8I0. — ^Moderator, Shiibael Stone; Ckn-k, Jonathan Frost; Selectmen, 
Jonathan Frost, Col. Joseph Frost, Daniel Cntting. Repre- 
sentative, Col. Joseph Frost. 
ISli. — Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Jonathan Frost; Selectmen, 
Jonathan Frost, Col. Joseph Frost, Maj. John Wiswall. Rep- 
resentative, Col. Joseph Frost. 
181.5. — JNIoderator, Hugh Mason; Clerk, Jonathan Frost; Selectmen, 
Maj. John Wiswall, Hugh Mason, Daniel Cutting. Repre.sen- 
tative, Phillips Sweetser. 
181G.— INIoderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk. Jonathan Frost; Selectmen, 
Jonathan Frost, Hugh Mason, Maj. John Wiswall. Represen- 
tative, Phillips Sweetser. 
1817. — Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Jonathan Frost; Selectmen, 
Jonathan Frost, Levi Gates, Hugh Mason. Representative, 
Col. Joseph Frost. 
1818. — Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Jonathan Frost; Selectmen, 
Jonathan Frost, Levi Gates, Thomas Tolman. Representative, 
Col. Joseph Frost. 
1819. — ^Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Levi Gates; Selectmen, Levi 
Gates, Thomas Tolman, Maj. John Wiswall. Representative, 
Levi Gates. . 

1820. — Moderator, Hugh ISIason ; Clerk, Levi Gates; Selectmen, Levi 
Gates, Maj. John Wiswall, Abner Boyden. Representative, 
Levi Gates. 
1821. — Moderator, Shubael Stone; Clerk, Levi Gates; Selectmen, Levi 
Gates, Abner Boyden, Maj. John Wiswall. Representative, 
Col. Joseph Frost. 
1822. — ^Moderator, Oliver Boyden; Clerk, Abner Boyden; Selectmen, 
Abner Boyden, Hugh Mason, Charles Holman. Representa- 
tive, Col. Joseph Frost. 
1823. — ^loderator, Hugh Mason; Clerk, Abner Boyden; Selectmen, 
Abner Boyden, Hugh Mason, Charles Holman. Representa- 
tive, Levi Gates. 
182i.— :Moderator, Col. Joseph Frost; Clerk, Abner Boyden ; Selectmen, 
Abner Boyden, Charles Hohnan, Samuel Gage. Representa- 
tive, Col. Joseph Frost. 
1825. — Moderator, Jesse Stone; Clerk, Abner Boyden; Selectmen, Abner 
Boyden, Charles Holman, Levi Gates, Jr. Representative, 
Joseph Frost, 



296 HISTORY OF ISrARLBOROUGH. 

1826. — Moderator, Jolm Wiswall ; Clerk, Asa Frost; Selectmen, Asa 
Frost, Abner Boycleii, .Toliii Wiswall. Rein-oseutative, Col. 
Joseph Frost. ^ 

1827. — Moderator, Joseph Fi-ost, Jr. ; Clerk, Abner Boyden; Selectmen, 
Abner Boj'den, Charles Hohnan, Levi Gates, Jr. llepresenta- 
tive, Joye]ih P'rost. 

1828. — Moderator, Joseph Frost, Jr. ; Clerk, Abner Boyden ; Selectmen, 
Abner Boyden, Levi Gates, Jr., Amos Sargent. Representa- 
tive, Joseph Frost. 

1829. — Moderator, Joseph Frost, Jr. ; Clerk, Abner Boyden ; Selectmen, 
Abner Boyden, Levi Gates, Jr., Amos Sargent. Representative, 
Col. Joseph Frost. 

1830. — Moderator, Jonah Davis ; Clerk, Levi Gates, Jr. ; Selectmen, Levi 
Gates, Jr., Abner Boyden, Eber I'ennejf. Representative, 
Abner Boyden. 

1831. — Moderator, Jonah Davis; Clerk, Levi Gates, Jr.; Selectmen, Levi 
Gates, Jr., Abner Boyden, Amos Sargent. Rejn-esentative, 
Abner Boyden. 

1832. — Moderator, Charles Hohnan, Jr. ; Clerk, Abner Boyden ; Select- 
men, Abner Boj^den, Levi Gates, Amos Sargent. Representa- 
tive, Levi Gates. 

1S33. — Moderator, William Tenney; Clerk, Abner Boyden; Selectmen, 
Abner Boyden, Daniel Emerson, Charles Holman. Represen- 
tative, Benjamin Whitney, Jr. 

1834. — Moderator, Jonah Davis; Clerk, Aluier IJoydeii; Selectmen, 
Daniel, Emerson, Benjamin Whitney, Jr., Asa Frost. Repre- 
sentative, Benjamin Whitney, Jr. 

1835. — INIoderator, Jonah Davis; Clerk, Abner Boyden; Selectmen, 
Benjamin AVhitney, Jr., Samuel Jones, Amos Sargent. Repre- 
sentative, Benjamin A^^litney, Jr. 

1836. — Moderator, Jonah Davis ; Clerk, Abner Boyden ; Selectmen, 
Cyrus Frost, Levi W. Porter, Amos Sargent. Representative, 
Cyrus Frost. 

1837. — ^loderator, Jonah Davis; Clerk, Abner Boyden; Selectmen, 
Charles Ilolman, Jr., Benjamin Whitney, Jr., Levi W. Porter. 
Reinx'sentative, Charles Ilolman, Jr. 

1838. — Moderator, John Wiswall ; Clerk, Cyrus Frost ; Selectmen, 
Benjamin Whitney, Jr., Charles Ilolman, Jr., Jeremiah Iler- 
rick. Representative, Charles Holman, Jv. 

1839. — Moderator, John Wi.swall; Clerk, William Boyden; Selectmen, 
Benjamin ^Vhitney, Jr., Jeremiah Ilerrick, Le\i W. Porter. 
Representative, Benjamin Whitney, Jr. 

1840. — INIoderator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, David AN'ilkinson, Jr., Se- 
lectmen, Benjamin Whitney, Jr., Jeremiah Ilerrick, Levi W. 
fOYttiv. Representiitive, James BatcheUer. 



TOWN OFFICERS. 207 

ISll. — Modorator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, William Boyden ; Selectmen, 
Jeremiah Ilerriek, Levi W. Torter, ^mos Ciimmings, Jr. Rep- 
resentative, James Batcheller. 

1S1"2. — Moderator, Nelson Converse ; Clerk, William Boyden ; Selectmen, 
Amos Cummings, Jr., Levi W. Porter, Joseph Cummings. 
Representative, Amos Cummings, Jr. 

1813. — Moderator, Nelson Converse ; Clerk, William Boyden ; Selectmen, 
Amos Cmiimings, Jr., Levi W. Porter, Joseph Cumnungs. 
Representative, Amos Ciimmings, Jr. 

1811.— Moderator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, William Boyden ; Selectmen, 
Amos Cummings, Benjamin Whitney, Jaii-us Collins. Repre- 
sentative, Amos Cummings. 

1815. — ^Moderator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, William Boyden; Select- 
men, Levi AV. Porter, Jeremiah Ilerriek, Nelson Converse. 
Representative, James Batcheller. 

1816. — Moderator, Nelson Converse ; Clerk, William Boyden ; Select- 
men, Levi W. Porter, Nelson Converse, Eli Doi-t. Representa- 
tive, None. ' 

1847. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden; Clerk, Jairus Collins; Selectmen 
Levi W. Porter, Nelson Converse, Jairus Collins. Representa- 
tive, Levi W. Porter. 

1818. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden; Clerk, William Boyden ; Selectmen, 
Levi W. Portei", Merrill Mason, George A. Nutting. Repre- 
sentative, Levi W. Porter. 

1819. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden; Clerk, William Boyden; Selectmen, 
Levi AV. Porter, Merrill Mason, Eli Dort. Representative, 
Levi W. Porter. 

1850. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden; Clerk, William Boyden; Selectmen, 
Merrill Mason, Eli Dort, Samuel Allison ; Representative, Asa 
Maynard. 

1851. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden; Clerk, AA^illi am Boyden; Selectmen, 
Benjamin AVhitney, Jr., Jeremiah Hei-rick, Samuel Allison ; 
Representative, Benjamin AA^hitney, Jr. 

1852. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden; Clerk, AVilli am Boyden; Selectmen, 
Benjamin AVliitney, Jr., Jeremiah Herrick, Asa Greenwood. 
Representative, Benjamin AA^hitney, eTr. 

1853. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden; Clerk, William Boyden; Selectmen, 
Jeremiah Herrick, Asa Maynard, ,>«iirus Collins; Representa- 
tive, Asa Maynard. 

1851. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden ; Clerk, William Boyden; Selectmen, 
Asa Maynard, Jairus Collins, Menill Mason ; Representative, 
Asa Maynard. 

1855. — Moderator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, AVilliam Boyden: Select- 
men, Asa Maynard, Jairus Collins, Emery Cudworth ; Repre- 
sentative, Nelson Converse. 

40 



298 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

1856. — Moderator, Elijah Boydeii; Clerk, William Boydeu; Selectmen, 
"William Boyden, William Teuiiey, 2d, Emery Cudworth. 
Representative, 'William Boyden. * 

1857. — Moderator, Edwin DaA'is; Clerk, Jairus Collins; Selectmen, 
Jairus Collins, Phinehas Gleason, Amos B. Tenney. Repre- 
sentative, Jeremiah Ilerrick. 

1858. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden; Clerk, Elisha O. Woodward; Select- 
men, Henry C. Tenney, Phinelias Gleason, Amos A. ]Mason. 
Representative, Jeremiah Ilerrick. 

1859. — Moderator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, Elislia O. A\'oodward ; Se- 
lectmen, Henry C. Tenney," Amos A. ^lason, Emery Cudworth. 
Representative, Charles Gilbert. 

1860. — Moderator, Elijah Boyden; Clerk, Elisha O.Woodward; Select- 
men, Henry C. Tenney, Amos A. ^Nlason, Elias Hardy. Repre- 
sentative, Charles Gilbert. 

1861. — Moderator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, Elisha (). AV'oodward ; Se- 
lectmen, Amos A. Mason, William W. Greenwood, Charles K. 
Mason. Representative,* Charles K. jMason. 

1862. — Moderator, Samnel A. Richardson ; Clerk, Elisha (). Woodward : 
Selectmen, Amos A. Mason, William W. Greenwood, Georgv 
A. Porter. Representative, Charles K. ^lason. 

1863. — ]\Ioderator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, Elisha (). ^^'oodward; Se- 
lectmen, Amos A. Mason, George A. I'orter, Cyrus S. Moors. 
Representative, Amos A. Mason. 

186i. — Moderator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, Elish;i (). Woo<lward; Se- 
lectmen, Amos A. Mason, George A. Porter, Cyrus S. j\Ioors. 
Representative, Amos A. ^Mason. 

1865. — Moderator, Nelson Converse; Clerk, Elisha O. Woodward; Se- 
lectmen, Amos A. Mason, George A. Porter, Elias Hardy. 
Representative, William M. Nason. 

1866. — Moderator, Benjamin Whitnejs Clerk, Elisha O. Woodward: 
Selectmen, George A. Porter, Elias Hardy, George E. ]\Iasou. 
Representative, William M. Nason. 

18<i7. — ^loderator, Charles K.Mason; Clerk, Elislia (). \\'(j0(l\vard ; Se- 
lectmen, Amos A. Mason, Josiah L. Sargent. Solon "W. Stone. 
Representative, Daniel W. Tenney. 

1868. — Moderator, Charles K.Mason; Clerk, Elisha O.Woodward; Se- 
lectmen, Amos A. Mason, Solon AV. .Stone, Elias Hanly. Kep- 
I'esentative, Daniel W. Tenney. 

1869. — Moderator, Charles K. Masoii ; Clerk, Elisha O.Woodward; Se- 
lectmen, Jaims Collins, Levi A. FuUei-, Josiali W. Lawrence. 
Representative, Jairus Collins. 



- William Hoyden died March 30, and at a legal meeting, held April 16, Jairus 
Collins was chosen Town Clerk and first Selectman; and Nelson Converse, Kepresen- 
tative, 



TOWN OFFICERS. 299 

1870. — jMoclerator, Charles K. Mason; Clerk, Elislia O. Woodward; Se- 
lectmen, Jairus Collins, Levi A. Fuller, Josiali W. Lawrence. 
Representative, Jairus Collins. 

LS7L — i\loderator, Cyius S. Moors ; Clerk, Elisha O. Woodward; Select- 
men, Jairus Collins, Levi A. Fuller, Josiah W. Lawrence. Rep- 
resentative, Deming S. Dexter. 

l'"^?"-'. — jNloderator, Charles Iv. Mason; Clerk, Elisha 0. Woodward; Se- 
lectmen, Levi A. Fuller, Josiah W. Lawrence, Amos A. Mason. 
Representative, Deming S. Dextei\ 

187;!. — ]\loderator, Charles K. Mason; Clerk, Elisha O. Woodward; Se- 
lectmen, Amos A. Mason, Josiah AV. Lawrence, Mowry A. 
Thompson.* Representative, Levi A. Fidler. 

1874. — Moderator, Charles K. Mason; Clerk, Elisha O. Woodward; Se- 
lectmen, Amos A. Mason, Josiah W. Lawrence, Mowry A. 
Thompson. Representative, Levi A. Fidler. 

187.3. — Moderator, Charles K. Mason; Clerk, George G. Davis; Select- 
men, Amos A. Mason, Josiah W. Lawrence, Mow'ry A. Thomp- 
son. Representative, Jedediah T. Collins. 

1870. — Moderator, Charles K. Mason; Clerk, George G.Davis; Select- 
men, Josiah W. Lawrence, Mowry A. Thompson, Levi A. 
FuUer. Representative, Jedediah T. Collins. 

1877. — Moderator, Charles K. Mason ; Clerk, George G. Davis ; Select- 
men, Levi A. Fuller, Luther Hemeuway, Daniel W. Tenney. 
Representative, Franklin R. Tlnrrston. 

1878. — Moderator, Charles K. Mason; Clerk, George G.Davis; Select- 
men, Luther Hemenway, Daniel AN'. Tenney, Jedediah K. 
Southwick. Representative, Franklin R. Thm'ston. 

1879. — Moderator,' Charles K, Mason; Clerk, George G. Davis; Select- 
men, Amos A. Mason, Jedediah K. Southwick, Luther Hemen- 
w-ay. Representative, George G. Davis. 

Since the incorporation of the to^ylr, the following per- 
sons have served as treasurer : — 

James Lewis, 1778. 

Silas Fife, 1779, '88, '89. 

Oliver Wright, 1780. 

James Brewer, 1781, '82. 

James Flood, 1783, '84, '85, '80, '87. 

Abijah Tucker, 1790, '91, '92, '93, '94, '95. 

Jedediah Tayntor, 1790, '97, '98, '99, 1800. 

Jonathan Frost, 1801, '02. 

Amos Cimimings, 1803. 

Jonadab Baker, 1804, '05, '00, '07. 

Hugh Mason, 1808. 



300 



HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



Levi Gates, 
Dauiel Cutting, 
Benjamin Whitney, 
Col. Joseph Frost, 
Elijah Collins, 
Joseph Frost, Jr., 
Jonah Davis, 
Abner Boy den, 
William Tenney, 
Charles Holman, 
Stillman Buss, 
Amos B. Tenney, 
Asa Maynard, 
Henry C. Tenney, 
Elislia (). Woodward, 

George G. Davis, 



1809, '10, '15. 

1811. 

1812, '13, '11, 19, '20, '21, '22. 

181G, '17, '18. 

1823, '24, '25. 

182(J, '27, '28, '29. 

1830, '36, '37, '38, '39. 

1831, '32, '34. 
1833. 

1835. 

1840, '41, '42, '43, '44, '45, '46. 

1847. 

1848, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57. 

1858. 

1859, '60, '61, '62, '63, '04, '65, '66, '07, '68, '09, 

'70, '71, '72, '73, '74. 
1875, '76, '77, '78, '79. 



VOTES FOR GOVERNOR. 





Governor. 


Votes. 




Governor. 


J 'otes. 


1784, 


Meshech Weare, . 


21 


1804, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


141 


1785, 


No record of the vote 






John Langdon, . . 


10 


1787, 


John Langdon, . . 


50 


1805, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


152 




Jonn Sullivan, . . 


3 




John Langdon, . . 


36 


i';iS8, 


John Langdon, . . 


17 


1806, 


John Langdon, . . 


54 


1789, 


John Sullivan, . . 


10 




Oliver Peabody, 


41 




Scattering, . . . 


• 5 




Timotliy Farrar, . 


13 


1790, 


John Pickering, 


20 




John Taylor Oilman, 


8 


1791, 


Josiah Bartlett, 


25 




Jeremiah Smith, . 


3 


1792, 


Josiah Btirtlett, 


19 




John Goddard, . . 


1 


1793, 


Josiah Bartlett, 


27 


1807, 


John Taylor Gilman, 


41 




John Taylor Oilman, 


14 




John Langdon, . > 


28 


1794, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


66 




Jeremiah Smith, . 


21 


1795, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


49 




John Goddard, . . 


1 


1790, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


40 


1808, 


Jeremiah Smith, . 


35 


1797, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


45 




John Langdon, . . 


27 


1798, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


53 




John Taylor Oilman. 


24 




Scattering, . . . 


1 


1809, 


Jeremiah Smith, . 


147 


1799, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


43 




John Langdon, . . 


10 


1800, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


48 




John Goddard, . . 


1 


1801, 


John Taylor Gilman, 


140 


1810, 


Jeremiah Smith. . 


142 


1S02, 


John Taylor Gilman, 


147 




John Langdon, . . 


20 


1803, 


John Taylor Oilman, 


143 


1811, 


Jeremiah Smith, . 


131 



VOTES FOR GOVERNOR 



301 





Governor. 


; otes. 




Oovemor. 


/ otes. 


1811, 


John Langdoii, . . 


29 


1831, 


Ichabod Bartlett, . 


121 


181-, 


John Taylor Giliuan, 


. 130 




Sanmel Dinsmore, . 


. 30 




William riuuier, . 


31 




Scattering, '. . . 


2 


181;}, 


Julni Taylor Giliiiau, 


. lis 


1832, 


Samuel Dinsmore, . 


45 




William i'lumer, . 


13 




Ichabod Bartlett, . 


79 


181-1, 


Juliii Taylor Gilman, 


187 




Scattering, . . . 


1 




A\'illiam I'hmier, . 


15 


1833, 


Samuel Dinsmore, . 


50 


1815, 


John Taylor Gilmau, 


172 




Scattering, . . . 


1 




William i'lumer, . 


2i 


1834, 


William Badger, . 


. 40 


1810, 


Jame.s Sheai'e, . . 


118 


1835, 


<Joseph ilealy, . . 


84 




AVilliam i'lumer, . 


32 




William Badger, . 


50 


1817, 


Jeremiah Mason, . 


112 


1830, 


George Sullivan, . 


90 




AN'illiam i'lumer, . 


32 




Isaac ilill, . . . 


49 




Josiah Bartlett, 


2 


1837, 


Isaac iiill, . . . 


37 


1818, 


Jeremiah Mason, . 


85 


1838, 


James Willson, Jr., 


133 




^^'illiam i'lumer, . 


39 




Isaac Hill, . . . 


41 


1819, 


AVilliam Hale, . . 


92 


1839, 


James Willson, . . 


125 




Samuel Bell, . . . 


28 




John Page, . . . 


57 


1820, 


Samuel Bell, . . 


94 


1840, 


Enos Stephens, . . 


121 




Jeremiah Mason, . 


9 




John Page, . . . 


57 


1821, 


Samuel Bell, . . . 


113 




Scattering, . . . 


i 




Jeremiah Mason, . 


12 


1841, 


Enos Stevens, . . 


102 


1822, 


Samuel Bell, . 


126 




John Page, . . . 


ijo 




Jeremiah Smith, . 


4 




Daniel Hoit, . . . 


14 




Timothy Farrar, . 


i 


1845, 


Daniel Hoit, . . 


27 


1823, 


Levi Woodbury, . 


133 




John ii. White, 


31 




Samuel Dinsmore, . 


5 




Henry Hubbard, . 


51 


1824, 


Levi Woodbm'y, 


112 


1843, 


Antlijony Colby, 


81 




Jeremiah Smith, . . 


18 




Henry Hubbard, . 


42 


1825, 


David L. Morril, . . 


121 




Daniel Hoit, . . 


15 




Scattering, . . . 


2 


1844, 


Anthony Colby, 


80 


1820, 


David L. Morril, . 


84 




John H. Steele, 


40 




Benjamin Pierce, . 


18 




Daniel Hoit, . . 


21 




Scatteiing, . . . 


1 




Scattering, . . . 


1 


1827, 


David L. Morril, . 


73 


I8i5, 


Anthony Colby, 


05 




Benjamin i'ierce, . 


25 




John H. Steele, 


29 




Jeremiah Mason, . 


4 




Daniel Hoit, . . 


17 


1828, 


John Bell, . . . 


124 




Scattering, . . . 


1 




Benjamin Pierce, . 


2 


1840, 


Anthony Colby, 


09 


1829, 


John Bell, . . . 


106 




Jared W. Williams. 


44 




Benjamin I'ierce, . 


24 




Xathaniel S. Berry, 


28 


1830, 


Timothy Upham, . 


94 


1847, 


Jared W. Williams, 


44 




Matthew ilarvey, . 


48 




Nathaniel S. Berry, . 


28 




Scattering, . . . 


2 




Anthony Colby, 


88 



302 



HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 





Governor. 


Votes. 




1818. 


Jared W. VViUiuius. 


47 


1862, 




Xatliuniel S. Berry, 


108 






Anthony Colby, 


8 


1863, 


1849, 


Levi Chamberlain. 


71 






Samuel Dinsmore, 


42 






Natlianiel S. Berry. 


42 


1864, 


1850, 


Xatlianiel S. Berry. 


43 






Samuel Dinsmore. 


49 


18(>5, 




Levi Cliamberlain, 


87 




1851, 


Samuel Dinsmore, 


40 


1800, 




John Atwood, . . 


60 






Tliomas E. Sawyer. 


79 


1867, 




Scattering, . . . 


1 




1852. 


Xoali Martin. . . 


52 






John Atwood, . . 


60 


1868, 




Tliomas E. Sawyer, 


83 




1853, 


Xoah Martin, . . 


44 


1809, 




Jolui H. White, . 


56 






James Bell, . . . 


72 


1870, 


1854, 


Xatlianiel B. Balcer, 


35 






Jared Perkins, . . 


74 


1871, 




James Bell, . . . 


52 




1855, 


James Bell, . . . 


2 


1872, 




Asa Fowler, . . . 


7 






X'athaniel B. Baker, 


•40 


1873, 




llalpli ]\letcalt', . . 


159 




185G, 


Ralph Metcalf, . . 


152 






John S. Wells, . . 


51 


1874, 




Scattering, . . . 


1 




1857, 


William Haile. . . 


161 


1875, 




John S. Wells, . . 


31 






Scattering, . . . 


1 




1858, 


Asa P. Cate, . . . 


38 


1870, 




William Haile, . . 


108 




1859, 


Ichabod Goodwin. . 


100 






Asa P. Cate, . . . 


36 


1877, 


1800, 


Ichabod Goodwin. . 


170 






Asa P. Gate, . . . 


38 




1861, 


Xatlianiel S. Berry, 


152 


1878, 




George Stark, . . 


32 





Governor. Votes. 

X\athaniel S. Berry, . 151 
George Stark, ... 26 
Joseph A. Gilmore, . 144 
Ira A. Eastman, . . 38 

Scattering 1 

Joseph A. Gilmore, . 162 
Edward \V. Harrington, 34 
Frederick Smith, . . 157 
Edward W. Harrington, 27 



Frederick Smith, . 
John G. Sinclair, . 
Walter Harriman. . 
John G. Sinclair, . 
Scattering, . . . 
Walter Harriman, . 
John G. Sinclair, . 
Onslow Steams, 
John Bedel, . . 
Onslow Stearns, 
Joliii Bedel, . . 
James Pike, . . . 
James A. Weston, . 
Ezekiel A. Straw, . 
James A. Westou, . 
Ezekiel A. Straw, . 
James A. Weston. . 
Scattering, ... 
Luther McCutcliins, 
James A. Westou, . 
Person C. Cheney, . 
Hiram K. Roberts, 
Scattering, ... 
Person C. Cheney. . ' 
Daniel Marcy, . . 
Scattering, ... 
Benjamin F. Prescott 
Daniel Marcy, . . 
Scattering, ... 
Benjamin F. Prescott 
Frank A. McKean, 



100 

31 
163 

30 

1 

196 

37 
186 

33 
186 

28 
211 

43 
237 

45 
210 

43 

3 

222 

54 
252 

59 

1 

252 

49 

2 

257 

50 

1 

233 

52 



The small number of votes cast for many years after the 
adoption of a State Constitution was probably owing to the 
fact that the polls were not kept open through the day 



REMARKABLE EVENTS. 303 

as at present, and tliose wlio were not present at the time 
tlie votes were called for had no opportunity to cast their 
ballot. 

Mrs. Miriam NeAvton, wife of Luther Newton, kept for 
more tlian sixty years a diar}^ in which she made a record 
of remarkable events, — the weather, l)irtlis, marriages, and 
deaths of the town's people, or any noted persons she had 
read or heard of. This diary, which is now in the posses- 
sion of her daughter, Miss Nancy Newton of Troy, has been 
of great value to the compiler in the preparation of these 
pages. The following extracts from this manuscript may 
not prove uninteresting to the reader : — 

" Uncommon darkness in New England, ^lay 19, 1780, — 
so dark at mid-da}^ candles were lighted, the night equally 
dark." 

"A remarkable thunder-storm, Oct. 31, 1783." 

"March 23, 1785, Rev. Mr. Packard was ordained at 
Marll)orougli, Mass. The. snow was so deep and hard that 
people went with horses and sleighs over walls and fences, 
aca'ost lots anywhere. It did not thaw any all day." 

" An uncommon whirlwind in Southborough, Mass., Aug. 
15, 1787. And several others in diverse places. Some 
buildings burnt by lightning, while others were torn to 
})ieces by the wind. A very remarkable day through almost 
all the New England States." 

" A remarkaljle wind, Aug. 19, 1788, blowing from south- 
east, then from south-west. It turned up a great many 
trees, and killed cattle, damaged fields, etc." 

"A great frost. May 17, 1794." 

"A remarkable wind with snow, Oct. 9, 1801." 

''A very extraordinary snow-storm and terrible wind, 
March 31, 1807." 

"A remarkable north-west wind, and extreme cold day, 
Jan. 12, 1810." 

"Sept. 23, 1815, a dreadful gale of wind tlu'oughout New 
England, in which many lives were lost, and the destruction 
of property in buildings, ships, merchandise, timber, and 
wood were beyond all calculation," 



304 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

"■ June, 1810, iToiii the 5tli to the 12th very cokl, the 
groiuul froze every niglit, some snow fell the 6th day." 

'^ Sept. 27, 1816, a hard frost that killed all the com." 

"Jan. IT, 1817, a remarkable thunder-storm and some 
snow. The meeting-house in Fitzwilliam ))urnt by light- 
ning." 

"March 1 and 2, 1818, remarkable rainy days that caused 
a great freshet." 

"Aug. 1, 1819, a severe thunder-storm, the 2d day very 
heavy showers with tremendous lightning, that struck a 
great many buildings." 

" Aug. 28, 1826, a great freshet. It carried off almost all 
the bridges, broke dams, and damaged the roads greatly." 

" March 12, 1832, a severe thunder-storm, a barn burned 
by lightning in Jaffrey." 

"Nov. 13, 1833, a remarkable streaming of the stars in all 
directions." 

"Nov. 17, 1835, uncommon brilliant northern lights." 

" Jan. 25, 1837, great northern lights, very red." 

The dark day alluded to in Mrs. Newton's diary was one 
ever to be rememljered in the history of New England. 
The morning was clear and bright. About nine o'clock, a 
thick, black cloud was seen rising in the west, which soon 
spread over the whole sky. The cows came from the past- 
ures, the fowls went to roost, and the birds Hew to their 
nests the same as at night. At noon, the darkness was so 
great that lighted candles were placed upon the dinner- 
tables. The night was much darker than the day, and is 
described as being like that of Egypt, "a darkness that 
could be felt." Elias Plemenway, who was j)loughing on 
tliat day, was obliged to put up his cattle bel'ore noon, as 
the darkness was so intense that he could not see to plough 
a straight furrow. Thaddeus Hastings left liome in the 
morning, and on his return got lost, and was ol)lige(l to lie 
in the woods all night. (Others met with a simihir experi- 
ence, and the "Dark Day" was ever a subject of frequent 
remark by the last generation. 



TA IT I'KIMSM. 305 



PAUPERISM. 



Tlie town has at times been subjected to great expense 
in assisting the needy. In the early days of its history, the 
custom of warning new-comers out of town, with a view to 
prevent tlieir accpiiring a legal settlement, was practised to 
a considerable extent. The following extract from the rec- 
ords will serve to illustrate the legal process by which this 
was accomplished : — 

State of Xew IIampsiiiuk. ^ To Mr. RicitAiii) Tozar, 

CnivSHiRE, ss. \ Conxlahle of Marlborough. 

You are hereby Required in the Xame of the government and people 
of said State forthwitli to notify and warn James Brook, and his wife 
Elizalieth Brook, Drucilla Brook, mary Brook, Hannah Brook, Sibel 
Brook, Esther Brook, Rebecca Brook, whose Last place of a Bode Sherly 
in the State of the masachusets Bay to Depart and leave this Town 
within the space of fourteen Days as the Law Directs. 

Hereof Fail not and make a Return of your Doings herein to us as 
soon as may Be, given under our hands and seal this third Day of March 
1779. 

Lieut. OLIVER WRIGHT, ^ Selectmen 
Mr. RICHARD ATWELL, \ of 

DAVID WHEELER, J Marlborough. 

In obedience to the within warrant I notified and warned all the 
within named to Depart and Leave this town as the Law Directs. 

Mr. RICHARD TOZAR, "" 

Constahle. 

Warrants like this were served at first on all indiscrimi- 
nately, without regard to their condition in life or their abil- 
ity to support themselves. Thus we find on the list several 
who subsec^uently became men of inliuence, and were found 
among the heaviest tax-payers. Even Dr. David Carter 
who settled here in 1795, received this inhospitable welcome 
from the hands of Shubael Stone, constable, costing the town 
the sum of twenty-three cents. The vote in 1780, to "warn 
all out of the town for the futer who are not inhabitants,"' 
seems to have been complied with to the letter, if we are to 
take as evidence the great multiplicity of these warrants in 
this and the following years. These have not been without 

41 



306 HISTOllY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

use to the comjDiler, as the dates have been the means of 
ascertaining the progress of the settlements in town, and 
generally contain the names of the towns from whicli these 
persons removed. 

Previous to 1778, we have no evidence that the authori- 
ties were called upon to render aid to any individual. If 
there were any needy persoiis prior to this, they were either 
provided for at private expense or conveyed back to the 
towns from whence they came. 

In the warrant for the annual meeting in March of that 
year, there was an article which reads as follows : — 

"to see if the town Will make provision for support Mrs. 
Rebecca Webber, according to the request of Mr. Benne- 
dick Webber." The town voted, " not to maintain Mr. 
Benuedick Webber's Mother as one of the Poor of this 
town at present," 

In 1789, Oliver Wright presented an account of two 
shillings and sixpence for " time spent about Bethiah New- 
ton and mother being brought and llung on the town." 
For the next two years, the name of Bethiah Newton figures 
conspicuously on the records. The accounts of several 
different physicians for visits and medicine show her to 
have been during this time an invalid ; and those of Daniel 
Lawrence and others for wood and provisions seem to indi- 
cate that she lived by herself instead of being let to the 
lowest bidder, as was not unfrequently the case in such 
instances, in the early history of New England townships. 
The last we hear of her was in August, 1791, Avhen the 
town voted to allow Ebenezer Rhodes four sliillings and 
sixpence "for a petticoat that he let Betliiali Xewlon Jiave 
when she left town." 

For many years, tlie support ol" tlie poor was let to the 
lowest bidder. Subse({uently, all the poor were supi)ortcd 
by one person, in accordance with a contract made witli the 
town. But, as the number of paupers increased, it was 
thought Ijest for the town to purchase a farm, which Avas 
carried into effect in 1838. 
. Tho farm purchased was the Barker phiee, adjoining the 



ABATEMENT OF TAXES. 307 

farm of George A. Nutting. It was previously owned by 
Asa Jiaker, aiul was purchased of him for the sum of twelve 
hundred dollars. Here, under the direction of an^ agent 
eniploj-ed by the town, the poor were well cared for ; but, 
after a triul of some seven years, it proved to be an unprofi- 
table investment for the town, and the farm was sold. 
Since that, those persons claiming assistance from the town 
have been boarded in private families, or at the County 
Alms-house. 

ABATEMENT OF TAXES. 

Previous to the commencement of the present century, 
laws were enacted giving towns the right to abate the taxes 
of any person who should request it, provided sufficient 
reason for such abatement be given. Consequently, in the 
warrant for the annual meeting of each year, there was an 
article, " to see if the town will abate any person's rates.'' 
Then, as well as now, there were many transient people in 
town, who would remain only long enough to have their 
names placed on the tax-list, and then leave without paying 
their respective rates ; and the collectors, despairing of ever 
collecting the same, would petition for their abatement, and, 
this being brought before the towai, they would generally 
comply with their request, and the collectors would no 
longer be responsible for the same. 

There were many poor men, the income of whose land 
was hardly sufficient to support the large family dependent 
on them, and, money being very scarce, would find it at the 
year's end impossible to pay the tax assessed against them. 
Such men would avail themselves of the privilege proffered, 
and ask for an abatement of their taxes ; and, in justice to 
those belonging to the more wealthy class of that day, we 
would say that the prayer of such petitioners was generally 
granted. 

There was also another class of individuals who sought 
to avail themselves' of this privilege, who were not always so 
successful. They were those who did not make hard work 
a specialty, and who, had they been industrious like their 



308 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

neighbors, would luive been abuiuluully able to pay their 
taxes. To this class, if we may believe tradition, belonged 
Asa Metcalf. Being naturally an indolent fellow,* and 
choosing to hunt and fish ratlier than till the soil, or work 
for such of his neighbors as would have been willing to give 
him employment, he sought to pay his taxes in this wa}^ 
At length, the town, having complied several times with 
his request, and thinking perhaps to rid themselves of all 
such petitions from him in the future, passed the following 
vote: "Voted to Abate mr. Asa Metcalfs Hates upon con- 
dition he Avill Leave this town and Not truble it any more ; 
also, voted not to Rate him this year." As he did not leave 
the town, but continued to reside therein until his death, 
more than thirty years thereafter, is sufficient proof that his 
taxes were not abated. 

\VILD ANIMALS. 

The early settlers of Marlborough w^re much troubled 
by the invasion of wild animals ; the most troublesome of 
which were the bear, wolf, and catamount. Many anec- 
dotes of the warfare carried on with these ferocious beasts 
have been handed down to us ; some of which we will nar- 
rate. In many instances, these animals were taken in traps, 
the most of which were made of wood, and called log traps, 
being constructed similar to the modern mink-trap now in 
use. Steel traps were, however, sometimes used, being 
more easily set than the former. 

It is related that at one time Joel Porter was much 
troubled b}^ the depredations of a large bear. He tried 
various ways to get rid of the animal, Init without success. 
Not knowing how to make a log trap, he applied to Mr. 
Jonathan Bemis for assistance, at the same time offering to 
give him five copijers^ if he would go and help set a log trap. 

*The writer b;is seen a copy of a return made to the State of the number of 
paupers in town, and the reason wliy they could not support themselves. Among 
the number is mentioned " Mr. Asa Metcalf, the reason why be cannot support him. 
self is that lie lias always been an idle and indolent follow." 



WILD ANIMALS. 309 

Mr. Bemis accepted llic dl't'cr, and set the lra|i. Iiaitiiig it 
Milli a large piece of meat. Having Aviili tlicm ]ii()rt' meat 
than was necessary for bait, tlie remainder they hung in 
a tree near by. The ncixt morning Mr. Porter visited the 
trap, and round it sprung, the bait gone, as was also that 
which Avas hung in the tree. Finding that bruin had once 
more eluded his eiforts, Mr. Porter, not easily discouraged, 
again baited tlie trap, and on a second visit fuuiid lie was 
rewarded by a hirge bear, ^^'hich weighed four liundred 
pounds, when dressed. 

About 1794, a couple of hunters started a large bear in 
the town of Swanzey. Their dogs following him at a brisk 
rate into Marlborough ; he finally turned his course toward 
the Monadnock, and, getting tired, stopped and set himself 
down Avith his back against a tree ; so that the dogs, when 
tliey should come up, could not get in his rear. When the 
dogs came up, a severe hght followed, in wiiich one was 
killed before the hunters reached them.' On their appear- 
ance, the bear darted off before they could despatch him ; 
and, night coming on, they called off their dogs, and put up 
for the night at Bezaleel Baker's. Benjamin Dole who then 
lived on the Phinehas Farrar place, near the foot of the 
mountain, — and who, by the way, was quite a noted 
hunter, — found that niglit what course the bear had taken, 
^\■ent home and made preparations for an earl}- start the 
next morning, hoping to secure the bear before the hunters 
shoidd get upon his track. He chai'ged his gun for the pur- 
pose, and, soon as he could see in the morning, started off 
into the forest toward the place where he supposed bruin 
had hid himself from his pursuers. Some three inches of 
light snow had fallen during the night. As he was jogging 
along, and before he had begun to look for his game, he of 
a sudden came upon him. The bear was completely covered 
with snow, and the man Avas almost upon him before he 
knew it. Bruin, thus suddenly disturbed, sprang up, shook 
off the snow, and hastily pressed his way toward the moun- 
tain. His enemy was too much frightened to level and dis- 
charge his gun, and the bear escaped. Mr. Dole, who had 



310 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

taken 8u niiicli pains to t-apLuru him, tlid not hear tJie last of 
his bold adventure lor numy years. 

When the country was new, the settlers who wished to 
keep their sheep secure from wild animals were obliged to 
have a fold made wolf-proof, where they yarded them during 
the summer. Daniel Cutting, Sen., had a yard, the fence of 
which was some six or seven feet high, so tliat he thought 
Jio bear or wolf could get over it. In this his sheep were 
secured every night. On going to the yard one morning, 
they found the fattest sheep in the flock missing ; and, on 
examining the fence, they discovered where a bear had 
raked the logs with his claws, which told plainly that bruin 
had scaled the fence, secured the best sheep in the flock, and 
taken what is called " French leave.'" A couple of hunters 
with two or three dogs were immediately put upon the 
track, and, after following some two nules, overtot)k, and 
despatched him. 

When the road from Keene to Boston led by Mr. Asa 
Porter's, where Fuller Clark now resides, a teamster came 
along one day, and informed Mr. Porter that a bear and 
two cubs had just crossed the road between his house and 
the " Brandy Brook," so called. Mr. Porter took his axe, 
and started off, saying, as he did so, " I will have one of the 
cubs." He went into the woods, as he was directed and, 
soon came upon one of the cubs, which he immediately 
secured ; but the cub set up a bitter cry, which brought old 
bruin to the spot, so enraged that Mr. l*orter dropped the 
cub, and, Ihiidving he was on the point of being torn in 
pieces, backed up against a tree, and by swinging his axe 
kept the bear from springing upon him. lie was too much 
frightened to scream, but made a noise as though he was in 
distress, which brought to the spot Mr. Ebenezer Jenne, 
who was at work near by ; and the bear, seeing his enemy 
thus re-enforced, left the Held to his opponent ; and Mr. 
Porter was glad to return to his house without liis game. 

Thaddeus Parmenter, while going through the forest, be- 
tween the Stillman Woodward farm and where George A. 
Nutting now resides, walking, as was his custom, Avitli his 



WILD ANIMALS. B11 

head down, I'uuikI liiiuscli" all at once conrrontcd by a large 
bear which sat up on its haunches, looking directly at him. 
Mr. Parmenter stood still for a moment, at a loss to know 
what to do, but finally concluded to try to scare it. He 
accordingly took oft' his broad-])rim hat, and, shaking it, 
jumiied toward the bear, at the same time screaming at the 
to}) of his voice. As he jumped, the bear turned and ran, 
with two cubs foUoAving, and were soon lost in the dense 
woods. iNFr. Parmenter, in relating the story, used to say, 
he did not know which was the most frightened, the bear 
or himself. 

At another time, soon after his settlement on the farm 
now owned by Mr. Nutting, he went one afternoon to the 
grist-mill of Daniel Gould, in the south part of the town, 
now Troy. Several customers had arrived at the mill 
before him : and, l)eing obliged to wait his turn, it was 
nearly dark before he started on his return. When he 
arrived within about one-fourth of a mile of his home, he 
was suddenly startled l)y the bark of a wolf, which came 
from the direction of his log house : this was answered by 
another and another, until there were a score of them. He 
paused for a moment, and to his horror perceived they 
were on his down track, and were rapidlj^ approaching him. 
He had but a moment in which to act, but his presence of 
mind did not desert him. Taking the bag from his shoulder, 
he threw it as far as possible into the forest, and then gave 
a leap in the same direction ; and, picking up a club with 
whicii to defend himself, he sat down and waited the 
ajjjiroach of the wolves. He had not long to wait, for they 
were close up(ui him. When the foremost of the jiack 
reached the place from which he had leaped, it paused for 
an instant; and, finding the track freshened, they all pushed 
on with renewed vio-or down toward the mill, not noticing: 
that their intended victim was within a few rods of them, 
breathlessly awaiting the result. When they had passed 
out of sight and hearing, he again shonldered his nu'al, 
and traversed the remaining distance as rapidh^ as circnm- 
stances would admit, well knowing tliat tlu; disap]Jointed 



312 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

wolves would soon return, when it uiight not be so easy to 
elude them. On liis arrival home, he found his wife in great 
distress. She, having heard the wolves, and knowing they 
were upon her husband's track, had given up all hopes of 
his return. Having learned from this experience the dan- 
ger of being out after dark, he was careful ever afterwards 
to go to mill in the morning, and return to his home by 
daylight. 

Abijah Tucker used to say that it was no uneommon 
thing for him, as he passed through the forest between his 
house and mill, to see bears and even wolves. He related 
that, upon one occasion, he found Ids cow caught in a 
thicket of brush, and a wolf gnawing the flesh from her 
legs. 

The catamount was tlie most ferocious of all the wild 
beasts in this region. Being of large size, and possessing 
great strength and agility of movement, it was the terror of 
both man and beast. But fortunately they were not numer- 
ous in this section. 

Mr. Jonathan Bemis, Sen., having set some snares for 
partridges, found on visiting them, on a certain morning, 
that one had been caught and partly devoured by some 
wild animal. He accordingly removed the snare, and set 
in its place a large steel trap. On going to the place the 
next morning, to his surprise he found the trap was gone ; 
but, going on a short distance, he soon heard the clanking 
of the chain with which the trap had been fastened, and, 
following along some distance, came in sight of the animal, 
which was caught b}^ the leg, and was making off witli the 
trap. Mr. Bemis, having no gun, was at a loss to know 
what to do; but, seeing the chain was caught under a root, 
he resolved to despatch the animal, if possil)le. Picking up 
a large stone, he threw it with such unerring aim as to 
hit the creature between the eyes, drop})ing him instantly. 
Having made sure tlie animal was dead, he a])])r()a('lie(l, and, 
taking it from the trap, found it to be a catanu)unt, so hirge 
that, as he was CJUTying it home oil his back, it dragged on 
the ground, 



TVn.D ANIMALS. 313 

At tliu request of Jonathan William Fife of Hartford, 
Conn., a great-grandson of Dea. Silas Fife, we insert the 
following, which is taken from the History of Troy : — 

" A most remarkable catamount was once killed by Dea. 
Fife, near the pond, a little east of his house. Soon after 
Dea. Fife settled here, his father came to make him a visit ; 
and, as was the custom in those days, he brought his axe to 
assist his son in clearing the forest. One day as they were 
chopping a little west of the pond, they discovered a deer 
that had just been killed by some unknown monster of the 
wilderness. Being somewhat alarmed, they immediately 
decided to take measures to rid the forest of so dangerous 
a visitor. Without delay, 3^oung Fife took his father's 
horse, and went to Rindge, where he procured of Dea. Love- 
joy of that town a large steel trap. As the sun was setting, 
Avith trap, gun, and axe in hand, the father and son sought 
the carcass of the deer. Rut, to their surprise, it had been 
drawn several rods, and finally taken up and carried away, 
so that they could track it no farther. But, finding the 
heart and liver, they felled a tree, from which they cut a 
log and hitched the same to the trap, which they placed 
in a position to take the fatal grip, whenever the animal 
should return to obtain the fragments of his slaughtered 
victim. The next morning the deacon took his musket, and, 
in company with his father, was soon on the ground, and 
to their astonishment the trap, log, and all were gone. 
With much caution, they followed the track of the log in 
the direction toward the pond, near which the}' perceived 
tlie animal, with his appendages permanently entangled 
among the rocks. When they had arrived within a few 
rods, the monster reared on his hind legs, and, as he took a 
survey of his enemy, gnashed his teeth, and seemed to bid 
defiance to them. As young Fife raised his gun to his eye, 
his father pleaded with him not to fire, fearing that the 
catamount would kill them both. But crack went the mus- 
ket, and at first it seemed to make no impression upon 
hira. But it was soon reloaded and brought to his eye a 
second time, when seeing his fury abating, and that he was 

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314 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

trembling, he waited a iiiomciit and the animal lull. On 
approaching him, it was found that he was dead, the ball 
having pierced his heart. His measurement was thirteen 
feet and four inches from his nose to the end of his tail. 
His skin was afterwards stuffed, and placed on exhibition 
in the Boston Museum." 

ALEXANDER FISH's EAR. 

The following is copied from the town records of 1703 : — 

Mauluokougii, Jan. 21, 1703. 
These may certify all persons ^Yhom it may Concern that Nathan 
Frost Lawson Did in anger Avilliulh' Bite off Alexander Fish's Ear, this 
instant, Jan. 1793. 

Attest: PHINEHAS FARRAR, 1 

SILAS FIFE, ]- Selectmen. 

OLIVER WRIGHT, J 

For a long time, the compiler was at a loss to know the 
meaning of this (|uaint record, or why it was thus placed 
upon the pages of our town-books ; but diligent inquiry 
among our aged people revealed the following facts. Na- 
than Frost Lawson was a transient person, whose residence 
in this town was very short. It is not known whence he 
came nor where he went; but it is known tliat in his 3^outh 
he committed a crime, for which he suffered the penalty of 
having his ear cropped, according to the custom of those 
da3^s. It is stated that on the day referred to he and Fish 
met at the tavern; and, both having partaken freely at the 
bar, an animated conversation took place between the two, 
in the course of which Fish twitted Lawson about his ear. 
This so enraged Lawson that ho seized Fish, and. throwing 
him upon the floor, bit off his ear in like manner as his 
own. Fish, in his sober moments, fearing lest the people 
might tliiiik that he, too, had broken the laws of his country, 
requested the selectmen to make a record upon the town- 
books, to which he could refer, if need be. 

ANECDOTES. 

Many pleasing anecdotes arc told of Esquire Sweetser, 
•\vlio for many years kept the principal tavern in town, 



ANECDOTES. 315 

It is related that on one occasion in town-meeting there 
was considerable difficulty in choosing a representative, 
riiinelias Farrar having held that otlice for several years in 
succession, it was deemed advisable by many of the leading 
citizens to choose some one else in his stead; but, being- 
divided in their opinions, they were for some time unable 
to make any choice among the several candidates. A warm 
discussion was taking place, when the old Esquire — who, by 
the way, had just patronized his own bar — entered the 
room. Being a warm friend of Mr. Farrar, he felt himself 
bound to use his influence to send him again to the General 
Court. He accordingly rose, and said in his own peculiar 
tone : " Mr. Moderator and gentlemen, let me give you a few 
words of advice. If you want a man to represent you in 
the General Court of this State, send Esquire Farrar by all 
means, for he has been so many times he knows the way, 
and the necessary steps to be taken. If 3-ou wish to send a 
man to Canada, send Col. Joseph Frost: he has two or three 
sons living there, and he would like to visit them. But, if 
you want to send a man to hell, send Hezekiah Hodgkins ; 
for he will have to go some time, and it is time he was there 
now." 

Esquire Sweetser and a Mr. Harrington who at that time 
was proprietor of the Eagle Hotel in Keene, were firm 
friends ; and, thinking alike in politics, many a time they 
sat over a mug of toddy, discussing the political news of 
the day. Having heard that Mr. Harrington had changed 
his views in relation to politics, the Esquire harnessed his 
horse and drove to Keene. Entering the hotel, he walked 
up to JMr. Harrington remarking that he had heard, he had 
somewhat changed his views in politics. Mr. Harrington 
replied that he had, and attempted to explain, but was 
interrupted by Mr. Sweetser, who said, " Mr. Harrington, 
men and the moon change, but the sun and principle 
never." And, turning about, he immediately left the hotel, 
and from that time all intercourse between these men ceased. 

The old Sijuire was very benevolent at times, and not 



316 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

unfrequeiitly he bestowed liis eliaiity upon the sehool-ehil- 
dren. Going to the store, he would fill his leather apron 
with figs, raisins, and cand}', and go to the school-house 
where the children were at play, and, calling them around 
him, would give each a handiul, at the same time repeat- 
ing some passage from the Bible, touching upon charity, 
like the following: "• Charity covereth a multitude of sins"; 
or '' He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord," etc. 

Theodore Mann was one of that class of individuals 
who, not being blessed with superior intellect, was often 
an object of ridicule among his neighbors, and not unfre- 
quently was this carried so far as to become open abuse. 
It happened on one occasion, as he was returning home from 
town-meeting, that he was met by IVter Tozer, John Wis- 
wall (afterwards Major}, and Josiah Woodward (son of 
Solomon). These young men, having had the example of 
their elders set before them, commenced to snow-ball and 
otherwise ill-treat Mr. jNIann, who was so incensed at the 
abuse offered him that he determined to have recourse to the 
law, and have the offenders punished. The culprits, fearing 
this threat would be carried into execution, requested him 
to desist, which he promised to do on condition that they 
would apologize in writing, which was readily consented to 
on the part of the young men. Accordingly, the parties 
met at the house of Mr. Tozer ; and Peter, who was a ready 
writer, and somewhat witty withal, was set to draw up the 
paper, the substance of which was as follows : — 

"We, the undersigned, do acknowledge that on town- 
meeting night we snow-balled and otherwise abused Mr. 
Theodore Mann ; but we did not kill him, and we are sorry 
for it." This, having been duly signed, was handed to Mr. 
Mann, who, after reading it, said he would accept it as their 
apology, and overlook the injury done. 

John Tozer, eldest son of Richard, was an eccentric fel- 
low ; and many humorous anecdotes are related of him, and 
among them is the following : When a young man, he paid 
his addresses to a fair lady ; but his father (who had buried 



ANECDOTES. 317 

his wil'i' hill a short time previous) sup]:)hiiiU'(l him in her 
affections. Soon afterwards, going home on a visit, his 
father being aAvay at the time, liis new niotlier recpiested him 
to ask a blessing at meal-time, which he did as follows: — 

" Altlioiigli you are my mother, 
I love you as my life. 
If father had not been so spry, 
I'd had you for my wife." 



CHAPTER XV. 

THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 

At the annual town-meeting, INIarch 14, 1876, pursuant to 
an article in the warrant : — 

"' Voted, That there be a committee of five chosen to 
make arrangements for celebrating the one hundredth anni- 
versary of the incorporation of the town, said celebration 
to cost the town nothing. Chose Thomas White, David 
Wilkinson, Mowry A. Thompson, Daniel W. Tenney, and 
Charles A. Bemis." 

The committee organized by choosing Thomas White, 
Chairman ; Charles A. Bemis, Secretary ; and Daniel W. 
Tenney, Treasurer. 

On motion of Daniel W. Tenney, Charles K. Mason was' 
added to the committee. 

As the one hundredth anniA'ersarj^ of the incorporation 
of the town occurred at an unfavorable season of the year 
(December 13), it was decided to celebrate on the 1th of 
July. 

At a meeting of the committee, April 7, six more were 
added to this committee ; namely, George F. Wise, William 
C. Mason, Cyrus E. Hardy, Samuel Jones, John McRoy, 
and Jedediah T. Collins. This meeting was adjourned to 
Wednesday, April 19, at 7 o'clock P.M., at which time it 
was voted unanimously to invite Rev. Sullivan H. McColl- 
ester of Akron, Ohio, a native of Marlborough, to deliver 
the centennial address on that occasion. Cliose Daniel W. 
Tenney to invite the Mechanics' Cornet Band and the 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 310 

Marlborough Comet Band to furnish music for the cele- 
hration. Chose Charles K. Mason, Charles A. Bemis, and 
Cyrus E. Hard}- to invite guests. Voted, To adjourn this 
meeting for two weeks. 

Mai/ 3. — Met according to adjournment, and proceeded 
as follows : Chose Jairus Collins, Col. Cyrus Frost, and 
INIowry A. Thompson a committee to prepare sentiments. 
Chose George F, Wise, Cyrus S. Moors, and E. Willard 
INfason to furnish sacred mnsic on the day of celebration. 
Voted, To invite the old Cadet Band to be present, and 
march together in the j)rocession. 

3Ia>/ 13. — The committee met, and chose Col. Nelson 
Converse Chief Marshal. He appointed as his aids for 
the day the following gentlemen : George Tliatcher,* James 
Knowlton, William M. Tenney, Darius Richardson, Renben 
Ward, Elijah Fitch, Barton Blodgett, Charles R. Bemis, 
]\Ierrill ]\Iason, Amos A. Mason, William M. Nason, and 
Alphonso A. Adams. Chose Elijah Boyden President of the 
day. Chose Daniel W. Tenne}", Thomas White, George G. 
Davis, Cyrus E. Hardy, Col. Cyrus Frost, and Dr. Samuel 
A. Richardson Vice-Presidents. Chose Lnther Hemenway, 
Albert Knowlton, and Franklin R. Thurston a committee to 
select a suitable grove in which to hold the exercises on the 
day of celebration, and to report at the next meeting. 

3Ia>/ 20. — The committee appointed to select a suitable 
grove in which to hold the exercises, reported that they had 
selected the one on land of Luther Hemenway, near the 
cemetery. Which report was accepted and adopted. Voted, 
That this committee trim the grove, build the speaker's 
stand, arrange the seats and tables, and make all necessary 
arrangements on the ground, and appoint such assistants 
as they shall think proper. Chose Rev. Henrv W. Hand 
and Rev. Noble Fisk, Toast-masters. Chose Rev. John L. 
INIerrill, Rev. Henry W. Hand, and Rev. Noble Fisk to 
select appropriate pieces for the choir to sing. It was de- 
cided that the collation should be free to all; and, to carry 

*Mr. Thntclier was unable to serve on accmmt of f^jcfeness, 



320 HISTORY OF MAULBOROFGH. 

the same into effect, the committee of airangoments ap- 
pointed Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Charles 
Smith, ]\rr. and ]\Irs. J. Whitney Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. 
James Tliatcher, ^Ir. and Mrs. Joseph M. Richardson, Mr. 
and Mrs. Ivory E. Gates, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Froc;ter, Mr. 
and Mrs. Benjamin F. Cushing, Mv. and Mrs. George A. 
Porter, Mr. and Mrs. David S. Derby, Mr. and :\Irs. Elias 
A. Thatcher, Mr. and Mrs. Stillman Richardson, a commit- 
tee to solicit provisions, who performed their duties in a 
commendable manner. Chose Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue 
Tenney, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Knowlton, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. 
Lnther G. Bemis, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Townsend, Mr. 
and Mrs. Thompson H. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
A. Spofford, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah L. Sargent, Mv. and Mrs. 
Milton J. White, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Jones, Mr. and Mrs. 
Ivers L. Richardson, i\Ir. and Mrs. William C. Mason, Mr. 
and Mrs. Stillman Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Wilber F. 
Wallace a committee to take charge of the food as it was 
brought in, to superintend the tables, and appoint assistants 
for waiting on the people, etc. Voted, To choose a com- 
mittee of finance to provide funds to defray the expenses 
of the celebration. Chose Daniel W. Tenney, Charles K. 
Mason, Luther Hemenway, Marshall D. Adams, John Mc- 
Roy, Benjamin F. Cushing, Cyrus E. Hardy, David S. 
Derby, Philander Thatcher, and Isaac W. Ilolbrook. 
Much credit is due to this committee, who attended to 
their duties with promptness and despatch, and succeeded 
in raising by subscription a sum sufficient to defray all the 
expenses of the celebration. Chose Charles K. Mason, Col. 
Nelson Converse, and Daniel W. Tenney to report a pro- 
gramme of exercises and order of procession on the day 
of celebration. Chose Albert Knowlton, Nelson Converse, 
John demons, and Edwin B. INIa^thcws to procure a sup- 
])ly of ice-water, and also to procure a suitable person to 
sell lemonade on the grounds. 

Jnna 23. — Voted, To fire one hundred guns, and ring 
the bells on the morning of the celebration. Voted, To ex- 
pend fifty dollars for fijcworks. Chose Daniel W. Tenney, 



THE CENTENNIAL CKLKF5K ATION. 821 

George K. Harrington, and (leorge W. Tenney to procure 
the fireworks, attend to the firing of the cannon, and ring 
the bells. Chose David Wilkinson and ("liarlcs Smith to 
pro^dde carriages tor such aged peo})le as could not walk in 
the procession. 

'July 4:^ 1876. — The day dawned favorably, and was ush- 
ered in by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannon. 
Long before the hour for the exercises at the grove, the 
usually (|uiet streets of the village were filled with the citi- 
zens of the town, and the absent sons and daughters of 
Marlborough, who had returned once more to their native 
place, to lay their offerings on the altar of their ancestors. 
Invited guests and citirzens of the neighboring towns were 
tiocking in, to participate in the joys and festivities of the 
day. 

A little before ten o'clock, the procession was formed in 
front of the Town Hall, in the following order, namely : — 

Chief Marshal. 

Mechanics' Cornet Band. 

Torrent Engine Co., Ivory E. Gates^, Foreman. 

President and Orator of the Day. 

Vice-Presidents. 

Clergy. 

Coiuniittee of Arrangements. 

Specially invited Cxiiests, expected to respond to Sentiments. 

Old People of Marlborough. 

Choir, C. S. iMoors, Leader. 

National Flag. 

Sunday Schools. 

Citizens from other Towns. 

Citizens of INIarlborough. 

At ten o'clock, the procession marched to the grove, 
where seats were provided for over two thousand persons. 

On the platform were seated the president, vice-presi- 
dents, clergy, committee of arrangements, choir, and report- 
ers, with a place for the speakers in front. At the right of 
the platform, seats were arranged for the band : while in 
front a smaller stand had been erected, ample enough to 
contain seats for the old people. 



322 HISTORY OF I^IART.ROROUGH. 

The seats were all occupied, and many were obliged to 
stand or sit upon the ground during the exercises. It was 
estimated that there were ueai'ly twenty-five liuudriM] ])eople 
present, which was the largest collection ever convened at 
any one time in Marlborough. Had there not been cele- 
brations on the same day at Keene, Troy, and Nelson, it is 
probable the nund)er would have l)een much larger. 

The assembly was called to order by Chief-iMarshal C\)n- 
verse, who introduced Elijah Boyden, Esq., President of the 
day. J\Ir. Boyden came forward and spoke as follows : — 

Fellow- Citizens^ — We have assembled on this our Hun- 
dredth Anniversary of our National Birthday, to commemo- 
rate the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of 
the town of Marlborough. I congratulate you on the fine 
condition of weather with which we are favored to-day. I 
am pleased also to see so many of the former residents of 
the town present to participate with us in the exercises of 
this occasion. It used to be said in fornu^r years that New 
Hampshire was a good State to emigrate from. Perhaps it 
was not intended as a compliment. Nevertheless, in the 
sense that a family whose members are worthily brought up 
and properly trained for the duties of life is a good family 
to emigrate from, so I consider the " Old Granite State," in 
this sense, a good one to emigrate from. The very rugged- 
ness of its soil obliges its children to practise the cardinal 
virtues of industry and econom}^ in order to obtain a 
livelihood. And, although Marlborough is not the State 
itself, I consider it a fair rejircscntative town of tlie State, 
and, consequently, a good town to emigrate from. Indeed, 
we have present with us to-day many emigrants, former 
residents of the town, who liave returned to join wilii us iu 
the exercises of this occasion. 

And, as men do not gather grapes of thorns or figs of 
thistles, I submit to you that their very appearance is proof 
sufficient that their commencement of life must have been 
in a creditable locality. Some of them have obtained high 
positions in the civil government of otir country ; some 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 323 

stand ai the head of educational institutions: others have 
hecume eminent in the clerical and medical professions. 
And, while all of them have been so successful abroad in 
adding credit to the place of their nativity, I trust, on their 
return, they will not lind that we who have remained here 
have been so uumindfvd of our duties as to cause them to 
l)lusli for our negligence. I was born in Marlborough, and 
my recollection of it extends back a little over one-half of 
its hundred years of incorporated existence. T do not wish 
to speak too eulogistically of it as a town, but I think, I can 
truthfully say that compared with other places of similar 
natural advantages it has shown a commendable degree of 
progress in its development. For this I can claim but very 
little credit to myself, since for the last twenty years I have 
l)een in no active business. But, for the citizens generally, 
as a business community, I think they have shown a good 
degree of enterprise and public spirit, and will conn)are 
favorably with other places of no greater advantages. For 
one of our greatest blessings, as you are all aware, we are 
indebted to the liberal generosity of one of Marlborough's 
sons, who is not now a permanent resident here, and who, 
I regret, is unable to be with us to-day. But, perhaps, if 
the town had not behaved itself tolerably well, the impulse 
might never have entered his generous heart to bestow 
ujion it the inestimable gift of a Free Public Library. But, 
in occupying the position I do to-day, it M^as not expected 
of me tliat I should attempt to make a speech or to enter 
upon any statistical information. I Avill not, therefore, 
detain you longer. 

The exercises then commenced with — 

1. Voluntary, by the band, — "-Home, Sweet Home." 

2. Invocation, by Rev. H. W. Hand, Pastor of the Uni- 
versalist Church. 

3. Anthem, by the choir. 

4. Selections from the Scriptures, by Rev. N. Fisk, Pastor 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Psalm ciii. 

5. Prayer, by Rev. J. L. Merrill, Pastor of tlie Congrega- 
tional Church. 



324 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

0. Antheiu, by the chuir. 

7. Reading of the Declaration of Independence, by G. G. 
Davis. 

cS. Music by the band, — "America." 

H. The foUowing Address by Rev. S. H. McCollester, 
D.L)., of Akn.u, Ohio: — 

Felloro-Citizena, — The course of time is full of epochs. 
These are the milestones marking luiman progress. They 
are diamond-points set on the bosom of the past, to light np 
the present and reflect a halo of glory about the future. 
Around these epochs culminate the noblest characters, the 
grandest deeds, and the brightest hopes of the race. 

Every town, state, and nation has its epochs. About 
these memory delights to linger. 

" They are the spots of earth supremely blest. 
The dearest, sweetest spots of all the rest." 

There are occasions when God confers on men birthday 
gifts. Then it is that conscience is almost certain to strike 
the freedom-string in the harp of Liberty, inspiring courage 
in the mind and faith in the soul. Such an occasion has 
brought us together at this time. One hundred years ago 
to-day '' The Declaration of Independence "' was read in the 
C'ontinental Congress at Philadelphia, and the question was. 
"Shall it be adopted? '" The ays had it. That vote at once 
changed the political aspect of the Western World. It 
made a nation free, — free to think and free to do right. 
That grand action at once quickened new energies of mind 
and heart, which, in the course of a century, have blossomed 
into the most marvellous fruitage. Let speech and cannon 
commemorate the day our nation was born. It is worth the 
struggles of the past. It is worth the blood of fallen heroes. 
It is worth all the hard-fought battles of the American 
lievolution, and the five millions of recent graves sown over 
our laud for its preservation. O Washington I O Lincoln! 
it is worth all your prayins and anxious fears' For it tends 
to develop the truest manhood and the purest wonumhood. 
It cual)les each citizen to live, holdini)' a birthright in his 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 325 

luiiul, ;i c'onmion scliool in his brain, and the Deehirution ol' 
Independence in his heart. 

But this day comes to us emphasized with a twol'ohl inter- 
est. We meet to celebrate, not only tlie l)irth(hiy ol" our 
Nation, but tlie incorporation of" our native town. From 
far and near, we luive assend)led around the shrine of our 
nativity, tliat we may lay thereon offerings of gratitude and 
thanksgiving. 

Surrounded as we are Avitli these comforts and blessings of 
happy homes, successful enterprises, flourishing schools, and 
consecrated churches, retrospection bids us look upon the 
picture a hundred years ago. Then, as a natural exhibition, 
it must have been attractive, being so diversified with high- 
lands and lowlands, lakes and rivers, forests and mountains, 
balmiest air and fairest sunlight. It must have been 
strangely inviting to look upon, for the admirer of the 
grand and beautiful. But for one to penetrate then into 
the wilderness, with the view of settling here, must have 
been foreboding. Then the ear was greeted with no busy 
din from anvil or quarry; no whistle from saw or engine. 
But the wide-spreading woods must have rendered the day 
lonely ; and the hooting of the owl, the growl of the bear, 
and the barking of the wolf must have made the night 
fearfully hideous. 

Hither came in that early time a few adventurers who 
opened up a cavern in the earth, or built the rudest log 
hut in which to dwell. This was to be their future home. 
There was no cleared land for raising corn. There was no 
grist-mill within the distance of eight or ten miles. So they 
were forced for some time to follow Indian trails, or tracks 
marked by spotted trees, to improved fields where they 
could labor till they had earned means with which to pur- 
chase a bushel of corn. With this on the back, they would 
go to the mill, and, after it was ground, would bear it far 
away to their homes. When sickness came, what must they 
have done? There were no neighbors, nor phjsicians at 
hand. Then, when the dark messenger snatched from their 
embrace a companion, cliild, or parent, no kind friends were 



326 HISIOKV OF MARLBOROUGH. 

near to divide their sorrows ; no pastor was by their side to 
point tlieni to the many mansions. Those were hardships 
wiiich we can bnt faintly understand. Still, they were 
realities to the few who wore wont to walk throngh these 
Yalle\s and clind) over these hills a hundred years ay-o. 

These wild lands, it appears, were set oft' into a township 
under the name of Monadnock, No. V., May 25, 1752. The 
townsliip was granted by charter to the proprietors of land 
purchased of John Tufton Mason by their agent, Joseph 
Blanchard, to James Morrison, Jr., and thirty-three others, 
belonging mostly to the towns of Derry and Dunstaljle, 

N.n. 

One aecovint says these proprietors soon transferred their 
right to David Church and others who resided in Marlbor- 
oiigli and Westborough, Mass. In 17G2, the town was 
surveyed. In 1764, Se})t. 17, the first family moved into 
the township. It consisted of William Barker, his Avife and 
tlu'ee children, who came from Westborough, Mass., and 
settled on what is called West Hill, now in the limits of 
Troy. Isaac McCollester with his family moved to town 
the same year, and settled on the Deacon James Farrar- 
place. His daughter Dolly who was born Feb. 12, 1766, is 
sn})posed to have been the first child having birth in the 
town. Others, also, came about the same time. Abel 
Woodward settled on what is known as the Joslin place 
in this village ; likewise Daniel Goodenow, who resided in 
various localities. In August, 1765, Benjamin Tucker with 
a large family moved into town, and settled near the Whit- 
ney and Tarbell Mill. There he kept the first tavern in 
town. During the next two years, it is evident, more fami- 
lies arrived: for wlien the first census was taken, which 
was in 1767, there were ninety-three inhabitants in the 
township. Of these, sixteen couples were married. In 
1775, the second census was taken, showing the population 
had increased to three hundred and twenty-four, of whom 
one hundred and forty-eight were females, and one hundred 
ami I'dui' were males under sixteen years of age. Fifty- 
lour wtTc upwards of sixteen, and two men were over fifty. 



TME CKNTKXNrAL (' KLKI'.K AT ION. -rli 

Sixteen men liad now already entered llie Conl iiicidal 
Army. Of these early settlers, nearly all caiiic JVdiii old 
Marlhoron^h, Westboron^'li, S(»iilld)(>ronL;ii, and I'xtltoii, 
Mass. Tlu'ir hearts were lired with Ihe true spirit ot patii- 
olisni. At lliis [x'l'iod, the wIkiIc countrN was hcatccl and 
ready to burst into martial llanics. In this lime (d' liery 
trials, our native State was reniarkabl}' tree J'roni toryisni. 
AH were ready to strike mighty blows for freedom. As the 
ery went forth from Boston on the 19th of April, 1775, pen- 
etrating farther and farther into the eountry, declaring tliat 
the British troops were marching toward old Concord, bells 
were rung, drums beat roll-calls, men were hurrying from all 
(luarters ; axes were dropped in the forests ; ploughs were 
left in the fields; mnskets were wrenched from the man- 
tel-pieces, powder-horns and pouches were shing over the 
shoulders, blankets were tied to their backs : with faces ex- 
pressive of courage and determination, might be seen men 
hurrying to the fields of strife. Though devoted wives and 
tender mothers wept, yet the}'' bid patriotic hnsbands and 
brave sons go forth, striking valiantly for God and conntry. 
It seems but a day elapsed before a vast army was marching, 
ready to do bloody work at Concord, Lexington, and Bun- 
ker's Hill. Stark quickl}^ deserted his saw-mill at London- 
derry, as he heard the booming cannon. Putnam left his 
plough in the furrow, not even stopping to change his dress, 
but hurried to the place of carnage. 

This is a fit occasion for us to bestow fresh tributes of 
love upon the life of Warren, whose courage and bravery 
foinid an early grave, but whose memory will live in the 
hearts of his countrymen. It is just for us to prune and 
revive the laurel growing by the tomb of a Putnam. It is 
befitting we should cleanse with the waters of retrosjjection 
the epitaph inscribed on the monument of a Stark. Let us 
forever cherish the deeds of the brave men and hei'oic 
women of that early, critical period. 

Marlborough with other towns of the Granite State bore 
its share of hardships in the Revolution. We are assured 
that no less than fortv-three from our town enlisted to eain 



828 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

and maintain our independence. It is said thirt\^-nine who 
were in the ann^^ afterwards settled in town. One James 
Lewis served several years as captain in the Revolution. 
Robert Worsley who was a peculiar though strictly reliable 
and worthy man, entering the army almost at the first call, 
was at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. After the 
evacuation of Boston by the British, a thousand soldiers, 
under the leadership of Benedict Arnold, left Boston, press- 
ing their way toward Quebec through the dense wilderness 
of Maine. Marching to the Kennebec River, thence they 
embarked in open boats, struggling against current and 
barriers till they reached the head- waters of that river : 
thence they bore their boats, heavily laden with army sup- 
plies, across to the waters of the Chaudiere, following it 
down to the St. Lawrence, six miles above Quebec. In this 
perilous march, their sufferings must have been beyond 
description. They were terribly harassed by Indians; and 
in the midst of the wilderness, their rations failing them, 
they were forced, as Mr. Worsley reported, to eat the 
leather of their shoes and cartridge-boxes. As they emerged 
from the woods, approaching a settlement, a dog saluting 
them with a bark, was shot at once. Mr. Worsley says : 
"It fell to my lot to dress the animal. While I was pulling 
out the entrails, the famishing soldiers, excited by the scent, 
snatched away the flesh, leaving for me only Avhat I Avas 
able to clutch in my hands." Although the flesh was raw, 
he testified "it was the sweetest meat he ever ate."' In 
another company, at the same time, he says, " some men 
came upon the carcass of a hog, which was eaten quicker 
than he could tell the story."* Verily, were not those the 
times that tried men's souls? The oppression of the 
mother country had fired the hearts of our fathers with 
truest bravery, and moved their minds with the determi- 
nation to conquer or die. With the boldest stroke of the 
j)en, those members of the Continental Congress put their 
names to that immortal Declaration which is being empha- 
sized to-day by more than forty millions of free people, and 
is being honored throughout the world. With that Dec- 



THE CENTENNIAL CELERRATION. 329 

laratiou, supported by patriotic fathers, our own " Colony " 
of New Hampshire was made an independent State ; and on 
the 18th of December, 1776, our township received from 
this State, carved out of rocky hills and mountains, its 
corporate charter as the town of Marlborough. In July 
of the same year, the " Test Act " was circulated. Fifty 
citizens signed it, all but one wrote his own name ; while 
only five refused to put theirs to it. What the exact pur- 
port of this " Test Act " was, we do not know ; but it is 
safe to infer, it meant death to toryism and life to freedom. 

In the war of 1812, jNIarlborough was true to her high 
behests. At least fourteen brave men went forth from its 
limits to do their duty, in driving forever British foes from 
American soil. The bravery and patriotism of the fathers 
should be held in lasting remembrance. We have reason to 
feel their mantles have fallen upon worthy shoulders from 
the loyalty and exalted daring of their sons in the recent 
Rebellion. In their race with Sheridan to Winchester town, 
in their unparalleled march under Sherman through the ex- 
tended territory of the enemy, in Grant's repeated battles 
in the Wilderness, they proved that the spirit of " 76 " was 
still rife in American hearts. Our heroes of a hundred years 
ago, and our heroes of to-day, — may they be loved and hon- 
ored in all true hearts, and their genius and patriotism will 
create the noblest heroes of the future ! 

The ecclesiastical history of this town antedates a little 
its incorporation. The earliest record we have touching the 
subject, dates back to 1770, in which year the first meeting- 
house was raised, and the roof covered. At that raising, the 
town voted to give Benjamin Tucker 3s. Id. 2qrs. per gallon 
for eight gallons of rum at "ye raising of ye meeting-house." 
This house was not boarded till the next spring ; but the 
first meeting was held in it while the roof onl}' was covered. 
It is said the outside was finished in 1774; but this probably 
did not include glass windows or hinged doors, for in 1779 it 
was voted to put in eleven windows, hang the doors, lay the 
lower floor, and build the body-seats. To cover this ex- 
pense, a special tax of eightpence per acre was laid upon all 



330 HISTORY OF ISrATJLBOROUGH. 

ratable lands in town. But the house was not fully com- 
pleted till 1790. It then had neither steeple nor chimney, 
and for many years was called the " Lord's Barn." 

In 1771, a tax of one farthing per acre on ratable lands 
was raised for the purpose of procuring preaching. A com- 
mittee of three was chosen, consisting of Benjamin Tucker, 
Daniel Goodenow, and James Brewer, to hire a minister. 
It was likewise stated that the preaching was to commence 
the first of June. It is evident preaching was secured, at 
least, a portion of the time that year, from the fact that 
June the 23d three children of Daniel Goodenow were bap- 
tized. These were the first baptisms in town. We find no 
minister mentioned by name until 1778. On the 11th of 
November of the same year, the first church, consisting of 
eight members, was formed, and at the same time Rev. Joseph 
Cummings from Topsfield, Mass., was ordained their pastor. 
This solemn service of consecration, tradition says, was per- 
formed on a work-bench, there being no desk as yet in the 
house, while the congregation were seated on loose boards 
resting on blocks. In these dajs^ people were certain not to 
go beyond their means, or in any way appear extravagant. 
This is made evident from the fact that they voted to give 
their minister, as salary, forty pounds sterling the first year, 
forty-five the second, and fifty pounds the third, and con- 
tinue at fifty pounds yearly, till there should be one hundred 
and ten families in town, and then give him £Q6 ISs. 4d. 
yearly, so long as he should continue their gospel minister. 
The above sums were to be made equivalent to rye at Ss. 4d. 
per bushel. These good people designed that their minister 
should also have a home among them, so they provided for 
him the prospective parsonage in this way. He was to have 
one share or lot of land laid out for that purpose, consisting 
of a hundred and fifty acres, except four acres around the 
meeting-house; which were reserved for public use; said land 
was to be cleared by the town. The pastor also had the privi- 
lege of cutting tindjer for his house on the ministerial lot. 
The first parsonage was located a little distance south-west 
of the Old Meetingrhouse. Just how long it was kej^t as a 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 331 

parsonage is not known ; but I am informed it was at length 
converted into a tavern, — to say the least, a sad terminus 
for a parsonage. 

The first church in town was organized as Congregational, 
and lias continued to be an influential and a successful one' 
to the present time. Among its revered ministers, the names 
of Fish and Lj-man are especially endeared to many hearts. 

The first Methodist preaching was introduced to Marlbor- 
ough by Daniel Emerson, in 1791. After meetings had 
been held occasionall}^ for three 3^ears in the house of Mr. 
Emerson by Revs. Hill, Hall, and Wager, the latter divine 
pi'eaching an able discourse from the text, " These three 
years have we come seeking fruit, and found none," formed 
a class consisting of seven persons. This sect continued to 
hold their meetings for some time in the same place. At 
length, preaching was transferred to the residence of Eben- 
ezer Herrick, where meetings were held on the Sabbath for 
man}' years. Afterwards they were transferred back to 
Mr. Emerson's for a while, at which time the first Sabbath 
school of this society was organized ; thence, for a series of 
3'ears, to Thomas White's ; thence to William Greenwood's, 
and thence to Abner Russell's, up to 1844, when a church- 
edifice was built at Pottersville, where the Methodist society 
held meetings for twenty years; then purchasing the Baptist 
meeting-house of this village, and refitting it, they have 
continued their Sabbath worship, proving themselves an 
earnest Christian people. 

The early Baptists of this town worshipped for many 
years in Pottersville. At length, they had occasional meet- 
ings in the Old Meeting-house on the hill, and finally were 
able to build a house of worship in this village. Among 
their good ministers settled here, the names of Cummings, 
French, Danforth, Clarke, and Ware, must be especially 
remembered by those who listened to their social and relig- 
ious instructions. 

Some eighty years ago, the Universalists in town began to 
have occasional preaching. Not until 1805 was a society 
formed. In 1851 their church-edifice was erected, and iu 



332 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

1875 lliL'ir cliiucli-orgaiiization was perfected. Among their 
sainted ministers may be mentioned Baily, Bassett, and 
Record. 

It is pleasant for us to realize now the fact that there 
•never have been any bitter religious persecutions in this 
town. As a rule, all have been left to choose religiously for 
themselves with none to molest or make afraid. 

In this connection, I am pleased to make mention of the 
worthy sons of Marlborough who ha^'e entered the ministry. 
Rev. Cyrus Stone was the first one who went forth as a gos- 
pel minister. Fitted for his work, he sought heathen lands, 
bearing the " glad news "' to famishing souls. Self-sacrificing 
in spirit, he spent his life in the Master's service. 

Rev. Osgood Herrick was another minister who won 
laurels at home and abroad for his ability and power in 
the pulpit. 

Rev. Luther Wiswall who is still laboring as a preacher, 
has proved himself worthy and successful. He is regarded 
by his people, where he has been long settled, as a man of 
culture and sound judgment. He is most esteemed where 
he is best known. 

Rev. William C. Whitcomb, of sainted memory to so 
many of us, was an eloquent preacher and true reformer. 
Though the destroyer cut him down in his prime, yet his 
life was earnest, faithful, and full of good works. 

Rev. Philander Wallingford has long labored as a worth}' 
Christian minister. If age has written its furrows on his 
brow, his heart is still young and his mind strong with 
Gospel truth. 

Another whose face is familiar to most of us is Rev. Edwin 
Davis who is known only to be respected for his ability and 
moral worth. He has already written out for himself an 
honored name as a Christian minister. 

John Capron and your speaker, two other clergymen, had 
their birth in your town. 

Let the spirit of the Master continue to work in the 
churches of to-da}^ and they will bless and prosper as never 
in tlie past, and will hasten the good time when "swords 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 333 

shall be beaten into ploughshares, and spears into pruning- 
liooks." Christians never have gained anything by perse- 
cuting. Wherein they cannot agree as to the letter, they 
ought to agree to disagree, and then they would enjoy the 
fruit of the spirit which giveth life and Christian growth. 

Of the educational history of the town, you have already 
in print and circulation an interesting account of your 
schools for the past hundred years. This supersedes the 
necessity of my dwelling upon items and particulars. 

It seems our forefathers in the early settlement of the 
town took wise forethought, setting apart a portion of land 
for the support of schools. However insignificant the little 
seeds which they planted may seem to us, nevertheless, they 
took root, sprung up, and have produced a hundred-fold of 
fruitage. Feebly could that first teacher in Marlborough, 
James Brewer, during the winter of 1770 and 1771, have 
estimated what would be the result of that little school 
which he was keeping in the private house of Phinehas 
Farrar. How grand is the centennial tree which we behold, 
the outgrowth of that tiny planting I Its blossoming has 
been prolific, and its fruits are verily manifold. With pride 
we may look to the schools of our native town. They have 
furnished more than a hundred and seventy-five scholars who 
have gone forth as teachers. Well may it be asked, " What 
other town in New Hampshire, with a population little more 
than a thousand inhabitants, can show a larger and more 
honorable list than this?" But none can feel Marlborough 
has been too liberal in the support of her schools. To this 
and her religious instructions may be traced, in no small 
degree, the reasons why so few crimes have been committed 
within her limits ; why there have been so few paupers ; 
why, possibly, the town never has been able to support a 
lawj^er ; why temperance organizations and literar}' associa- 
tions have been so successful. Had it not been for her 
schools, do you think she would have sent forth Philip 
Sweetser, Joseph C. Mason, Luther Jones, Marquis De 
Lafayette M'Collester, William Converse, as lawyers, who 
rank high in their profession, and whose future is full of 
promise ? 



334 HISTORY OF MARLBOROtTGS. 

Hud it iu)t been tor your schools, Hannah Jones, no^v Mrs. 
Grosvenor, \A'onid not have been tired with an ambition for 
a collegiate education, which she obtained under difficulties, 
when it was unpopular for a woman to be thoroughly edu- 
cated. Neither would Henry W. Greenwood have fitted 
himself for a first-class engineer ; and man}" others made 
themselves eminent as teachers, or skilful craftsmen in 
wood, iron, and stone. 

Marlborough has furnished her full share of professional 
men. Quite a number have received a college-education. 

She has sent forth her quota of ministers, physicians, law- 
yers, and eminent men. Let her foster her schools, taking 
advantage of every possible improvement of the age, and 
the rising generations will increase in love for intellectual 
culture and moral growth. In this way, new charms will 
cluster in her beautiful vales, and 'new glories will be re- 
flected from her lofty and picturesque hills. 

Often has the remark been made, as travellers have been 
passing through your town : " How bright and new the build- 
ings look ! How singular such a thriving village should 
spring up where the hills and rocks are so numerous ! " 

Cherish and support your schools, and more taste will be 
displayed, and greater attractions offered. Let these be 
what you can make them, and they will stand as beacons 
upon your hills to reflect honor and glory far and wide. 

As a great help in this work of education, which gives to 
the present and the future advantage over the past, is your 
Free Library, the munificent gift of Hon. Rufus S. Frost, the 
ex-Mayor of his adopted city, and forever the well-wisher of 
his native town. That substantial stone structure, quarried 
from our ledges, and completed in 1866, at a cost of '"§8,000, 
and furnished with |2,000 worth of books, and 15,000 more 
funded, so that its annual interest can be used yearly for 
replenishing it with new books, — all this he presented to 
your town, in behalf of the cause of education and Chris- 
tianity. To show due honor and gratitude to the generous 
donor, let the books in that library be read and studied, — 
books of history, poetry, biography, ethics, science ; and 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 835 

minds here will come in contact with gifted minds elsewhere. 
Yes, close acquaintance may be enjoyed in this quiet town 
with Socrates, Schiller, Shakespeare, Scott, Franklin, Whit- 
tier, and a host of other gifted minds. In this age, for a 
town to be without a library is like an art-gallery without 
windows. Books are the glasses through which the young 
can see the past. Let them carefully and studiously scruti- 
nize prophets and apostles, heroes and heroines, and they 
will desire to imitate their virtues, and walk their gilded 
heights. There is no other such monument to perpetuate 
noble worth as a choice library. 

" Blessings be with them, and eternal praise to Him who 
gives us choicest books and free libraries." 

From tradition and records, we learn that the long list of 
physicians who have practised medicine in this town the 
past century have acted no mean or common part. As a 
rule, they have been men of erudition and influence. One 
name among them stands out pre-eminent. The thoughts of 
mau}^ turn at once to the name of Dr. James Batcheller, 
who was not only a skilful physician, but a true politician 
and real reformer. Soon after he settled in the town, he 
became a thorough-going anti-slavery man. William Lloyd 
Garrison was his ideal of a moral hero ; and his paper, a 
perfect paradigm of good news. Though for a long while he 
was the only subscriber to it in town, still that one copy 
had a wide circulation. Surely that was the case, if it was 
sickly ; for, everywhere the doctor went, Garrisonism went. 
He was a true friend to the sick, the slave, and the good, 
wherever found. If his eyes 7vere most always shut when he 
was awake, he saw more than most men. It is said, when 
he raised the roofing to his brick-house, as the custom was, 
he furnished plenty of toddy, which made them so merry and 
jolly thc}^ felt they must toast the doctor, as follows : — 

" This is the house that James built, 
With ipecac, tartar, and pills. 
May he be content therewith, 
And cure the people of their ills." * 

*Th8 author was Major WiswaU, 



336 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

This same raising opened tlie eyes of the doctor ; and a 
few years after, when he was buikling a barn, he decided it 
woukl be raised witliout any rum, but that he would give 
to all assisting, after the building was up, a good supper. 
Everybody seemed to be present at the appointed time, and 
the greatest excitement prevailed. The rum party, includ- 
ing most present, did not for some time offer to assist; but 
a few of the doctor's firm friends commenced the undertak- 
ing, the doctor continuing to assert the barn would go up 
without any rum, until, at length, cold water conquering, all 
took hold with strong hands, merry hearts, and steady heads. 
When the job was done, every one was fed with abundance 
of beef and potatoes, pork and beans, brown bread and 
pumpkin pies, cold water and spruce beer, making them 
more healthy and wise. Thus the good doctor early com- 
menced preaching and practising temperance, which he con- 
tinued to do so long as he lived. 

In this connection, I would say Marlborough has sent 
forth young men who have become successful physicians ; 
namely, Drs. Timothy Lane, Jeremiah Stone, Willard 
Adams, Jairus B. Collins, Augustus Davis, John Q. A. 
M'Collester, Daniel B. Woodward, and Si"imner Mason. 
Some of these have become eminent in their profession. 

As we contrast the present prosperous condition of Marl- 
borough with what it was one hundred years ago, we can 
but feel progress indeed has been made. Happy homes are 
now all around us. How was it when Mr. Robert Worsley 
paid his first visit to the town prior to the Revolution ? In 
his own words, he says : " I passed up the middle branch * 
of the Ashuelot River to the hill between tlie branch and 
Robbins Brook, where I discovered a deserted log-house on 
Cooper's Hill. But I continued my journey till I came to 
another cleared spot, which was afterwards called Ball's 
Hill, where I found a most splendid growth of hard wood, 
with some pine, spruce, and hemlock. Here, I felt, was the 
place for me to settle ; for soil must be good to produce 
such timber." 

*Now called Minnewawa. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELERRATION. 387 

So he put up liis log buildings in the wilderness, and 
began to live. Wild animals then were common. One 
night, when i\Ir. Worsloy was away from home, a bear took 
a hog weighing three hundred and twenty pounds from the 
pen, and, bearing it some distance off, killed it. The next 
day, the neighbors caught old bruin himself; and he weighed 
four hundred and twenty pounds. 

Mr. Worsley speaks of a huge ash-tree, from which they 
split rails enough to last them for ten years in fencing their 
extensive lots. Also mention is made of a pine cut down 
by Silas Rhodes, out of which he split thirty thousand 
shingles and sawed several thousand feet of boards. These 
trees must have been similar to those growing in Oregon, 
which are said to be so tall that one must look three 
times before he can see their tops. 

Our ancestors were very social, it would seem, and fond 
of fun. The English mirth, the Scotch humor, and Irish 
wit, were sure to express themselves at huskings, trainings, 
apple-parings, raisings, and night-mowing-bees, where gen- 
erous hearts and active hands would do their best to bring 
up the rears of some delinquent farmer. Oh, how the fire 
would fly, as they swept over the stony fields ! Oh, what 
stifled laughter at the end of the swaths I And, when the 
job was done, oh, the jokes, the plays, and the frolics of 
merriment which were sure to follow ! Those were hale, 
happy old times, which can never be enjoyed in their hearti- 
ness again. It is right, however, that recollection should 
review them, and our hearts be refreshed by — 
'' Conning them o'er and o'er." 

Of course, as our fathers came to this country, they neces- 
sarily brought with them some of the faults and foibles of 
their native lands. The haughtiness of the English made 
them overbearing ; the rigidness of the Scotch caused them 
to be dogmatical ; the disposition of the Irish to wit ren- 
dered them hilarious and sometimes riotous : but their faults 
were usually only virtues carried too far. They were posi- 
tive and substantial in character. They were social and 
fraternal in their feelings, polite in their manners, and faith- 



338 HISTORY OF ]SrARLBOROUGH. 

ful to their duties. They sowed good seed in the church 
and home. They hiid a solid foundation on which future 
generations might securel}^ build. 

The success of a town depends not so much on great ex- 
ternal wealth as on the virtues planted in the hearts of the 
young and cherished in the bosoms of the old. The young 
grow strong by the hearth-stone consecrated by their fathers' 
good counsels and their mothers' prayers. All honor should 
be paid to our noble sires. 

A century has gone since the wilderness here was first 
disturbed by the ring of the axe. The last hundred years 
are full of history. Within that time, five wars have caused 
these hills and valleys to echo with the blasts of the trum- 
j)et and the roll of the drum, calling men to arms. Within 
that time, the Indian has left his once favorite hunting and 
fishing grounds ; the j^oke of Great Britain has been lifted 
from our land ; the foot of the French monarch has been 
forced from our borders ; the Spanish flag within our domin- 
ion has been trampled in the dust ; and the feeble thirteen 
colonies have grown into thirty-seven States and ten Terri- 
tories, netted over with railroads and telegraphs, dotted with 
cities and towns, having seas and rivers whitened with the 
sails of commerce from every clime. 

Here in our own country within the past century, the 
first steamboat was set in motion ; the first railroad of any 
considerable length was constructed ; the first telegram was 
sent ; the first mower was made ; and the first sewing-machine 
was patented. A hundred years ago there were but four 
small newspapers published in the country, and less than 
seventy-five post-offices. The last ten decades have witnessed 
surely many and great changes. Minds have invented and 
hands have wrought out wonderful improvements. 

But there have been other changes in this town, which 
have been felt more than any to which reference has been 
made. The first generation of settlers in Marlborough has 
gone ; only a few of the second remain, who are waiting 
with us, soon to be called to their fathers. A few more suns 
will roll round, and they will all be gone, — a noble ancestry, 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 339 

bold as the summit of yonder mountain, determined as your 
roaring Minnewawa, gentle as the brooks purling through 
your meadows, and as tender as the air that kisses your 
hills. But the fathers are not wholly gone : their deeds are 
around us. We know of their thanksgivings to God when 
their rude homes were lighted up with children fresh from 
the hand of God ; we know of their deep sorrows as their 
hearths were darkened and fond ones passed from their 
siofht. For in their homes were altars of love around which 
bridal joys were wreathed, and shrines, too, which were 
often draped with bitterest affliction. But, as we visit their 
graves, the graves of our kindred, how significant the past ! 

Thanks be to God, they live ! The stone has been rolled 
from the door of the sepulchre, and the fathers are clothed 
with life immortal. Let the influence of the sainted dead 
rest upon us. May they continue to teach us of their forti- 
tude in the wilderness, on the field of battle, and in their 
struggles for liberty ; of their devotion to their homes, their 
schools, their church and country. Their inheritance is 
worth all it cost. Their bestowals upon us are beyond the 
price of rubies. As the grass shall grow green over their 
graves and the pine sing its requiem above their peaceful 
ashes, may their lives blossom perennially in the memories 
of the living, making New Hampshire our Canaan, Marlbor- 
ough our New Jerusalem, Monadnock our Pisgah, and 
Minnewawa our Kedron ! 

A hundred years have gone. A century hence, and the 
living here will be sleeping with the fathers. But may the 
precious inheritance which we have received, of freedom, 
truth, virtue, and faith, be so improved by our diligence, 
that our children's children at the second centennial celebra- 
tion of the settlement of our native town, shall be blest with 
a hundred-fold greater inheritance than we enjoy to-day, and 
the sons will continue to call the fathers blessed ! 

Come, Patrick Henry, the eloquent vindicator of liberty ; 
come, Franklin, the patriot and philosopher; come, Wash- 
ington, the great general and wise man; come, Jefferson, the 
judicious counsellor and statesman ; come, Hancock, from 



340 HISTORY OF MARLBOEOtJGH. 

the Continental Congress ; come, Adams, from Fanenil Hall, 
with thy memory laden with the wisdom of the past and the 
present; come, Lincoln, the liberator of the slave and the 
preserver of human rights, — come, all ye national heroes, 
and teach us anew the worth of national freedom and State 
government. 

Come, ye Pilgrims from Plymouth Rock ; come, ye Revo- 
lutionary heroes, who fought for the rights of State and 
Nation; come, ye early settlers of our native town, who 
wrought so grandly for school and church, — come, all ye 
departed and honored fathers, and baptize us afresh with 
love and devotion to the mother of our nativity, leading us 
and our descendants in the ways of faithfulness to her future 
wants and prosperity, thus adding to her natural charms and 
glory all the shades and touching beauties of cultured Chris- 
tian characters. 

At the conclusion of the address, the speaker acknowl- 
edged his many obligations to Mr. Charles A. Bemis, Marl- 
borough's historian, who had furnished him with many 
historical facts for his address. He also expressed his thanks 
to Mr. Thomas White, who, unsolicited, favored him with 
several important reminiscences, and to Mr. Charles K. 
Mason, who had been untiring in his efforts to lend him all 
possible aid. 

10. Original hymn by Mrs. S. D. Osborne of Keene, read 
by Rev. E. Davis, sung to the tune of Italian Hymn. 

HYMN. 

Composed on the One Hundredth Birthday of the Town of Marlborough. 

One hundred years ago 1 
Swift has thy silent flow, 

Old Time, rolled on ; 
Then forests crown tliese hills, 
These rocks no hammer thrills, 
No sound of busy mills 

To man is borne. 



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Rut sti'ong young hearts are there, 
With wills " to do and dare " ; 

Trusting in God, 
They send the fiat forth, 
That things of real worth 
Shall have a noble birth 

On stream and sod. 

Forests before them fled ; 
Treasures, from rocky bed. 

Were brought to light ; 
The dasliing stream was stayed. 
Swift wheel and spindle played, 
Each artisan of trade 

Wrought with his might. 

The house of God was reared ; 
The school, 'mid shops, apjieared 

To bless the land. 
Soon from their halls went forth 
Women and men of worth 
To every clime on earth, 

A noble band. 

We gather here to-day. 
To gaze back o'er the way. 

One hundred years ; 
Each one, with blessings fraught. 
Teach lis " what God hath wrought," 
And to us all have brought 

More joy than tears. 

And when these vales and hills 
Have crumbled, and these rills 

Are hushed for aye. 
Then we, our earthly lays 
Exchange, for heavenly praise 
Will loud hosannas raise 

At Home on high. 

11. Benediction by Rev. P. Wallingford of Claremont, 
a native of Marlborough. 

AT TABLE. 

Blessing invoked by Rev. Moses G. Grosvenor of Troy, 
Ohio, formerly pastor of the Congregational Church. 



342 HISTORY OP MARLBOROUGH. 

Ample justice was done to the repast by the multitude 
present, and much food was left unconsumed. 

AFTERNOON. 

Order being restored, the exercises were as follows, 
namely : — 

Music by the band, '' Marlborough Centennial Quick- 
step,"' composed by F. C. Hayes. 

The President then called for the first sentiment, which 
was as follows : — 

The Day we celebrate, our Country's Natal Day, the First Centennial of 
Marlboroufjh, — An occasion of friendly greeting to all, of welcome home 
to our friends from abroad, of solemn reflections for the past, and of 
hopeful anticipations for the future. 

Jairus Collins, Esq., responded to this sentiment as fol- 
lows : — 

Mr. President^ Ladies and Gentlemen, — By the invitation 
of your centennial committee, I am called upon to respond 
to the sentiment just read: The day we celebrate, our coun- 
try's natal day, the first centennial of Marlborough, — An 
occasion of friendly greeting to all, of welcome home to our 
friends from abroad, of solemn reflections for the past, and 
of hopeful anticipations for the future. 

The day we celebrate, our country's natal day. It is well, 
my friends, in our journe}^ over the sea of life, that we have 
stand-points on our passage, that we may take a retrospec- 
tive view. 

And this is a day eminently befitting such an occasion. 
It is well that we meet and greet each other with a cordial 
look and shake of the hand on this our double centennial 
day, review the past and contrast it with the present. Let 
us look where we see our national flag proudly waving be- 
fore us, and read the meaning of those stars and stripes. 
One hundred years ago, a piece of coarse bunting was flung 
to the breeze, containing thirteen stars and stripes, — an 
emblem of a Nation's independence, the signal of the rights 
of man, a declaration tliat those thirteen States ought to be, 





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THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 343 

and of right should iind must be, independent of the British 
crown. Tliis was a time that tried the spirit, the manhood 
of our forefathers. Though destitute of the comforts, and 
much more the luxuries, of life, they were equal to the occa- 
sion ; and by their valor, patriotism, and perseverance, we 
are here to-day, enjoying the fruits of their labors, being 
protected in our social, intellectual, civil, political, moral, 
and religious rights and privileges by a government which 
tlieir sacrifices, hardships, and sacred devotion to principle 
achieved, — yea, the best government the bright sun in the 
heavens ever shone upon. May we ever emulate their devo- 
tion, their self-sacrificing devotion to principle ; and, while 
their names may pass into oblivion, let us, on this our coun- 
try's natal day, commemorate their deeds of valor, and with 
jo}^ and gratitude in oiir hearts entreat our heavenly Father, 
by well-ordered and virtuous lives, that he will continue to 
rule in and preside over the destinies of this our beloved 
country ! 

This is our first centennial of Marlborough. One hun- 
dred years ago, the hardy men and women who commenced 
the settlement of this town, where are they? Echo answers. 
Where? Their names are obscured by the lapse of time. 
Yet in the dim and faded records of the past may be found 
the pioneer names of the first settlers of our town. Some 
ten or more years before its incorporation, the names of 
William Barker, Isaac McAllester, Daniel Goodenough, 
Benjamin Tucker, Abel Woodward, and Joseph Collins 
head the list of pioneers in its settlement. From that time 
to the present day, what changes have been wrought ! To 
recall some of these, we meet on this occasion. We extend 
the hand of welcome to all. We greet you, kind friends, 
witli a thrice hearty welcome. We welcome home our 
friends from abroad. It is proper that we should welcome 
you here, to the old homesteads of former days and years 
long gone by. Although the old familiar farm-houses, 
fields, and yards, may be dilapidated and tenantless, or occu- 
pied by unfamiliar forms and faces, still past reminiscences 
will be revived, and solemn refiections will occupy the mind, 



344 HISTORY OF I^rARLBOROI^OH. 

when we visit tlie scenes of cliildliood and youth, about 
which so many tender recollections cluster, that we are 
prone to recall the language of the poet when he says: — 

" How dear to my heart are the scenes of my cliiklhood, 
When fond recollection presents them to view, — 
The orcliard, the meadow, tlie deep-tangied wildwood, 
And every loved spot which my infancy knew ; 

" The wide-spreading pond, and the mill tliat stood by it, 
Tlie bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell. 
The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it, 
And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well." 

We welcome you, friends, to our hillsides, valleys, glens, 
streams, and old Monadnock's splendid view. We welcome 
you to our mills, shops, schools, churches, to our homes and 
hearts. We thank you for leaving your work and homes, to 
meet with us on this festal occasion, in this beautiful grove, 
where the spirit of cheerfulness and friendship may mingle, 
and gladness glow from heart to heart. We welcome the 
children from our Sabbath schools, and from abroad, to see 
and hear and partake of the joys and spirit of the occasion. 
It is proper that the celebration of this day be enjoyed by 
them, that they should hear from those that speak of some 
of the hardships, privations, aud sacred devotion to princi- 
ples of the first or early settlers of Marlborough, when in 
a state of primeval, unbroken forest. It is well for you to 
know and all of us to think of those hardy men and women 
coming into this unbroken, dense forest, following their bold 
leader, William Barker, and felling the first trees, and com- 
mencing the settlement ; building for themselves rude log- 
huts to protect them from the inclemency of the weather 
and the depredations of wild beasts and wild men of the 
forests. You, of to-day, might deem this rather an uninvit- 
ing home. Then view them in later times, in many cases 
without tlie necessaries of life. They came here to make a 
home, to build houses, to clear up and cultivate fields, and 
raise, by the labors of their hands, something on which to 
live, — here to labor and endure, with a perseverance worthy 
of our imitation. Here they built, as they progressed, 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 345 

lidiisos, felled the trees, estiiblislied scliools, organized 
(liiirchcs, passed over our hills and through our valleys 
without highways, travelling by marked trees from place 
to place, building mills, and thereby improving our water 
powers, and amid all the trials and hardships improving their 
mental, moral, and religious powers. And soon we see the 
fruit of their labors becoming more and more visible, 
(iradually their encroachments upon the forest shoAV us 
broader fields, with waving harvests ministering to their 
wants. We look upon the bending, venerable forms of our 
fathers and mothers in their rural simplicity of character, 
with a just and manly pride of admiration, and we and com- 
ing generations will bespeak the gratitude toward them as 
public benefactors of our race. If we properly contemplate 
the great disadvantages which they encountered, and con- 
trast them with the present state of things, we can scarcely 
fail to thank God in our hearts that our lot has been cast in 
more favored times, and that we, enjojdng the necessaries, 
the conveniences, and even luxuries of life, ]nay fail fully 
to conceive of the hardships and privations of those hardy 
pioneers. These venerable men and women, without roads, 
carriages, or even beasts of burden, bore upon their broad 
shoulders their grain to the distant mills, guided by marked 
trees through the dark, thick forest, with a perseverance 
equal to their task. 

One hundred years ago, — how changed! The same sun 
in the heavens still shines benignantly upon us, but the face 
of Nature a different aspect wears. Our fathers and moth- 
ers, where are they? Echo answers. Where? View that 
venerable village of graves (too little cared for) on yonder 
hill, and those other villages of the dead on our eastern and 
western hillsides, and the more lately populated cemetery 
near by, with its three hundred and fifteen silent inhabitants 
of mother earth, and we have the answer, — Dust to dust 
returneth, while their disembodied spirits are with Him who 
breathed the breath of life into man, and he became a living 
soul. Their primitive habits, manners, and customs have 
passed away, and given place to others more in harmony 

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846 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

with our times ami the progressive spirit of the present age. 
One hn mired years mark the haml of progress in the arts 
and sciences, — oh, how rapid! Science has directed the 
labors of art, nntil resnlts seem almost miraculous. Steam 
instead of beasts of burden propels our carriages as on 
wings, on the iron rail instead of over rocks and gravel and 
through mud and sand. The broad Atlantic's wide expanse 
is almost annihilated, and the forked lightning is tamed into 
subserviency to man, and wades through the briny deep, 
annihilating time and space, to carry messages of friendship 
and love to the most distant civilized countries. The means 
of civilization have progressed with equal strides of develop- 
ment. The rude log hut is exchanged for the modern im- 
provements of labor and art. The schoolmaster has been 
among us. But, friends, the great question is. Have the 
intelligence and virtues of the people kept pace with the 
visible progress of the arts and sciences? Have the ten 
talents committed to our keeping been fully utilized, so thai 
it can be said of us, Well done, good and faithful servants, 
when the future shall look back upon the past ? 

One hundred j'^ears, — what changes have occurred in tlic 
nations and governments of the world! Thrones have 
tottered and kingdoms fallen, kings croAvned and dethroned. 
Our national government has arisen through its incipient 
stages of infancy, childhood, and youth, and passed onward 
and upward into mature manhood; and, by the labors and 
persevering patriotisin, under a benignant Providence, our 
forefathers have bearded the British lion tlirough a Ijloody 
war of eight years, maintained their manhood in 1812, 
crushed out the late Rebellion, maintained the liberty and 
rights of man, and slied a halo of glory for the emulation of 
the whole civilized world. 

The second sentiment was read : — 

O'ur Forefathers, — Austere in their manners, strict in tlie execution 
of tlie laws and Uic ol)Hcrvance of tlie Sabbath and all religious duties, 
primitive in their habits and customs, would it not be well for young 
America to imitate many of their examples, — practise their economy, 
have the same regard for law and order, and their high sense of honor? 



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Song, — " Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers." 

The following letter from Sumner Frost, Esq., of Derby, 

Vt., was then read : — 

Dekuy, June 23. 1S7G. 
To Charles K. Mason and Others : 

Gent.*, — Your very kind and flatteriiig invitation to be present at the 
centennial celebration of tlie good old town of Marlborough on the 4tli 
of July next, — the town where fivid dawned the light of day upon me, 
and where are many of n\y earliest and most pleasant recollections, — 
and assist in commemnratinij the (kiij with appi(i[iriate ceremonies, is this 
day received. 

1 can assure you that it would l)e a great pleasure to me to be present 
with you on that occasion. My engagements are such that it will be 
wholbi impracticable. With my best wishes for a complete success, and 
my kind regards to you and the many kind and loved friends of my 
native town, T remain. Yours trul3'^, 

SUMNER FROST. 

Third sentiment : — 

The Clitircl), — The great nursery of truth, virtue, and practical Chris- 
tianity. 

COMMUNICATION FROM REV. LUTHER WISWALL OF WIND- 
HAM, MAINE. 

To THE Co:mmittee OF Invitation : 

Gentlemen^ — I thank you for the kind invitation to be 
present and take some part in the celebration of the centen- 
nial anniversary of the orgaidzation of the town. It is a 
source of gratiti cation to know that I aiu remembered after 
an absence of more than forty j^ears. But, while I should 
be very glad to be with 3'ou on that occasion, the various 
calls for service nearer home will most likel}^ make it virtu- 
ally impossible. 

The sentiment to which you invited me to respond is one 
very near my heart; namely, '•'-The Church, — The great 
nurftery of truth, virtue, and practical Christianity."' In re- 
gard to the true Church of Christ, of whatever name or in 
whatever clime, I would say: — 

" One family we dwell in him. 
One Church above, beneath. 
Though now divided by the stieam. 
The narrow stream of death." 



848 HISTORY OF MARLBOEOUGH. 

Most of those members of the great famil}^ when I became 
a member, now, I trust, belong to the family above. Bnt 
to confine m3-self, as you suggested, to the history of the 
Church in Marlborough. I must premise that, with the 
exception of a few historical dates, I must depend on per- 
sonal recollections previous to 1834, in which year I left my 
native town. For while I liave occasionally visited my early 
liome and have known something of the progress of its civil 
and religious concerns, yet not so as to enable me to speak 
of them, among those who iniderstand them much better 
than I can be supposed to do. 

Aside from the Congregational Church, there was a 
Methodist societ}^ organized, as I have understood, about tlic 
year 1800. It was composed of members living in Mav]])or- 
ough and in the neighboring towns of Dul)lin and Nelson. 
Tlieir meetings were held in the eastern part of tlie town. 
I recollect of occasionally attending their meetings at the 
liouse of ]\Ir. Herrick. 

Tliere were several Baptists in town, but I am not aware 
of any organized church of that denomination previous to 
1834. Some of them were connected witli tlie Baptisl 
Cliurch in Dublin, of which Elder Willard was pastor. 

There was occasional preaching by ministers of tlie Uni- 
versalist persuasion, previous to 1820;* but I do not knoAv 
that there was any organized church or society in those early 
years, or while I resided in town. Usually, as I recollect, 
their meetings, which I sometimes attended, were held in 
the school-house, then standing on the opposite side of tlie 
road from the present residence of Mrs. Davis. 

The first preaching by Unitarian ministers Avas in 1823 or 
1824, and occasionally for some j'ears afterwards. The 
preachers were graduates of Harvard College. I think a 
Unitarian Church of a few meml)ers was organized during 
those years. I do not know any tiling of its subsequent 
history. The above imperfect sketch of dirferent denomi- 
nations will of course be supplemented \)y those now living 
among 3'ou. 

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THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 349 

111 addition to tliese, there was another vohmtary l)nt 
infoi'iiial institntion, which exerted a great influence in a 
religious point of view. I refer to a social conference and 
prayer-meeting lield on Sabbath evenings at the school-house 
before mentioned. I cannot tell when it began as a regular 
meeting, but it was previous to 1820, and continued, with 
occasional interruptions, as long as I resided in town. Usu- 
ally, no minister was present, and Christian brethren of dif- 
ferent denominations by turns took the lead of the meeting, 
in which all who were disposed took part in the exercises of 
prayer, exhortation, or singing. 

Among those more or less prominent in these meetings, 
but scarcely remembered by the present generation, I recol- 
lect among the Baptists the venerable Deacon Cummiiigs 
and J\[r. Thatcher and his son Elias, who, I believe, con- 
tinues to this day among you; also Mr. Samuel Gage and 
Mr, Clark Mason. Among the Congregationalists were 
Deacon Kimber Harvey and Deacon James Farrar and his 
elder brother William, Deacon Simeon Whitcomb and 
Joseph Frost, Jr. Of the Methodists who attended, I recol- 
lect but one name, that of William White. I suppose their 
social meetings were held in the same neighborhood with 
their preaching service. 

I can speak more at length of the Congregational Church, 
of which I became a member in 1822. It was organized in 
1778 ; and Mr. Joseph Cummings, a native of Topsfield, was 
ordained as its pastor at the same time. But people were 
dissatisfied with his conduct, and he was dismissed after two 
years ; and the church remained destitute of a pastor for 
iiearl}^ thirteen years, though they had preaching a part of 
the time from different ministers. 

In 1793, Mr. Halloway Fish, a native of Upton, Mass., and 
a graduate of Dartmouth College, was ordained j^astor, and 
remained such until his death in 1824, — thirty -one years. To 
adopt the words of another, wliich are in accordance with 
my own impressions, Mr. Fish "was serious and devout in 
his spirit, exemplary in his life, thoroughly orthodox in his 
opinions, and faitltful as a minister oi" Christ." He was a 



350 HISTORY OF ArARLBOROUGH. 

man of sound jiulgment, but not distiiiguislied for popular 
pulpit talents. Two years before liis death, a revival of 
religion brought thirtj^-eight members into the church. 

About one year after his death, Rev. Salmon l^ennett was 
installed as pastor, and continued five and a half years, when 
he was dismissed; and the church was without a pastor 
until 1835, when Rev. Moses G. Grosvenor was installed 
pastor. Mr. Bennett Avas an acceptable preacher, and a man 
of very kind and genial spirit. V>\\t the church and relig- 
ious matters generally" were in a transition state, and for 
some years it was impossible to sustain a settled ministry'. 

In accordance with views generally prevailing at the time 
of the settlement of the town, and for many years after- 
wards, the civil authorities regarded themselves as under the 
same obligation to provide moral and religious instruction 
as they were to provide secular ov literary instruction, as in 
our common schools. This, of course, involved a sort of 
union between Cluirch and State. So it was the town that 
built the meeting-house, and in coujunclion wilh the Church 
chose the minister; and his salary was raised by tax on the 
town, the same as the wages of school-teachers. I do not 
think there was any law of the State ro(}uiriii<^' towns or 
churches to support ministers of any particular denomina- 
tion ; and among my earliest recollections of these matters 
was this, that any citizen who chose so far to identify him- 
self with any other religious society as to contribute to its 
support was released from paying the minister tax. In 
1819, the State law Avas changed, so that no man was obliged 
to pay any thing for the support of religious teaching. A 
year or two before the death of Mr. Fish, the majority of 
the people, not being favorable to his religious views, though 
not agreeing ujxm any other, decidecl, as they had the legal 
right to do, to allow the adlicreuts of different denomina- 
tions to occupy their meeting-liouse, each their due propor- 
tion of time. The proportion assigned to the Congregation- 
alists was, I think, less than a third. And for several years 
the old meeting-house was occupied in turns by Tnitarians, 
Baptists, Methodists, and Universalists, as well as Congre- 
gationalists. 




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This state of things was not eoudiicive to harmony, or 
kind feelings among people, nor to the progress of true 
religion. 

The (k)ngregationalisU linding themselves unable, under 
these eircumstances, to sustain a settled ministry, and find- 
ing also al'ter a few years that they were diminishing in num- 
bers and pecuniary ability, finally, encouraged by the prom- 
ise of some aid from abroad, resolved to build a house of 
\\()rshi[) of their own, and gi\e up all claim to the old house. 
But there was a difficulty wliieh delayed them for a time. 
Among the few who were willing to aid, there was a differ- 
ence of judgment and interest in fixing upon a location. 
Some proposed a site on the hill near where Dr. Batchcller 
then lived. Others preferred a site on what was called the 
Goodenough knoll, near where J. Merrill Davis now lives. 
According to my recollection, it was only by a plurality of 
one or two shares that the present location was selected. 

To account for hesitancy in regard to the location, it must 
be remembered that within the bounds of the present beau- 
tiful village there were only a few families, and those, 
mainly, not in sympathy with the church; nor was there 
any special prospect of increase. I left town soon after the 
foundations of the house were laid. 

Of the history and progress of the Church for the last 
forty years, I do not feel competent to speak. 

The Church looked upon it as a calamity and a hinder- 
ance to their prosperity and a source of great discourage- 
ment to Christian labor when, more than fifty years ago, 
they were denied for a considerable portion of the time the 
use of the house which they had occupied more than forty 
years, and in which all their religious associations had 
centred. I confess to have shared in these feelings. But as 
I now look at it, m view of results, I regard it as a great 
blessing in disguise, the hand of God being in it. 

I spoke of the promise of aid from abroad in building the 
house of worship. Perhaps some would like to know the 
sources of aid. The first was a subscription of about $1-10, 
obtained by Miss. Polly Barker, formerly a member of the 



352 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Church, but who had been for some j^ears a resident of 
Boston, where she obtained the subscription. Through the 
instrunicntalit}^ of Rev. Mr. Baston, some aid was obtained 
from Keene. Subscriptions were procured in Nelson, Fitz- 
Avilliam, and Jaffrey, which were to Ijc paid if the Churcli 
found itself unable to meet tlie expense of building by the 
sale of pews or otherwise. My impression is that these 
were not called for. 

In concluding, I wish to express my joy that, among the 
true followers of Christ of different names, there appears to 
be more harmony and co-operation than formerly. I trust 
it is so in my native town. 

To use in substance the language of another, "I think 
there is a day, not very distant, when from the watch-towers 
of Asia, once the land of 'Lords many/ there shall roll out 
the exultant chorus, 'One Lord'; when from the watch- 
towers of Europe, distracted by divisions in the faith, shall 
roll up the grateful chorus, 'One faith'; when from the 
watch-towers of our own America, torn by controversies 
respecting the initiatory rite of the Christian Church, shall 
roll forth the inspiring chorus, ' One baptism ' ; when from 
the watch-towers of Africa, where it is felt as if the God of 
all the race were not her God, as though the Father of the 
human family were not her Father, — when from the watch- 
towers of despised and long-neglected Africa shall roll forth 
the chorus, 'One God and Father of all'; when the sacra- 
mental host, scattered over the face of this lower creation, 
shall spring upon their feet, and, seizing the liarp of thanks- 
giving, shall join in the chorus with responding angels, 'One 
Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, 
who is above all, and through all, and in you all, to whom 
be glory, dominion, and majesty and blessing forever ! ' " 

Music by the band. 
Fourth sentiment : — 

The Conirihutious of Marlhnroutih to the Popidntlon of our Large Cities, — 
Among tliera are men whose untiring business habits have enabled theia 
to amass much wealth; but their gold has not encrusted their hearts. 
We trust their liberality and benevolence will continue to increase in a 
ratio proportionate to their additional means. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATrON. 853 

LETTER FROM HON. RUFUS S. FROST. 

HousK OF Hepueskntativks, Wasihngton, D.C, 

June 20, 1876. 
Messrs. Charles K. Mason, Ciiaiu-es A. Hemis, C. E. IIakov, Com- 

millee : 

Gentlemen, — I rejoice tliat the good ]t(>opIe of iny native town are to 
celebrate the centennial anniversary of tlie settlement of the town on 
the ith of July next, and sinuiM-ely regret that other duties will prevent 
myself and wife from participating with them on that occasion. 

I have always loved Marlborough, and have been proud to call lier my 
native town. 

The toast to which you invite me to respond is an excellent one; and, 
;is it does not apply to myself personally, T feel all the more freedom in 
resi)onding to it. Although it is said to be very convenient to have wealth, 
my own opinion has always been that a good reputation is much to be 
preferred. I admit that both are desirable, and am glad that so many 
sons of Marlborough who have remained at home, and also those who 
have removed to other places, have acquired both. 

The man who owns his well-stocked farm, and is clear of debt, is a 
riclier man than he who lives in the city and is frequently taking risks 
large enough to ruin himself and family, although his yearly income may 
be much greater than the farmer's. 

You may ask, is the latter a necessity? I answer no; but with the 
large expenses of the city is the temptation to take large risks. Hence 
the ruin of so many. In responding to the toast assigned me, I desire to 
impress upon the young people of Marlborough the idea that success in 
life comes only from hard work and strict attention to some chosen occu- 
pition in life. I believe that these qualities, applied to a well-selected 
farm, would yield as good an income, with more independence and better 
health, than the average of other kinds of business away from Marl- 
borough. 

Our heavenly Father has given the town great natural advantages, 
besides the beauty of its hills and valleys. Its water-power, which can 
be largely increased, gives occupation to many people in the village, while 
the farmers thereby find a ready cash market for their produce. 

Let the people of Marlborough, like true patriots, stand by their town, 
and give their assistance to all its religious, educational, and business 
interests; and the future prosperity of the town and its people will be 
secured. 

With my cordial respect for you, gentlem-en of the committee, and 
the people whom you represent, I remain, 

Sincerely yours, etc., 

RUFUS S. FROST. 

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354 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Fifth sentiment : — 

The Future Generations of Marlborough,— ^\».y they emulate the courage, 
patriotism, aud virtues of the past, now quietly resting beneath the green 
turf of our native hillsides. 

Responded to by Rev. J. L. Merrill. 

Sixth sentiment: — 

The FUkj of our Union, — A century ago a piece of striped bunting un- 
furled to the breeze of freedom, now floating on every s(;a, and i)roudly 
waving over thirty-seven States at home, the shield of liberty, a terroi' to 
oppression and tyranny. 

LETTER FROM COL. HENRY W. GREENWOOD OF DUM- 
MERSTON, VT. 

PHiLADKLrniA, Juue IS, 1876. 
Messrs. Chaklks K. Mason, Chaulks A. Bemis, C. E. Hakdy, Coni- 
mltlee : 

Dear Sirs, — I regret that I cannot be present witii you and tln' 
people of Marlborough on the 4th of July, to celebrate the double anni- 
versary on that day. 

The wandering life necessary to one of my profession has prevented 
me from adopting a permanent home elsewhere; and, for that reason. 
Marlborough and my boyhood haunts have ever held tlu^ memory of 
the " dearest spot on earth to me," and though family-friends are scat- 
tered, and the old stone house has passed into other hands, I dearly love 
to visit " The Harbor," the pet name of my native village. 

The response to the toast " Our Flag " nuist be a silent wish that it 
may wave for many centuries over Marll)orough aTid the entire country. 

Educated in military science, I naturally fell into the rank and file in 
1861, and followed the fortunes of the "battle flag " of the army of the 
Cumberland. (the reunion of which on the 6th and 7th of July at this 
place prevents my joining you on the 4th). I have wandered under the 
protection of the dear old flmj over the Plains of the great West, across 
the Rocky Mountains, through the sands of Southern California, and 
claimed its protection in foreign lands with a pride that is natural to an 
American. Ever yours truly, 

W. H. GREENWOOD. 

Song, — " Onr Flag and our Nation." 
Seventh sentiment : — 

The Primitive Inhahllants of j}farlhorou(/h, — Their simplicity, wisdom- 
energy, and virtues, were equal to their hardshi[>s, ju-ivations, and toils. 
May we imitate the former, while we enjoy the fruition of the latter 
Grod bless their memory. 



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LETTER FROM DEA. PERLEY D. STONE OP ADAMS, N.Y. 

Adams, Jefferson Co., N.Y., June 5, 187G. 
Chaui-ks A. Hkmis, Chaklks K. Mason, Cyrus E. Hardy, Com- 
mittee of invitation to attend the anniverxavji of the organization of the 
good old town of Marlhovomjh, N.H., on the ith of Jul if next : 

Gentlemen, — Yours of May the 25th was received in due time. I am 
more than pleased that such a celebration will be had; should be glad 
to be with you on that occasion, and share with you the pleasures and 
sorrows that will vibrate in every bosom. Pleasure and sorrow c)ftpn 
mingle together on such an occasion. But my age and other circum- 
stances (I now think) will prevent my being present. 

You wish me to respond as to the first settlers' simplicity, wisdom, 
energy, and virtues. I would say that they were made equal to their 
hardships, privations, and toil. Were I present with you, T would speak 
to you, and have you realize if possible, the township as it was one hun- 
dred years ago, with its unbroken forests, — those hills and valleys 
groaning under the weight of those towering oaks, maples, beech, bass, 
and hemlock, that must fall before the axe, and be cleared up so as to 
be productive ; and those rocks to be dug out before the plough could 
turn up the soil, and raise sufficient for the support of those growing 
families numbering from eight to sixteen childi-en. 

To accomplish this did require simplicity, wisdom, energy, and virtues ; 
and, thanks be to God, our ancestors possessed these qualities in a 
remarkable degree, as is shown by their fruits. They possessed in a 
remarkable degree educational and religious principles, as is evident 
from the erection of a house for the worship of God at so early a period, 
and by planting the school-house in eveiy district, and by the respect 
shown to the sanctity of the holy Sabbath, sustaining the ministry for all 
these rolling years. May God blejjs to us, their descendants, the remem- 
brance of our fathers and mothers, that we may copy all that " was lovely 
and of good report," and shun all that was wrong, so that we, their 
descendants, may do good and be useful while living, and die the death 
of the righteous. Yours truly, 

P. D. STONE. 

Eighth sentiment : — 

Tlie Clergy, — May they, as ever, be found in the front ranks of intelli- 
gence, vital piety, freedom, anfl practical righteousness. 

Responded to by Rev. Edwin Davis of Canton, Mass. 

Ninth sentiment: — 

The Venerable Men and Women vith us to-day, — With age, the emotional 
excitements and buoyant blood of youth pass away ; hut the heart of the 
wise, — the older it grows, the warmer it feels. 



356 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Deacon Abel Baker of Troy sent the following : — 

Tkoy, N.II., June 2G, 1876. 
To THE Committee of Invitation : 

Gentlemen, — I would express to you my sincere thanks for your kind 
invitation, inviting nie to be present and participate in and partake of 
the festivities of your centennial celebration in the town of IMarlborough 
on the 4th of July next. 

As it will probably not be. convenient for me to be present at that 
time, let me give you some of my recollections of the events of my early 
life, which are still fresh in my memory. 

I was born in that town, April 8, 1707. My father settled and lived 
on a new farm about one and a half miles east of the old meeting-house 
on the hill; and, as I attended school in two districts besides our own, I 
was acquainted with and entertain the greatest respect for my youthful 
associates in my early life, and formed many acquaintances which I still 
cherish with profound respect. 

Among my teachers in the common schools were Esquire Gates, Oapt. 
Whitney, Thomas Hardy, Eev. Mr. Hand, James Farrar, Asa Frost, ]C. K. 
Frost, Catharine Newton, Jane Gilmore, and Anna Harvey. 

And among my classmates were Kev. Cyrus Stone, his wife, Attossa 
Frost, and t'ynthia Farrar, who, after qualifying themselves by diligent 
study, went to India to teach the benighted inhabitants of Asia the 
Christian religion ; and the two last beloved sisters found their last rest- 
ing place in that distant country. 

I likewise have a vivid recollection of the old meeting-house on the 
hill, and our Christian fathers of that day, as they were seated in their 
square pews; where the people from all parts of the town visited the 
sanctuary almost every Sabbath ; where the Rev. IMr. Fish explained the 
Scriptures, and Col. Joseph Frost, with his pitch-pipe, led the choir, 
which performed the singing, to the grgat delight of my youthful mind. 

There was also the huge horse-block on the north side of the church, 
where our fathers, at the beginning of this century and before, after 
mounting their horses, rode to the block, where their wives or daughters 
seated themselves on the pillion, sometimes with a child in their anu.s, 
and away they rode to their homes. 

This horseback mode of conveyance continued for many years without 
much interruption ; but a new way of travelling was introduced between 
1812 and 1820. 

The first one-horse wagon I ever saw was owned by ]*]lijah Boyden, 
innkeeper on the hill, i)i 1812; and in a few years that mode of convey- 
ance was gene.ral throughout tlie town. And since that time one improve- 
ment has succeeded another, until we have only to take passage by rail, 
and the utmost limits of our wide-extemled country are reached in a few 
days. Then let us rejoice, and bless a kind Providence for all the im- 
provements which have been niadti during thn hist one hundred years. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 357 

In conclusion, permit me to express my thanks to the Committee of 
Arrangements, my cordial good wishes to the old survivors of ISIarlbor- 
ough, my old associates and their successors, while a tribute of respectful 
memory hovers over the graves of the departed. I close with tlie follow- 
ing sentiment: — 

The grand JNIonadnock and Gape Mountains stand as watch-towers 
near your eastern borders. May your peace, prosperity, and temperance 
be as enduring as the everlasting hills ! 

Very truly yours, 

ABEL BAKER. 

Tenth sentiment : — 

Our Reiiolutionary^Soldiers, — Their names may be forgotten, but the 
fruits of their labors survive, shedding a halo of glory for the people, a 
prophetic hope to the nation. 

Col. Nelson Converse responded to this sentiment in an 
able manner. 

jNInsic by the band. 
Eleventh sentiment : — 

Our Merchants, — May they in the future as in the past be honorable, 
upright, respected at home and abroad. 

Elisha O. Woodward, of Grafton, Mass., who for twenty- 
five years was one of the merchants of Marlborongh, sent 
the folio Aving letter : — * 

Grafton, Mass., June 27, 1876. 
Charles K. Mason, Charles A. Bemis, C. E. Hardy, Committee of 
Invitation: — 

Yours of the 6th instant, inviting myself and family to unite with the 
citizens of Marlborough in their centennial celebration, July 4, was duly 
received. In reply, I have to say T regret that other duties prevent my 
accepting your invitation, and sharing with you the enjoyment which the 
occasion would afford me. Though Marlborough is not my native town, 
and T am not now one of its citizens, yet my long residence tliere, cover- 
ing a quarter of a century, and the intimate acquaintance with all its 
people, which the natuie of my business, to which you allude, was so 
well calculated to give me, have made the place and its inhabitants, with 
all that pertains to its and their prosperity and welfare, dear to my heart; 
and it would give me pleasure to be present, and join with you and those 
who will again return to the home and scenes of their childhood, in com- 
memorating, on the one hundiedth anniversary day of our nation's birth, 
this important event in the history of Marlborough. 

» Mr. Woodwaid has since returned to Marlborough, and to his former place of 
business. 



358 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Standing on the dividing lino that separates tlie past from tlie future, 
memory brings to my mind many changes which have marked the 
twenty-five years of my residence in your town. But I will not trespass 
on your time further, — will only say in closing, enlarging a little on the 
sentiment to which you ask me to respond : — 

May the merchants of Marlborough of to-day, profiting by whatever 
is found worthy of imitation in the exiierience of their predecessors, and 
improving the superior advantages of the ])resent, strive to make their 
business, and thus make themselves, in the future, as now, worthy of 
support and respect. 

Thankiiig you for the very kind and cordial invitation, and wishing 
you success in all your arrangements, I remain, 

Your obedient servant, 

E. O. WOODWARD. 

Twelfth sentiment: — 

The Mothers and the Daughters, — The joy and snnsliine of our homes, 
and the pride of the century. 

The committee assigned this sentiment to Warren H. 
Wilkinson of Springfield, JNIass. ; but he, being nnal)le to be 
present, sent twenty-five dollars to help defray the expenses 
of the celebration. 

Thirteenth sentiment : — 

Our Public Men. 

LETTER FROM BEN J. WHITNEY, ESQ., OF LITTLETON, N.H. 

LiTTi.KTON, N.H., June 17, 187G. 

Gentlemen, — Accept my thanks for your cordial iuvitation to be pres- 
ent at the centennial celebration of the incorporation of the town of 
Marlborough on the 4th of July next, to respond to the sentiment, "The 
Public Men of Marlborough." 

Be assured it would give me great pleasure to comply willi your invita- 
tion; but distance, and the liability to sudden attacks of imlisjiosition of 
persons of my age, admonish me fo forego tliat pleasure. But, permit 
me to say, a vivid recollection of more than two-thirds ol' the past ceu- 
tury carries me back to those who are now considered the early inhabi- 
tants of the town of Marlborough ; and, permit me further to say, the 
high moral stand taken by the public men of those days lias had an 
abiding influence on succeeding generations. A defaulter to the town 
treasury was never known. But one atteni})t, and that an unsuccessful 
one, has ever come to niy knowledge. I hope many other towns can 
boast as much, but am sure there are many others that cannot. 

The first settlers of Marlborougli were mostly farmers, emigrants from 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 359 

]\Iassachusetls, — not men of great means, but industrious, intelligent, and 
lovers of liberty. According to history, the lievolution found them true 
to freedom, and ready to fight to obtain it. With resources not abun- 
dant when it commenced, they were reduced to poverty when it closed. 
Their fields had lain uncultivated, and Continental paper money had be- 
come worthless. They were in debt, but not discouraged, aiul, to their 
honor be it said, by <IiligeHce and industry supi)orted numerous families, 
and accumulated comfortable fortunes. 

Again in 1812, as also in the late Rebellion, when the camp-fires were 
again kindled, and the authorities of the nation called again for help, 
the [)atriotism of the sons had in no wise degenerated from that of their 
worthy sires. Iler quotas were promptly filled, — filled with men, — men 
ready to do battle for the honor and safety of the nation. 

It must be a source of gratification to those who assemble with you on 
that day, whether at home or from a distance, after long separation, to 
renew their attachments, and mutually express their respect and affection 
for the place of their birth and the home of their childhood. 

Again acce[)t my thanks for your kind invitation. Gentlemen, 1 am, 
with respect. Your obliged servant, 

BENJAMIN WHITNEY. 

Messrs. C. K. Mason, C. A. Bemis, C. E. IIakdy, CommiUee. 

Fourteenth sentiment : — 

Our Foremotliers, — Their spinning-jenny spun but one thread; their 
muscular-power loom wove for the protection of their sons and daughters ; 
the hum of the linen-wheel lulled their offspring to rest ; the horse saddle 
and pillion was their only carriage, — models for wives, excellent patterns 
for mothers, the only ingredients from which to raise grandmothers. 

This sentiment was wittily replied to by Dr. J. Q. A. 
McCollestei- of Ayer Junction, INIass. His speech was full 
of incidents of the early settlers, and we regret that we 
cannot produce it here for the benefit of our readers. 

Song, — "• Spirit of Freedom." 
Fifteentli sentiment: — 

Roxbury, Marlborough'' s Secediny Daughter, — Forming a triple alliance 
in 1812, before she entered her teens, set up housekeeping for herself ; 
regrets her folly, and desires a bill that she may many a rich neighbor. 

Eli Clark, Esq., of Roxbury, responded. 

Sixteenth sentiment : — 

Troy, — In 1815, partaking of the independent spirit of her northern 
seceding sister, with a loving heart embraced an amorous trio, and still 
dwells in peace with her maternal ancestry. 



860 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

LETTER FROM HON. EDWARD FAERAR OF KEENE, A NATIVE 

OF TROY. 

Kkenk, July 3, 1876, 

My dear Sir, — Please accept, in behalf of yourself and the committee 
you represent, my sincere thanks for the kind invitation you have given 
me to be present at your celebration to-morrow, and respond to the toast 
with which you are to honor my native town. It would give me the 
greatest pleasure to be present with you and respond in person, and par- 
ticipate in the festivities of the occasion ; but a part has been assigned me 
in my adopted city, which will prevent my observance of the day else- 
where. 

It would be tedious for you to listen to my personal recollections of 
Troy. They are pleasant and interesting to me; and, as time parses on, 
I lind myself living over my Troy life more and more often. I might 
recite many incidents in tlie history of Troy as well known by others as 
by me. That would be out of place here. Besides, that duty has doubt- 
less been assigned to other and more api)ropriate hands. 

The words of your toast seem somewhat strange. The nation has but 
just begun to recover from her exhausting effort to put an end to seces- 
sion. I supposed " secession " had become a by-word. But now you speak 
of my dear old town as a seceder. Call it any name but that. Still the 
dignity and honor of a rebellion depend upon the question of its success. 
The great Rebellion which the nation has just suppressed, thanks to the 
heroes of the last decade and to the God of battles, was not a success, but 
went down in disgrace. 

Not so with Troy. She fought a deteiuuined foe. Thanks to the men 
of 1815, she maintained her right to self-government, and secession 
became her honor. The union she then formed was legitimate, although 
smacking somewhat of forbidden plurality. Xo one, — I presume to 
speak for Troy, — no member of that union can desire that it should be 
less close. May no court of law or other authority ever be graceless 
enough to grant a divorce to any member of the family ! May the union 
that made Troy a town ever endure ! 

Respectfully yours, 

EDWARD FARRAR. 
To Charles K. Mason, Es(p, for the CommUlee. 

Seventeenth sentiment : — 

27<e Professions, — Their representatives at home and abroad. 

This sentiment was ahly and eloquently responded to by 
Marquis De Lafayette McCollester, Esq., of Waseca, Minn., 
a native of Marlborough. 

Eighteenth sentiment : — 

Marlborough, — Not aspiring to the dignity of a city herself, still claims 
many municipal officers of our cities as her sons. 



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Solon S.Wilkinson of Keene replied to this as follows: — 

Mr. President, her modesty bespeaks her merit. Thouoli 
she does not aspire to the dignity of a city and is not ambi- 
tious to assume a municipal form of government, she has 
a beautiful village, and is one of the most flourishing and 
enterprising of our New England towns. 

For one hundred years she has stood tirst and foremost 
in all of the enterprises of the day; and as we look yonder, 
upon the marble slabs which mark the resting-place of the 
fallen heroes, we are assured that she never shrank from 
duty in the time of peril and danger. And as I look back 
over the past and note the position she has always taken, 
and which she takes to-day, I rejoice that this is my native 
town. 

Mr. President, as I look about me, I see, on either hand, 
those who have and do occupy high positions of honor and 
trust. And as I look upon the noble men and women who 
are assembled here to-day, who have from time to time gone 
out from these hillside homes, to bear the heats and burdens 
of the day and bless the world, I am proud that I am one 
of Marlborough's sons. And should she feel to rejoice, as 
one by one rises to eminence, may her greatest joy be that 
they are worthy the trust. And, as her sons continue to go 
out from her, may it not be their greatest ambition to fill 
high places, but to fill thern well ; and may all their acts, 
whether public or private, be such as to defy criticism and 
investigation; and may their great desire be to live respected 
that they may die regretted, and long before another centen- 
nial year merit and receive the approbation of Him who 
holds in his hand the destinies of men. 

Nineteenth sentiment : — 

Our Bands, — They speak with brazen tongues, yet their notes, at tlieir 
bidding, enkindle the fire of patriotism or the glow of friendshi]), molt 
the heart with tender pity or warm it into fervent devotion. 

Response by the band. 

Twentieth sentiment: — 

Our Common Schools, — The pride of our land, the nurseries of knowl- 
edge, intelligence, and self-government, the only safeguard to the perpe- 
tuity of the liberties of a free and enlightened nation, 

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362 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Heiny C. Tenney, of Orange, Mass., spoke as follows : — 

The vitality of every community depends upon its edu- 
cational interests; and the rank any nation takes among its 
compeers depends solely upon the intellectual status of the 
people. Thus whatever affects the general intelligence of 
a community affects its moral, social, and political standing. 

Is it, then, a wonder that "the heroes of '76" equally 
guarded their educational with their political rights? Is it 
strange that we had intellectual as well as political heroes? 

Thus the common-school system of the land became co- 
existent with the oft-repeated "inalienable rights" of one 
century ago ; and hence the political standing of our gov- 
ernment to-day, of which we all are so justl}'- proud, is but 
the outgrowth of the common-school seedling planted by 
our sires little more than two hundred years since. As 
these have been nourished, political science advanced, tlie 
moral standard improved, general intelligence was diffused 
among the masses, and old New England, first and foremost 
in the rank, could but lead the van in the political, scientific, 
and intellectual spheres; and well has she held her own. 
America, first among the nationalities of the world ; New 
England, ever foremost in America's every great enterprise ; 
New Hampshire, second to none, when brains are wanting, 
to make glory glad, to lift humanity higher, or to grapple 
with the mighty issues of national life. 

The common-school system, though, like every other great 
and good institution, had its origin in and with that of 
Christianity, yet in its present and peculiar form it had its 
birth in New England ; and, nourished by her fostering 
mothers, in its full-grown manhood it has become the pride 
and glory of our land ; and in all the great councils of the 
continent, or even of the globe, it has truly proven itself " the 
nursery of intelligence, knowledge, and self-government." 

Its vital force has energized the arts and sciences, and 
their influence is felt in every land ; has given an impetus 
to commerce, and its craft ploughs every water, its sail 
whitens every sea ; has warmed the inventive genius till it 
glows and gladdens the hearts of all humanity in the multi- 





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tudinoiis inventions that almost annihilate time and space ; 
gives the toiling millions rest, yet beckons them on, and still 
on, to new fields of beauty and glory ; it has fostered the 
spirit of discovery, and spread alike the jungles of India, 
the wilds of Africa, and the polar glaciers at our feet ; it 
lias visited the ocean's mysterious depths, and brought us 
its hidden treasures ; it has enveloped the world in a net- 
work of telegraphy, and the electric current darts tidings 
to all people ; it has augmented the keen vision of man till 
the minutest creations are ours to behold, and we are lost 
in wonder, admiration, and awe. 

Thus has it become the key with which we unlock the 
garnered storehouse of created wisdom, the lever by which 
we move the world of thought, the beautiful sunlight 
that fills our inmost souls with the glow of intelligence, 
knowledge, and wisdom. 

It is the Common Schools that open the germ of budding 
youth into the full bloom of manhood glowing through, and 
ripening into the golden sheaf of God's noblest work. 

Its riches are alike dispensed to titled princes and cringing 
serf: it knows no high, no low, no rich, no poor, but with 
a just, equal, and liberal hand it freely offers its store to all. 
With it were reared the many noble heroes who in times 
that tried men's souls, knew only their country, their God, 
and the right. 

With it were laid the very foundations of our national 
greatness; and in after years, when grown to a great and 
mighty people, it alone burst the shackles of human bond- 
age and set the captive free. And though to-day our 
country groans in bitter anguish and inactivity, — 'tis but 
the merited punishment of ignorance and vice long un- 
heeded. Its power and force have grown, as have the na- 
tions. So must we guard, sustain, and support its interest, 
as we would strengthen our republican institutions. Given 
us as a birthright, let us transmit it to posterity, enlarged, 
beautified, perfected. 

The golden sheaves of the world's genius of thought are 
being garnered for the coming ages. Eager millions will 



804 HISTORY OF ISIARLBOIIOUGH. 

feast at the board. Strengthened, they will pile the sheaves 
higher, higher, higher, till time is lost in the dim vista of 
coming centuries. Still our common schools will beckon on 
to richer fields, broader lands, more golden harvests. 

The huge scroll of science will unroll at her bidding, 
new fountains of thought will gush forth to gladden un- 
born millions, and the infancy of a growing world of intelli- 
gence will be the clierished legacy of our posterity. 

Truly then our common schools are the only safeguards 
to the perpetuity of the liberties of a free and enlightened 
nation. 

Twenty-first sentiment : — 

The Pro(jress of the Cenlury. 

REMARKS OF PROF. A. E. DOLBEARE OF TUFTS COLLEGE. 

Mr. Chairman, I thought when I received the invitation 
of the committee to respond to the sentiment " The Prog- 
ress of the Century," that no subject could have been chosen 
that I should preferably have responded to. But it seems 
that nearly every speaker that has preceded me has, from 
necessity, made allusions to this progress, and b}^ so much 
has covered the ground which I had expected to enlaigc 
upon. The advances, however, have been so considerable, 
and in so many directions, that there is yet a good deal of 
outstanding material that has not been mentioned. Let me 
say, then, that the past century has been pre-eminently a 
century of inventions of labor-saving machinery. 

The steam-engine, which we know is the work of our 
century, the most of the improvements whicli liave been 
made upon the engine for steam-power, have appeared since 
1782. Steam applied to the propulsion of vessels was first 
successful in 1806, upon tlie Hudson River. The success of 
the locomotive dates from 1829. The speed of travel upon 
the railroad has been steadily advancing since that time. 
In 1834 it was twenty miles per hour, in 1839 it was thirty- 
five miles per hour, in 1847 it was sixty miles per hour, and 
since then it has reached the wonderful velocity of one hun- 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 305 

dred miles per hour. Men have never been able to travel 
fast enough. Every increase in speed has but increased the 
desire for still swifter translation. I am reminded of a story 
that old Deacon Guild told, whose name has been mentioned 
before to-day. After the Cheshire road was finished as far 
as Troy, in 1847, his son William, then living in Newport, 
R.L, wished his father to visit him ; but the old gentleman 
saw the cars go by, and was afraid to trust himself uj)on 
them. After much persuasion, however, he allowed himself 
to be placed aboard the cars at Troy, though with much 
trepidation. The cars started, and he said that he expected 
every minute to be smashed up ; but they moved along with 
no accident, and his fears wore away, and gave place to 
more enjo^^able feelings ; for, said the old gentleman to me, 
"Before we got half-way to Boston, the faster they tvent, the 
better Ifelty So it has been with mankind in general, in 
the business of travelling. The faster they go, the better 
they feel. 

In 1837, the first ocean steamers were built; and here let 
me just mention that the j^ear 1837 was a most remark- 
able year for various contributions of value in human affairs. 
I will simply mention a few of them of general interest: 
the screw propeller, the Morse telegraph, the daguerrotype, 
reform schools, ragged schools and industrial schools, female 
colleges, cheap penny postage, — these all belonged to that 
year. 

Time will fail me even to specify all of the really valuable 
inventions and discoveries in mechanical engineering ; but- it 
ought never to go unchallenged, — that statement so often 
made, that the ancients had mechanic arts which surpass 
ours. 

We know, indeed, that the Egyptians built huge pyra- 
mids which Herodotus says required, for the largest, the 
labor of a hundred thousand men for twenty years to lay 
the stones; but I am sure that Mr. Buss could make an 
engine that would in a year raise every stone to its place, 
and even deliver them faster than the workmen could place 
them. 



366 HISTORY OP JSIARLBOROTJGH. 

Some of the stones in the United States Treasury Building 
at Washington are larger than any of the stones in the pyr- 
amids of Egypt. 

Most of the things which rank among the conveniences 
of life, to even those old and called poor to-day, have been 
contributed by this century. In order the better to esti- 
mate their value and the poverty of past centuries in this 
matter, suppose you strip from your houses all those things 
which had no existence before this century, and think how 
they would look, and how you would like living in such sur- 
roundings. Strip the paper from your walls, the carpets 
from your floors, take down the steel engravings and the 
chromo-lithographs. Use candles instead of gas or kero- 
sene, take off your door-knobs and make latches take their 
places, for the watch and clock use a sun-dial. Carry away 
all the books except the Bible, and perhaps Pilyrhns Prog- 
ress. The piano and the organ have no place there, for the 
most of your furniture substitute old stjde. The sewing- 
machine will help make room for a loom and spinning-wheel. 
These are but a few of the changes which would be needed 
to reduce housekeeping to the conditions of a hundred years 
ago. I think that every one will agree with me that the 
changes which I have indicated in such an incomplete way 
have nevertheless been far greater than all the contribu- 
tions of preceding centuries to such conveniences. 

We always listen with pleasure and profit to one who tells 
us of the deeds of heroism, of kindness, of charity, but they 
are such things as every generation can boast of, and every 
century has such heroes ; but mankind has always accorded 
to intellectual work the highest place in its ann.ils. There 
have been many epochs in history in which knowledge has 
advanced until it became science. Such a one marks the 
age of Newton, when the discovery of universal gravitation 
immediately raised astronomy to the dignity of a science 
which was indeed the crowning glory of that age. Let us 
see what has been accomplished in this line during the past 
hundred years. It lias indeed been a century of sciences. 

Consider what has been done. In astronomy, over a 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 367 

hundred and fifty planets have been discovered, the whole 
heavens charted, the nature of comets and meteors been 
determined, and the distance of the sun and fixed stars 
calcuhited. Moreover, through the ruvehitions of the spec- 
troscope, the physical condition of the sun, of the stars, and 
distant nelnda), is now well known, so that what is called 
physical astronomy is almost altogether the product of this 
century. 

The science of chemistry is just a centur}^ old. There 
was no science of chemistry previous to that time, so that 
that is peculiarly a product of this century. Equally so is 
the science of geology, which has been mostly developed 
within the past fifty years. The botany we know to-day 
is almost wholly the work of this generation. Then zool- 
ogy had no existence as a science until within seventy-five 
years. 

In the domain of natural philosoph}', the laws of sound, 
of electricity, of heat, of light, of magnetism, and of energy, 
each a science by itself, have all been determined ; and who 
shall sa\', in view of all these, that this century has not in 
the line of intellectual work surpassed all previous centu- 
ries? But this is not the end. We honor Newton for his 
great discovery, and most for his great generalization of uni- 
versal gravitation ; yet this century can show no less than 
four such generalizations, each one of which is worthy to 
take rank at once with the grandest achievement of Newton. 

Of these I would speak first of the nebular hypothesis of 
Laplace, which the researches of late years have so entirely 
confirmed that all astronomers everywhere have adopted it 
as being the expression of the truth as to the origin of the 
solar system. 

As the second, I would name the doctrine of the persist- 
ence of force, which, through the labors of Faraday, Grove, 
Mayer, Joule, and others, has forced its accej)tance every- 
where, and has profoundly modified all of our notions of 
the relations of work to force, and teaches that the amount 
of energy in the universe is constant, and that when force 
in one form disappears it immediately appears in some other 



368 HISTORY or marlborough. 

form. Tliat heat may be converted into motion, and elec- 
tricity or light or magnetism, and all of these being mut- 
ually interchangeable, — this is an achievement of which any 
century might feel proud. 

Third, the doctrine of natural selection proclaimed by Mr. 
Darwin. This Avas much laughed at at first, but laterly it 
is not laughed at so much ; and not a few of those who 
feared it most have become assured of its truth, while 
almost every naturalist in the world believes it. The doc- 
trine itself is so revolutionary that its acceptance makes 
an epoch in natural history studies, and may properly be 
ranked among the greatest achievements of the nineteenth 
century. 

Last, but not least, is the doctrine of evolution, pro- 
claimed by Mr. Herbert Spencer, and worked out by him 
with a marvellous skill, and exhibiting a wonderful knowl- 
edge of phenomena both physical and mental. Prof. Jevons 
said lately of this work that nothing had appeared compar- 
able with it since the publication of Newton's Principia. It 
reduces to law, order, and relationship all phenomena, and 
will point out the true functions of government, and help 
to the solution of all of the now knotty questions in politics, 
religion, and education. 

With such a record as this, the past century has no 
reason to be ashamed ; for its labors have been more than 
tenfold the labors of any other century, and its progress 
has been an astonishment even to itself. 

Twenty-second sentiment : — 

Emifjrants from Marlborough, both present and absent, — Scattered from 
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Tropic to Tropic, may their early 
instruction prove a shield in the hour of trial, and assist them to fill 
with honor and usefulness the different stations in life they are destined 
to occupy ! 

This was wittily replied to by J. W. Converse, Esq., of 
Springfield, Mass. The wind rose to almost a gale while 
he was speaking, so that it was with difficulty he could be 
heard ; but he was urged to go on, which he did, much to 
the edification of those who remained to hear him. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 369 

THE CENTENARY. 

On Marlborougli's hundrodtli anniversary, 
We hail our Nation's centenary day : 
AVe'd ring long and loudly sweet Liberty's bells, 
As on every breeze the clear p.van swells. 

Lusty huzzahs for the " red, white, and blue," 

The symbol of principles just and true; 

On land, at sea, where'er she may wave, 

Iler stars gleam with light for the true and the brave. 

We meet, and songs of deep gratitude bring, 
And offer our God, our nation's great King. 
Oh ! what hath he wrought, and how hath he led, 
Blest and delivered, protected and fed ! 

Om* Nation's faithful defeiiders who sleep. 
We gratefully mention, revere, and weep : 
Greatly be honored each citizen true, 
Who donned and wore for his coimtry the blue. 

With words of good cheer, and kindness replete, 

We gather to-day each other to greet ; 

Together to talk of the memories of yore. 

And God's guiding grace midst our toils to implore. 

We meet to look backward, around, onward, up, 
To chat, and to sing, shake hands, and to sup : 
May this day be cherished in memory. 
As still on we sail o'er life's turgid sea ! 

Hark ! what music's that so cheering 

From the distant Orient ? 
Who are they so sweetly singing. 

As _with hearts and voices blest ? 
List ! they are good news proclaiming, 

And in confidence they speak ; 
They with holy"zeal are flaming. 

They are Christ's disciples meek. 

Onward in her happy mission. 

Goes the Church lost men to win ; 
. And to save from false ambition. 

And the subtile ways of sin. 
Through the ages dark and hoary, 

'Midst the fagot, rack, and chain, 
She hath told to men the story 

Of the cross, — and not in vain. 



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370 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

For, behold, the light of ghidness 

Tliat is beaming in the sky, 
WJiich would win man from his madness. 

And that brightens sorrow's eye ! 
As the gospel light advancing, 

Driving sin's dark clouds away, 
Knowledge, science, art enhancing, 

Brigliter dawns each century. 

And as we, the last reviewing. 

Note tlie light's advancing power, 
A\'ith our hope and faith renewing, 

We can see the golden hour 
When to ploughshares swords are beaten, 

And men go to war no more. 
And when love and justice sweeten 

Every heart the wide 'world o'er. 

Oh ! what progress marks our century ! 

What improvements year by year ! 
How sublime our Nation's history. 

Never as this hour so dear ! 
Thrice baptized, her flag is floating 

O'er the soil redeemed and fi'ee. 
For no tyrant now is gloating _ 

On her chains and slaveiy. 

With electric fluid speaking 

To the nations far away. 
With the mightiest competing 

In all technics of the day, 
AVith our railroads now uniting 

Gulf to lakes and sea to sea, 
As the millions were inviting. 

Who can judge what we shall be ? 

What a work the press is doing 

In our great America ! ■ 
Reconstructing, and renewing 

Bonds of union sweet to-day. 
With magnetic power and wonder. 

Speeds its influence o'er the land ! 
May its lightning and its thunder 

Evermore" the wrong withstandj! 

With our books and schools refining, 
With our com'ts of justice pm-e. 

Press with pulpit e'er combining 
Freedom's blessings to secure, 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 371 

Every man in every station, 

We sliall be a beacon bright, 
And an honored, happy nation, 

And to all tlie world a light. 

Gentle hearers, fi-iends so dear, 
Who with joy have gathered here. 
Though perhaps you scarcely need, 
Will you a monition heed? 

Since in God we inove and live, 
Since from him all good receive, 
Men of JVIarlborough, ladies too. 
To yourselves and God be true. 

Sad will be the day when ye, 
Failing thus to gTatef ul be. 
Have forgotten whence you came, 
And shall dare revile his name. 

In Jehovah's might confiding. 
In his favor thus abiding, 
Oh, to him your tributes bring. 
And his praises ever sing ! 

Cherish long the memory 
Of your sires who've passed away, — 
Noble men who planted hei'e 
Institutions sweet and dear. 
With no dram-shop's baneful sway 
Leading young and old astraj' ; 
But with ample churches, three, 
Heralding salvation free ; 
With good schools of fair renown. 
Shedding influence sweet around, 
With water power and fruitful soil 
Requiting well your faithful toil, — 
May it be your earnest care 
E'er to seek to do and dare 
For the right, and e'er aspii'e 
With a patriotic fire ! 

May the star of Marlborough shine, 
AVith a lustre piu-e, benign. 
Ever toward tlie zenitli go. 
Where few rivals she may know ! 
While on earth they may assemble. 
Like the pillars of a temple. 
May her sons, renowned in story, 
Be to her a joy and glory. 



872 HISTORY OF iSrARLBOKOUGIt. 

May lier danghters, gems of beauty, 
Nurtured in the school of duty, 
Knowing well their God-like mission, 
Finding there their true fnution. 
Like the summer's gentle breeze 
Softly whispering 'mong the trees, 
Pure as roses of the morn, — 
Ever virtue's paths adorn. 
While the granite hills shall stand, 
May the guiding, loving hand 
That has blest a century 
Guide and bless posterity ! 

Twenty-tliird sentiment : — 

The Violin, — Though superseded by the piano and organ, still speaks 
for itself. 

P. S. Batclieller, of Fitzwilliam, sent the following : — 

To THE Sons and Daughters of the good old Town 

OF Marlborough, greeting: 

I felicitate you upon being permitted hy a kind Provi- 
dence to behold this day, — this, the one hundredth anniver- 
sary of the birth of our native town, and of the nation. 

With filial reverence, with heartfelt gratitude, let us 
thank the God of our fathers that we, their children, are 
privileged to commemorate with appropriate ceremonies 
this centennial year, — to us a double centennial. As tlie 
blessed memories of our early childhood come welling up, 
how the pulse of every son and daughter of our dear old 
native town quickens! 

Again, we live over the days of "Lang Syne," when the 
future loomed up so invitingly bright and golden. Tlien, 
to us, old time moved at but a sluggard's pace. Now, aye, 
now, he speeds on wings of lightning ; and we fain would 
turn back his wheels, roll back the j^ears, and become chil- 
dren once again. 

It is eminently fitting — yea, a duti/ — that at this period 
of our town's history we pause for a moment, and, ere we 
cross the magic threshold, separating the past from the cen- 
tury just dawned, call liouii' the scattered sons and daugh- 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 373 

ters of this, the " Mecca " of our youth, that we may here, 
even as did the pilgrims to that more ancient Mecca, renew 
our vows of loyalty and love for the town whose children 
we are only too proud to be called. 

Yes, call them home to mingle their congratulations witli 
yours, — you who have so nobly borne the heat and burden 
of these j^ears, from INIarlborough's infancy to the glorious 
present. 

With what fidelity you have discharged the duties inci- 
dent to the healthy and rapid growth of our beloved town, 
this charming village fully attests. Aside from natural 
attractions, which are, indeed, very great, the village is in 
and of itself one of the most lovely in New Hampshire. 
The branches of industry here represented are many and 
varied. Every facility for rapid and permanent develop- 
ment, numerically and financially, is j^ours ; and well have 
these been improved. Verily, j^ou have wrought with your 
miglit. 

I trust you will pardon me for thus wandering from 
a direct response to the sentiment just read, assigned me. 
You know that the present is an age of " new departures." 
'Tis the fashion ; and, having no especial desire to be " out 
of the world," I have feebly endeavored to be in fashion. 
At your next centennial, I will stick to my text. While 
thinking of the many natives of Marlborough who will to- 
day grace the occasion by their presence and eloquence, 
old school-fellows, I can but feel a degree of honest town 
pride that she has reared so large a number of eminent 
men, men so well filling the different positions in life to 
which they are called. She has sent forth ministers, doc- 
tors, lawyers, teachers, merchants, and — fiddlers ! 

It really matters not so much ivhat we do, presupposing 
our calling honorable, as hoto we do. You have doubtless 
heard of old Billy Grey of Boston. When quite a young 
man, he was a drummer. Later in life, he became a popu- 
lar merchant, and very wealth3\ A rival in trade, with 
whom he had had some trouble, said to him one day, 
" liill}', I can remember when you was nothing but a drum- 



374 HISTOHY OF MARLBOROFGH. 

mer boy." "Very true," says Billy Grey, "but didn't I 
dmm well ?^' That's the point, my friends. Let us see to 
it tliat we drum ivell. 

It has been said of tlie violin that it was the deviVs own 
instrument. Well, all I have to say is, his majost3''s musi- 
cal taste is far in advance of his morals. 

Well do I remember my first violin. Forty years ago, 
I was made its happy possessor; and no candidate for pres- 
idential honors was ever made so completely satisfied with 
the "situation," though possibly more surprised, inasmuch 
as I knew the prize was to be my own. 

But it is of my first violin how of which I would more 
particularly speak. Just tldnh of it, fair daughters of 
Marlborough, to remember your first beau, — your very first. 
The thing looks absolutel}^ impossible. Still, in my case, 
memory serves me well. The fiddle came, but the boAv 
with which to awaken its slumbering melodies was, alas ! 
non est. Finally, after much anxiety and mechanical delib- 
eration, one was manufactured at the old homestead on 
the hill, from the stave of a flour-barrel, that presented 
the desired bend and shape. With the addition of a little 
horse-hair, drawn from the tail of our favorite nag, the bow 
was complete in all its parts. Although not a " thing of 
beauty," it nevertheless brought great joy to that house- 
hold. Of course I must give 3'ou the name of the artist to 
whom I was indebted for this little gem. Although it is 
customary for celebrated makers to stamp their mimes upon 
their productions, yet in this case the exception was the 
rule. Nothing but these words appeared, to wit: "Extra 
superfine." 

Even to this da}^ I have inclined to the belief that they 
had more direct reference to the qualitj^ of fiovr the barrel 
contained than to the maker of the bow, who was Dr. 
James Batcheller. However, I am not disposed to be cap- 
tious in the matter, and respectfully refer the decision to 
the good citizens of INfarlborough, with whom he spent his 
best days, and /or whom he cherished the kindliest feelings 
of friendship and esteem. I deem no apology necessary for 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 375 

referring to one who, though not u native, was so thor- 
oughly identified with all that could in any way contribute 
to the prosperity of this, the town of his early adoption. 
Could he but speak to you to-day, no uncertain sound 
would assure you of his love for this people, of his unceas- 
ing devotion to those principles, the development of which 
has made Marlborough so eminently prosperous, her people 
so happy. 

Among the natives of our town who made for themselves 
a reputation as teachers of the divine art of music, first and 
foremost stands the name of Osgood Collester. Who of 
his numerous pupils can ever forget his genial, facetious 
stjde of teaching, his beautiful playing of the violin? 

It was while attending one of his schools that I experi- 
enced the first great grief of my life. At intermission one 
evening, and while we scholars were having a " good time 
generally," one of the young ladies (Miss Julia Wakefield) 
inadvertently sat down upon my violin. It collapsed like 
a torn balloon. She was distressed about it, I was frantic. 
My heart was broken, and — my violin. If ever I felt like 
singing, " IIow fleeting are all things below ! " it was then 
and there. The minor key of A-jiat would have been in 
exact unison with my feelings, for the dear old fiddle was 
fiat " as a pancake." 

Another name, and one held in very high esteem by Marl- 
borough's true lovers of music, — Silas Collester, whose soul 
was as full of music as his heart of kind and generous 
impulses. His conception of the proper rendition of church 
music was most correct. Pleasant, indeed, are my recollec- 
tions of my old chorister, Silas Collester. I am not quite 
sure that he was a native of Marlborough. At any rate, he 
ought to have been. 

You will hardly expect me, my friends, to admit that the 
violin has been superseded by either the organ or piano. 
In my belief, it is the king of all musical instruments. Its 
tones more closely imitate the human voice than any other 
ever invented. Until that has been superseded, the senti- 
ment that the organ and piano tjike precedence is not my 



376 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

sentiment. Were I with you to-day, I avouIcI invite my 
violin to " speak for itself," and in its own behalf. Really, 
if the people of Marlborough ever felt like "tripping the 
light fantastic" to the inspiring notes of "Money INlusk" 
and " Chorus Jig," now is the time and this the occasion. 

I remember, when a lad, playing these tunes to a good, 
staid Marlborough man, a near neighbor ; and, noticing he 
was not over-pleased with my efforts, I ventured to inquire 
if he liked dancing music. Said he hesitatingly, "Well, yes; 
but I want it played very slow I '' 

And now, in bringing these early reminiscences to a close, 
permit me to offer again my congratulations that you have 
been given so goodly a heritage, that the material pros- 
perity of the town is so marked and gratifying, that the 
foundation for popular education was laid so broad and 
deep, and that* the great principles of right, early inculcated 
by the fathers, and without which no community can hope 
to prosper, have been brought to so glorious a fruition. 
For myself, I can truly say, if I have any ambition to sat- 
isfy, any hope to realize, it is that, when I am gathered to 
my fathers, by no act of mine need you have cause to blush 
when you say, " He was a son of Marlborough." 

Twenty-fourth sentiment : — 

Early Reminiscences of Marlborough. 

Rev. Philander Wallingford of Claremont responded to 
this sentiment as follows : — 

Mr. President, sir, and ladies most fair, 
Aud gentlemen also, I too would declare 
My participation in your joyful mirth, 
As we gather to-day at the place of our birth. 

There's nothing on earth more dear unto me 
Than the mountains and meadows and streamlets I see : 
Like a deer I have roamed o'er these valleys and hills, 
And for minnows and trout have lished in these rills. 

But first let me tell you of things that I know 
That happened, I'm certain, sixty-four years ago. 
That my right here to heirship may ever abound. 
And never be questioned the wide world around. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEIJRATION. 377 

In the days of oiu" fuUiors, when tliis ];uid was new, 
And the settlements here were scattered and few, 
These townships were si^acious, and broad were the bounds 
A century ago, when they chartered these towns. 

Yes, Marlborough then, sii-, of famous renown, 
Was broad in her acres, a large si)acious town, 
O'ershadowed, it may be, by INIonadnock Mount, 
Yet rich in lier treasures, we this day recount. 

But as tlie good jteople increased year by year, 
And centres of business were formed there and liere, 
'Twas thought to be wisdom some towns to create 
From parts of old townships to make the lines straight. 

So a strip from the south gave Troy her renown. 
And a gore from the north made Roxbury a town ; 
But this does not make my condition forlorn, 
As neither existed before I was born. 

The boys up in Roxbury, in sadness or mirth, 
May claim that small town as the place of their birth ; 
And Troyites may think they were born in said Troy, 
But I claim to be, sir, a Marlborough boy. 

'Tis true the old homestead, the house, shop, and barn, 
Where father made axes and mother spun yarn. 
Are standing to-day, sir, for aught I can tell, 
In Roxbm-y township, out on the side hill. 

But the legislature, authority high. 
And Governor Plummer, though nervous and spry, 
Could not make a town ere the sixth day of June : 
I therefore outstripped them, arriving at noon, 

In Marlborough, surely, and oped my young eyes 
To see your green pastures beneath your mild skies. 
I think you must own, for the reasons laid down. 
That I, sir, am tridy a son of yom- town. 

But very soon after — I know not the hours — 
They made a new township with corporate powers. 
And gave it the name of Roxbuiy, forsooth, — 
Appropriate enough, and thus not uncouth. 

And so, without leaving our bed or om- board, 
We found om-selves surely in Roxbuiy stored : 
This neither the parents or childreu enjoyed. 
And thus we were deeply and sadly annoyed. 

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378 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

AVith neighbors no nearer than Foster and Gove, 

My father conchuled it Avisdom to move : 

So packing liis goods, vise, anvil, and all, 

lie came to this village, a place then quite small. 

■Six dwellings, a school-liouse, two shops, and a store. 
Grist, saw, and carding mill, down on the Branch shore, 
But why its name " Harbor " the letters should spell, 
No one but a land-lubber ever could tell. 

Then Tucker and Davis, the ITolmans, and AVard, 
And Jonathan Wliitcomb and E. B. Wallingford, 
Were considered to be the firm business men. 
In the year of our Lord eighteen twenty-one. 

A bell was not needed to wake up that score : 

The blacksmith's trijvhammer rang out the hour four, 

Annomicing to all that the day had begun. 

And work must begin in advance of the sun. 

No wishing for slumber or sighing for sleep 
By men of that day, who expected to reap 
The fruit of their labor in a true, lawful way. 
By the sweat of their brow, in the heat of the day. 

The evening approaching by signs in the west. 
And bodily lassitude calling for rest. 
Still labored they on, keeping pace with the sun. 
Till the orb of the day liis joiirney had rmi. 

The oldest of all this industrious group. 

Whose age and infirmity had caused hhu. to stoop, 

Was Tucker, the deacon, whose name we revere. 

But the boys that were roguish thought him quite severe. 

However tlie deacon and I were good friends : 
I brought in his firewood and fed his gray hens, 
Who, always when serving him doing my best, 
Would give me an apple as large as my fist. 

And now I would give much more than a dime 
For one of his apples at this very time : 
No baldwin or pippin from nice grafted shoot 
Can equal in flavor his genuine fruit. 

"^Vhenever the deacon would take a short walk. 
Himself to regale or with neighbors to talk. 
His wife l)eing aged, e'en fourscore and nine, 
And somewhat rheumatic in limbs, I opine. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBHATTON. 379 

Would go in liov -weakness and stand in the doov, 
And say the same say she had oft said before, 
"Missa Tucker, where going?" (Oh, tell, or I die.) 
" Do go long and sit down," would be liis reply. 

The next one in order, permit me to say, 
And the one that made boots and shoes every day, 
Was Davis, our neighbor, who stuck to his trade. 
As all could attest by the shoes that he made. 

A companion for children we found him to be. 
And ready at all times with us e'en to play ; 
But always we foimd him much more than our match. 
Whenever we ventured some mischief to hatch. 

I remember quite well, though 'twas done all in fun, 

That he happened one time myself to outrun ; 

So catching my heels, by hook or by'crook. 

He ducked my red head in the little trout brook. 

Next, Holmans, the millers and sawers of logs. 
Who built them fine houses, and fatted large hogs : 
They also were busy in those good old times. 
When men preferred labor to making poor rhymes. 

And no one was jealous, so far as I knew. 
Because they made houses of timber they grew ; 
Or that they ground barley their porkers to feed, 
As all knew% of course, it was raised from their seed. 

My father, the blacksmith, made ploughshares and chains, 
Shod oxen and horses, but small w^ere the gams : 
However, lie managed eight children to feed. 
And, with mother's prudence, supplied every need. 

The merchant in broadcloth, of color dark blue, 
All made up in fashion and looking quite new. 
Who wore a broad neck-tie as white as the snow, 
And kept up a living that made a fair show"; 

Who sold to the women his buckram and tape. 
And took in exchange sti-aw braid in good shape ; 
A\Tio bartered with farmers as money was tight. 
Receiving their produce l)oth weighty and light ; 

Wlio traded with persons tlu\t came from afar, 
And treated his customers well at his bar, — 
This man of all others, by name William AVard, 
Seemed most consequential in that business board. 



380 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

One morning we saw there, as soon as 'twas light, 
Some miscliief performed in the dead of the night: 
Tlie burglars had entered his store in the rear, 
And stolen his goods without favor or fear. 

Such a stir as it made in that little tribe 
Exceeded by far my j)owers to describe : 
" To justice, to justice! these scamps we will bring, 
And break up at once this vile thievish ring! " 

So Holman and Davis, and Whitcomb and Stone, 
And Farrar and Converse, and Lombard and son. 
And Boyden and Thatcher, and Nason and Frost, 
All just in their prime, a resolute host. 

Proceeded forthwith on ileet-footed horse 
To catch these vile knaves and give them remorse ; 
But whether they caught these villains or not, 
If ever I knew, I have long since foi'got. 

But none were more useful of all I can name, 

Wlien girls wore pressed homespun and women the same ; 

And when the mechanics, and yeomanry too. 

Wore cloth their wives made of wool, flax, and tow, — 

Than Jonathan Whitcomb, who, having good skill, 
With carding-machine and nice clothing-mill. 
Not only made rolls for the women to spin. 
But colored and dressed all the flannel brought in. 

Their clothes made of homespun, ere shoddy was known, 
Would last lads and lasses till they were outgrown : 
The coat I have on, rather coarse, it is true. 
Is of cloth that was made forty-five years ago. 

The soul most liberal of all in the town. 
Who rode his horee queerly o'er hills up and down. 
Was Doctor Batcheller, as seen through the eyes 
Of us little children, more simple than wise. 

He came to my father's one bitter cold day, 
And while we, the children, were busy at play, 
He took very slyly from his large " saddle-bags " 
A genuine baby, — one not made of rags, — 

And gave it to mother to keep as her own, — 

A generous feature in him widely known ; 

For this was his wont, at each house by the way. 

Which accouiils for the crowd convened here to-day. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 381 

Out westward a furlong on tlie turnpike toward Keene, 
An inn painted red from the Harbor was seen ; 
But, as from my birth I have loathed such a place, 
I knew not the landlord, his name, or his face. 

I felt toward the place where liquors were sold 
Like the Dutchman of whom this story is told : 
Who moving his goods and chattels out West, 
Being weary and thu'sty, and sighing for rest, 

Told John, his good son, the horses to drive, 
And he'd go ahead, that he might arrive 
Where he could find water, refreshing and cool. 
To slake his great thirst, and bathe in the pool. 

Ere long he discovered the water he sought : 
He kissed it, but found it exceedingly hot. 
Not knowing the nature of a boiling spring. 
He cried out lustily that made the woods ring : 

" Rive on, rive 07i, John ! Out of this place we'll get ! 
We can't be but ten feet from the bottomless pit." 
So if by a grog-shoi? I was forced e'er to go, 
I thought I was near to the region of woe. 

The wives of these fathers were faithful and true, 
A word in their praise is certainly due : 
I remember with pleasure the prim Mrs. Ward, 
Full equal in worth to her portly liege lord. 

Mrs. Holmau, a worthy and complaisant dame. 
In all life's vicissitudes was always the same : 
I've heard my dear mother oft speak in her praise. 
While living her neighbor in those early days. 

]\Irs. Davis, a ladj^ in stature quite small. 
But to me the fairest and best of them all, — 
If she were not present to hear what I say, 
I'd speak of her virtues more freely to-day. 

The house of my mother, with white sanded floors. 
Showed neatness, and prudence whate'er were the stores : 
She suffered no carelessness ever to spoil 
The handful of meal and the small cruse of oil. 

Permit me to mention another dear friend, 
Who came as our teacher, the simimer to spena ; 
Where, in the red school-house, close by the old store, 
We learned more of letters than we e'er knew before. 



382 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

I need not tell you the name of this one, 
She afterwards married our friend Wilkinson : 
Her sweetness of voice, her beauty and grace. 
Were known and admired by all in tlie place. 

High up on the hill the meeting-house stood, 
A beacon to point the erring to God, 
Where they, by the preaching of Halloway Fish, 
Found food to satisfy their most ardent wish. 

To that house of God I went in my youth. 

To learn in the Sabbath-school virtue and truth ; 

And now I possess a book I can show, — 

A gift from my teacher, fifty-seven years ago. 

I remember with sadness an event of that day, 
That filled every one in the town with dismay ; 
It occurred on the eve of the Sabbath of rest, 
A day then esteemed of all others the best. 

JNIrs. Harvey, whose age was nearly fourscore. 
And the wife of Charles Holman, we've mentioned l)efore, 
Had spent the long Sabbath, their minds well to fill 
With sacred instruction, at the chiu-ch on the hill. 

Returning from meeting when the service was o'er, 
And nearing the village down by the Branch shore. 
Their horse, old and gentle, and trusty and riglit. 
From an unexpected occurrence took friglil. 

And, plunging and leaping, witli fury he went 

Down, down the long hill of steepest descent: 

The harness was broken, — pei-haps quite unsound, — 

They were thrown from the carriage, and dashed to the ground. 

To portray to you this distressing alfair 
Exceedeth by far my words to declare : 
Mrs. Holman was rescued, as Providence willed ; 
But her friend, Mrs. Harvey, was instantly killed. 

That Marlborough's children thereafter might know 
The saddest disaster their recoi'ds could show, 
A stone was erected, if I mistake not. 
To note the event and to point out the spot. 

It also reminds us that sliort is our day; 

That life is a shadow that passeth away. 

Our fathers and mothers, oh ! where are they now? 

Like them, to death's mandate we shortly must bow. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBKATION. 383 

Willi pleasure we meet this centennial year, 
Their deeds to recount and their names to revere : 
We think of them now, in a land bright and fair. 
With anticipations of meeting thoin thei'e. 

How sweet to reflect on reunion above 

With fi-iends, tlie bestowers of labor and love ! 

But our expectations must centre in Cod, 

Tlirougli Clirist who has bought us witli his precious blood. 

My range of inspection of men and of things 
Is small, you perceive, and thus only brings 
To mind what transpu'ed in a short space of time. 
When I was a boy in years less than nine. 

Of farmers, mechanics, and things that occurred 
Before I was born, and of which I've not heard, 
And recent events which others well know, 
These Marlborough boys will faithfully show. 

I am an itinerant, as some of you know. 
And so I left Marlborough lifty-five years ago : 
I therefore will weary your patience no more. 
And with due respect will yield you the floor. 

Twenty-liftli sentiment : — 
July 4, 187G, — The centennial of our Nation's birthday. 

LETTER FEOM JOSEPH C. MASON, ESQ., OF CARTHAGE, MO. 

Caiithage, Mo., June 26, 1876. 
Chas. K. Mason, Esq., Marlborough, N.H. : 

My dear Sir, — Your kind favor, inviting me to take part in your cen- 
tennial exercises on the coming 4th, was duly received ; and the response" 
has been thus delayed, in hopes that I should be able to say I could 
be present on that interesting occasion. But such an enjoyment will be 
impossible, and I can merely in this feeble manner express my feelings 
in relation to an event that crowns the first century of the lifetime of 
my native town. 

The welfare of her sons and daughters who now live as rej^reseuta- 
tives of what she is, and the memory of those who have passed out into 
the gi-eat "beyond," having made her what she was, are still potent to 
stir in my bosom emotions of respect and love. It is ours to stand as 
sentinels on the watch-tower in this centennial year, to survey that which 
Ues behuid us, and in the light of its marvellous realities forecast the 
experiences of succeeding generations of men and women. They who 



384 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

have fallen would have stood strong at this eventful epoch: they looked 
with steadfast hope, with large expectations, to the consummation of 
one hundred years, filled Avith labor and progress in the history of our 
town, and nation as well. 

Gentlemen of the Committee, I feel sure that the Ith of July next 
will prove the proudest, grandest day that Marlborough ever saw. Then 
and there; her gifted sons and beautiful daughters will lift up their 
voices in speech and in song and in that " distinguished presence " none, 
not even the humblest of her children, will be forgotten. Those who 
slmnber on the village hillside, and those who, a little earlier, took their 
places in the church-yard by the " old meeting-house " on the hill, as 
well as they whose dust mingles with the soil of other climes', — the living 
and the dead, your kindred and mine, — all will take part in the exercises 
of that imposing yet solemn occasion. They who went down in the 
shock of battle, or in any way gave life or service for country, will speak 
again, and a gxateful concourse will give them audience. 

Among those whose attachment remains strong, and who woidd hail 
a prosperous future for their native town, please include the writer of 
this communication. From my present home, within a few miles of the 
" Indian nation," on the very border of civilization, T shall, in mind and 
heart, co-operate with those celebrating in the " old home." The same 
old bells that made music and gladness for my boyhood will usher in 
the morning of the coming Centennial Day. Though "night's sable 
curtain" will at that hour still hang above the soil of South-western 
Missouri, yet tlie eai'liest note that summons my kindi'ed and the neigh- 
bors of my youth to honor the centmy past, and inaugiu-ate the one to 
come, shall find in my heart an instantaneous response ; and I will fondly 
picture the thousand friendly greetings, as reunited friends once more 
look into one another's eyes and recall past experiences, and as the noon- 
day sun looks down upon a bountiful repast spread for the assembled 
thousands. 

May God bless my native town. May her children duly appreciate 
circumstances of time and place, which have fixed their abode in a local- 
ity so well fitted to confer happiness and engender filial regard. ]\Iay 
their virtues and integrity be as firm as the hills that " abide while ages 
flee " ! Yours truly, 

J. C. MASON. 

Twenty-sixth sentiment : — 

The Homes of our Youth. 

LETTER FROM SUMNER A. MASON, M.D., OF NEW YORK. 

138 E. 61sT Street, New York, July 2, 1876. 

Gentlemen, — I fully intended to have been with you on this occasion ; 

and it is with regret that I find myself, at the last moment, unable to 



THE CENTENNIAL CELElUiATION. 385 

accept your kind iuvitiiLiou to be present at your centennial celebration, 
and respond to the sentiment, "The Homes of our Youth." 

It would give me more pleasure than I can express to meet with you, 
and assist, not only in celebrating this time-honored day, but in paying 
a fitting tribute to the one hundredth anniversary of our town. 

There is something beautiful in the sentiment, " The Homes of our 
Youth," — something that unlocks the lloodgates of memory, bringing 
with it a thousand fond associations of our childhood, rendered more 
sacred by time and absence. 

As I draw aside the curtain that separates the present from the past, 
I stand once more (in imagination) on my native hills, I gaze again 
upon the old familiar landscape, I behold once again those youthful 
faces which have grown with the lapse of years. I see those who with 
strong hands and wise heads led on om* youthful footsteps, and guided 
us in wisdom's ways, grown gray with years, silently treading the de- 
clining path of life. 

There are others we were wont to meet in the halcyon days of youth, 
whose forms we see no more. They sleep the sleep that knows no 
waking. Some fell in life's green spring, when all was beauteous and 
fair ; some, weary and worn with life's burdens, have gladly laid down 
the cross, that they might gain the better life ; some died upon the far- 
off battle-field, to save the Union and the " Old Flag," beneath whose 
protecting folds we meet in peace and joy to-day. 

They fell in the valley, they fell on the hill-top, they fell in the 
swamps and morasses of the sunny South. The sun in its dim-nal revo- 
lution looks in upon their lonely resting-places ; and the leaves of the 
trees, as they are tossed by the gentle southern zephyrs, sing their only 
requiem. They shed their blood that this union might be cemented and 
preserved; that these homes, ai'ound which so many happy memories 
cluster, might be perpetuated. 

You will assemble on that day amid the granite hills to celebrate the 
centennial of our native town. One hundred years ago the bright smi 
arose behind yon old Monadnock, and looked down upon a little handful 
of adventurers, whose only home was the log cabin which they had 
reared, whose children were rocked to sleep by the lullaby sung by the 
winds amid the forest trees. 

To-day the sun rises as of yore, but it smiles upon cultivated fields 
and institutions of religion and learning, upon structm-es beautified by 
industry and art, upon children and youth developing in their lives the 
precious precepts and truths instilled in their early home training. 

Thank God for the homes of om- youth. Their gentle memories and 
influences linger with us ever, and form, amid the tm-moUs of after life, 
the green spots, the sunny pictures to which we turn for refreshing, the 
shields from devious temptations which assail us. 

As we note the mighty progress our town has made in the last century, 



386 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

as we meet and grasp the warm hands of her cordial sons and daugh- 
ters, we say, We may find warmer lands, we may travel in fairer climes, 
we may make more beauteous homes, but there is no other land like 
thee, there are no homes dearer than these. 

S. A. MASON. 

Twenty-seventh sentiment : — 

Our Patriot Brothers, — For humanity they braved the hazards of war. 
War gave some to death, the rest she gave back to life. Justice gives all 
alike the hero's wreath, and gratitude will keep it fresh forever. 

LETTER FROM ANDREW C. STONE, ESQ., OF LAWRENCE, MASS. 

Lawrence, Mass., June 15, 1876. 
Messrs. Chas. K. Mason, Chas. A. Bemis, and Cyrus E. Hardy, 

Committee, etc. : 

Gentlemen, — I am in receipt of your kind invitation to be present on 
the coming 4th of Jvdy at the celebration of my native town, of lier 
one hundredth birthday, and to say something that will remind her citi- 
zens of the valor and patriotism of her sons who participated in the late 
war of the Rebellion. 

I regret exceedingly that previous engagements render my acceptance 
of your invitation impossible. In summing up the record of the good 
old town of Marlborough for the first one hundied years of her corpo- 
rate existence, I believe it will be found in all things honorable. And 
her record of brave sons, which she furnished for our common country's 
defence when assailed by internal, treacherous foes, is one of which she 
may justly feel proud. There were no soldiers in the line more brave 
than those who came from the " Granite State." Patriotic and intelliyent. 
they fought with a will, and for a purpose which they miderstood ; and by 
their noble devotion we are enabled to celebrate a national centennial 
throughout the domain of an unbroken countiy. I hope and predict for 
you a glorious celebration. Allow me to offer the following sentiment : — 

The Town of Marlborough, — May the modest but noble and patriotic 
history of her first century run on, into, and through the next, with no 
stain of dishonor or treachery to blot its brilliant page. 

With expressions of personal regard to your Committee, I am yom-s 
very truly, ANDREW C. STONE. 

LETTER FROM REV. S. LAWS OF AKRON, OHIO. 

Akron, Ohio, June 30, 1876. 
Gentlemen of the Committee, — Your courteous invitation to attend the 
centennial celebration of the incorporation of Marlborough on the day 
of the great National Centennial Jubilee, was duly and thankfully re- 
ceived. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 387 

It woukl give me much pleasure to joiu with tlie many friends in the 
festivities and mutual congratuhxtions of that occasion; but the distance, 
in connection with other circumstances, will necessarily prevent. 

Allow me to say that my heart sympathies are with all who gather on 
that eventful day, to do honor to their native or adopted town, and to 
rehearse and work into historic form the hard toils, the brave deeds, the 
sturdy virtues, and the sagacious enterprise of those whose combined 
labors have conspired to make the town what it is, — one of great activity, 
free thought, general intelligence. Christian principle, and temperate 
habits. And if a very few individuals that could be named would fol- 
low my example, so far as to leave the town for ilie town's r/ood, it would 
be one of the most desirable residences to be found among the rugged 
hills of my native State. The persistent energy of the present leading 
spirits might then soon mould it into a comparatively earthly paradise. 

My two daughters, eighteen years of whose younger days were spent 
among you, until they left for collegiate advantages, join with me iu 
wishing you a most joyous festival, and your town permanent prosperity. 

Very truly yours, 

SOLOMON LAWS. 

P.S. — The following is at your service : — 

Marlborough, — May religious progress, sound learning, and pure morals 
conspire to assuage the sorrows, sweeten the joys, and strengthen the 
hearts of all her inhabitants. 



LETTER FROM A. E. NEWTON OF ANGORA, N.J. 

Ancora, Camden Co., N.J., June 27, 1876. 
Messrs. Chas. K. Mason, Chas. A. Bemis, and Cyrus E. Hardy, 

Committee, etc. 

Gentlemen, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your kind 
invitation to attend the centennial celebration of JSIarlborough, my na- 
tive towTi, on the 4th of July proximo. 

It would give me great pleasure to accept this invitation, did circmn- 
stances permit ; but I can only thank you for it, and express my interest 
in the occasion. 

Though my father with his family removed from ]\Iarlborough when 
I was only two years old (i.e., fifty-three years ago), yet there has ever 
remained imprinted on my memory, as the earliest picture there in- 
scribed, a scene which had fov me a peculiar charm. It presents a group 
of children, of whom I was the youngest, playing on the borders of a 
hay-field one summer afternoon, while my father and elder brothers 
were loading a cart with hay, a short distance off ; the " cot where I was 
born " standing near by, and the majestic form of old Monadnock loom- 
ing up iu the background. 



388 HISTORY OP MARLBOROUGH. 

It is doubtless owing to my birthplace having been in the midst of 
such surroundings that I have ever been a great lover of moiintains. 
No landscape seems to me complete or satisfying in which they do not 
appear. I " pine for the hills," and have long cherished a desire — never 
yet gratified — to climb to the summit of that grand old pile which 
stands sentinel over your town and my birthplace. But circumstances 
compel me to " wait a little longer." 

It is said that all fashionable Americans " wish to go to Paris when 
they die." My preference would be, decidedly, to go to old Monadnock. 

Wishing you and your town's people (who, so far as I know, are all 
strangers to myself) much pleasure and profit from this centennial occa- 
sion and all desirable prosperity for the century to come, 

I am very respectfully yours, A. E. NEWTON. 

The following poem was composed by Mrs. H. C. Piper, 
of Dublin, a native of Marlborough : — 



OUR FATHERS. 

Our fathers, though they've passed away, 

And mouldered in the dust, 
Yet sweet the memories they leave, 

The records of the just. 
Tlie warfare well did they endure, 

The tried and true were they : 
A sterner life to them was known 

Than in our later day. 

Oh ! let us bless the patient love. 

That strong, unflinching will, 
That moved them on to do and bear, 

Their place so well to fill. 
Unlettered oft in books and art. 

They sought to smooth the way. 
That those who follow in their path 

May walk in learning's ray. 

Their childlike faith and Christian hope 

Are lamps about our feet : 
These were the sources of their strength, 

Here found they joys most sweet. 
Their virtues we will strive to gain, 

And Christian graces bright ; 
We humbly hope at last to reach, 

Witli them, the land of light. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 389 

It was unanimously voted to call henceforth the name 
of the place where the celebration was held Centennial 
Hill. 

Col. C^-rus Frost, one of the" oldest persons present, who 
remained on the ground until near tlie close of the exer- 
cises, moved that, " when we adjourn, we adjourn to meet 
here one hundred years from to-day, for the celebration of 
our second centennial." 

It was decided by vote, after considerable discussion, all 
of which was most friendly and pleasant, that the name of 
the river on which our pleasant village is located should 
henceforth be Minnewawa, signifying pleasant sound. 

The following farewell hymn, composed for the occasion 
by Rev. Noble Fisk, was omitted, as the choir, together with 
the plaj^er and organ, had left the ground at the a2^proach 
of the gale which sprung up while Mr. Converse was speak- 
ing, as before mentioned: — 

HYMN. 

Father, we humbly pray 

Thy hand of love 
May guide our pilgrim way 

To worlds above, — 
Unto the perfect day. 

In Heaven's own light to be 
Nearer, our God, to thee, 

Nearer to thee. 

God bless our native town. 

To us so dear ! 
With purpose grand and high, 

With love and fear, 
May we draw nigh to thee. 

Thus, pure and good, to be 
Nearer, oiu- God, to thee. 

Nearer to thee. 

Centuries flying past 

On lightning wing. 
Ages that ceaseless roll, 

Oh ! may we bring 



390 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

A nobler type of soul, 

By greater love to be 
Nearer, our God, to thee. 

Nearer to thee. 

If led by God's own hand 

To realms of day, 
We need not stop to gi'ieve : 

Farewell we say, 
III bliss supreme to be, 

'riiroughout eternity, 
Nearer, our God, to thee, 

Nearer to thee. 

It was after five o'clock when the exercises were brought 
to a close. Thus passed a daj^ long to be remembered iu 
the history of Marlborough. It was an occasion which was 
eminently calculated to unite heart to heart, and to cemeut 
in still stronger union the ties of brotherhood, — a day in 
which the lights and shadows of the past, miugling with 
the bright joys of the present, spread a lustie over the 
century of the town's history, and inspired the fondest 
hopes that her future will never be shadowed by misfor- 
tune or darkened by crime, but be enlivened by progress, 
brightened by prosperity, and rendered more resplendent by 
intelligence and virtue. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 



FAMILIES OF MARLBOROUGH. 



The preparation of tlie following genealogies has been the work 
of years ; and, although it is not to be presumed they are free 
from errors, yet care has been taken to make them as accurate 
as possible. To secure these registers, hundreds of letters have 
been Avritten, and the records of many of our New England 
towns, as well as county records, have been carefully examined. 
Much information has been gleaned from Bond's Genealogies of 
Families of Watertown, Waltham, and Weston ; Hudson's His- 
tory of jMarlborough, Mass., and the Histories of Newton, Fram- 
inghaiu, and \Yinchendon, Mass., also the Histories of Dublin, 
Rindge, Troy, Mason, and Temple, N.H. I have also availed 
myself of the Aarious genealogies that have been published that 
relate to the Marlborough-families. I am also indebted to Rev. 
S. Hayward, the Historian of Gilsum, and H. C. Tenney of 
Orange, JMass., for much valuable information. 

Owing to the great carelessness in keeping family records, 
much trouble and inconvenience have been experienced. I have 
solicited information from private sources wherever it Avas attain- 
able, and in many instances from those who Avere indifferent, 
and, if such jtersons find the record of their families incomplete, 
let them remember their negligence and charitably overlook the 
omissions. 

In the arrangement of the genealogy, the ]»lan used in the 
History of Rindge, by Ezra S. Stearns, has been folIoAved, 



Explanations. — In the registers, the name of the parent is given in 
full and printed in small capitals. His children's names are printed in 
italics, and are numbered in Roman numerals, i., ii., iii., etc. When- 
ever the names of the grand-children of the person whose name intro- 
duces the paragraph, are given, they are indented, printed in lower case, 
and are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The numbers in the margin are con- 
secutive ; persons bearing the same family-name are numbered in the 
order in which they are introduced. The character + after a person's 
name denotes that the name is thereafter repeated, and can be found 
by following down the margin until the same number appears enclosed 
in parentheses. 

Abukkviations. — b. stands for born ; bap. for baptized ; d. for died; 
m. for married ; um. for unmarried; dan. for daughter; c. for childless ; 
a?, for aged ; q.v. for which see register of his or her family ; Marl, for 
Miirlborougli. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 



ADAMS. 

Joseph Adams, of West Cambridge, m., Jan. 18, 1710, Rebecca Cutter, 
who d. Jan. 12, 1717, ie. 24:, and he m. again. They had nine children. 
Joseph, the third, b. July 3, 1715; m., Jan. 10, 1739-40, Martha, dau. 
of Ephraim Frost. She d. Dec. 23, 1749, and he m. (2d) Hannah 
Hall, Sept. 11, 17.50. He was for many years dea. of the church in 
what is now Arlington, Mass. He d. May 3, 1794. His wife Hannah 
survived him, and d. Aug. 13, 1803. He had sixteen children, fifteen 
of whom lived to an adult age, and followed him to the grave. Thomas, 
the fifth child, b. July 19, 1751, was in the field with his father and 
elder brother when the British went to Lexington from Boston. Two 
of the British officers went into the house. One ordered his mother, 
who was sick on the bed, to get up and go out to the loom-house, while 
the other poured a basket of chips on the floor, and, taking a brand 
from the fireplace, put it with the chips in order to set the house on fire. 
While he Avas doing this, Joel, another brother of Thomas, a bold, 
daring boy who was luider the lied with two or three of the children, put 
out his head and told the officer not to do so ; for, if he did, his father 
" would whip him when he came home." These officers were shot on the 
threshold of the door. Thomas Adams m.. May 28, 1780, Martha Stone, 
b. Aug. 22, 1750, d. Jan. 15, 1847. He settled first at Cambridge; 
afterwards in New Salem, where he d. June 27, 1848. 



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Thomas Adams, son of Thomas and Martha (Stone) 
Adams, the eldest of seven cliildren, was b. at West 
Cambridge, July 6, 1781. He m., Nov. 28, 1805, Naney 
Wyman, who was b.' in Woburn, Mass., May 27, 1784. 
For the first ten years of their married life they resided 
at New Salem, wdiere their children were b. In Ajiril, 
1815, he removed to Marlborough, and located on the 
farm now owned by Mrs. Nancy Farnum, where he 
resided until 18oG, wlien he moved to \yoburn, Mass., 
where he d. July 19, 1851. His Avidow^ d. Dec. 11, 1869. 

I. WUlard, h. Dee. 6, 1808.+ 

II. Jerifsha A., h. Apr. 22, 1809; m. Rev. Clark Sib- 
ley, a Baj)tist minister. She now resides in 
Boston. 
III. Am!m, b. Feb. 23, 1815; d. March 7, 1815. 

WiLLARD Adams, M.D., son of Thomas, m,. May, 1834, 

Anstris Joslin of Jaffrey, b. May 5, 1808. He studied 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



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medicine Avitli Dr. James Batcliellor tAvo years, after 
which he spent one year at tlie ^Medical College in Han- 
over, and graduated at B^^iwdoin College, Me., 1835. lie 
commenced }>ractice in Wells, Me., where he remained 
two years, when he removed to Wobiirn, Mass. He 
practised medicine there six years, and then moved to 
Sw\anzey where he resided until 187*2, when he came to 
Marlborough. lie represented the town of ISwanzey in 
the State Legislature one year, held the office of County 
Commissioner three years, and was Justice of the Peace 
fifteen years; also Post-master from the time Lincoln 
was elected President until 1872. 

I. Joseiih W., b. in Wells, Me., Aug. 31, 1885. 
II. Thomas^ b. in Wells, Me., June 22, 1887. 

III. Emily ?/., b. in Woburn, Mass., Apr. 2, 1839; d. 

March 81, 1840. 

IV. Randall, b. in Woburn, Mass., Sept. 23, 1841 ; d. 

Feb. 17, 1842. 
V. Ainira K., b. in Swanzey, Jan. 19, 1847 ; d. Apr. 

9, 1847. 
VI. Emily i., b. in Swanzey, July 28, 1848; m. Levi 

A. Fuller, q.v. 
VII. Everett, b. in Swanzey, June 19, 1850; m. Emma S. 

Ellis of Swanzey. 



John Adams of Sudbury m. Hannah Bent ; settled in Framingham. 
He had John, b. March 12, 1684 ; m. Elizabeth Goddard of Koxbury, 
Mass., June 27, 1700; settled in Franiiiighani, and had, among others, 
Joseph, b. Aug. 12, 1723; m. Prudence Pratt; settled in Dublin about 
1776. 



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JoNATHAisr Adams, son of Joseph of Didilin, b. in 
Framingham ; m., Feb. 25, 1779, Hannah, dan. of Josiah 
and Elizabeth (Bigelow) Parkhurst ; removed to Dublin 
in 1782, and afterwards to this town. He resided here 
for several years, and then returned to Dublin. 

I. Joseph, b. Feb. 22, 1780. 

II. Hannah, b. March 13, 1782. 

III. Elizaheth, b. Jan. 27, 1785. 

IV. Ahagail, b. June 14, 1788. 
V. Sally, b. Oct. 22, 1790. 

VI. Lucy, b. March 23, 1792. 

VII. Eunice, b. Dec. 31, 1795 ; m. Clark Mason, q.v. 
viii. John, m., Jan. 8, 1822, Martha, dau. of Ebenezor 

and Kuth (Gates) Hemenway; removed to Fort 
Ann, N.Y. 



William Adams, from jNIarlborough, ]\Iass., was in 
town as early as 1705, as tlie following account on the 
pr()]»rietors' records will show: "Pelowed to William 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 397 

Adams for worok don in yf Koads from Sept., y« 1765, to 
May, ye 23, 177(5, 21 days, £8—8." He is montioiu-d by 
Benjamin Tucker, in his account of settlements in town, 
1770, as "a single man." He was one of the eight origi- 
nal members of the church formed 1778. Soon after this 
date, his name disa])2)ears from the reconls. 



22 I Cajit. Edavaed F. Adams, son of Isaac and Adela 
(Perkins) .Vdams of Jalfrey, b. May 25, 1825, came to 
]NIarlborough in 1854. He enlisted into Co. E, 6th Reg. 
N.H. Vols., Avhich Avas mustered into the United States 
service Nov. 28, 1861, at Keene. He Avas chosen Corpo- 
ral at the organizati(»n of the company, Avas ])romoted to 
Sergeant Dec. 1, 1862, to Orderly Sergeant Jan. 1, 1868, 
to First Lieutenant Dec. 10, 1868, and to Captain May 2, 
1864, mustered out Jan. 6, 1865. He moved Avith his 
family to Leominster, Mass., April, 1865. He noAV re- 
sides at Brattleboro, Yt., having moved there May, 1878. 
He m., Feb. 28, 1853, Sarah H., dau. of George and 
Louisa (Jones) Harvey; she d. Aug. 17, 1859. 

I. John Quincy, b. in Marl., June 18, 1858. 

He m. (2d), Dec. 25, 1860, Rebecca J., dau. of Jona- 
than and Melinda Hill of Swanzey. 

II. Eugene Elmer, b. Oct. 27, 1865; d. March 21, 
1867. 

III. Wbifiehl Scott, b. in SAvanzey, ]\Lay 1, 1868. 
lA^. Era Jennie, b. in BelloAvs Falls, June 5, 1870; d. 

July 28, 1878. 
V. Orv'dle Edtvavd, b. in BelloAvs Falls, March 17, 

1872; d. Aug. 12, 1872. 
VI. Gertxj May, b. in Brattleboro, June 80, 1878. 



Lysandek a. Adams, a brother of Capt. EdAvard F., 
came to this toAvn from Jaffrey in Se])t., 1859. He en- 
listed in Nov., 1861, into Co. E, 6th Reg. N.H. Vols.; 
served three years. He m.. May 6, 1861, Rebecca C, 
dau. of George V. R. and Nancy V. (Webb) Farnum. 
She d. in Marl., Dec. 15, 1875. He d. in Jaffrey, March 
30, 1880. 

I. Maud B., b. in Marl., May 14, 1873. 



Alphonso a. Adams, son of Jesse and Ruth (Perkins) 
Adams of Jaffrey, b. Nov. 13, 1834, came to j\Iarl. 
in the spring of 1854. He m., Jan. 20, 1857, Mary E., dau. 
of John A. and Nancy (Wheelock) Cutter of Jaffrey, b. 
July 27, 1836, d. March 6, 1879. He Avas a member of 
Co. C, 14th Reg. N.H. Vols. 



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I. Fred E., b. Jan. 1, 1858. 
II. LUlxe J., b. Sept. 24, 1859. 



Oren S. Adams, son of Nehemiali and Lydia C. (Ben- 
jamin) Adams of Jaffrey, Avas b. Apr. 1, 1841 ; enlisted 
for tliree months in 1st Vt. Rog. Vols. ; re-enlisted Sept. 
18, 1801, in Co. A, 2d Reg-. N.II. Vols. He was wounded 
in the shoulder while engaged in a skirmish near Big 
Bethel, in 1861 ; was discharged May 30, 1863. He again 
enlisted Jan. 30, 1865, in Co. C, *2d Reg. N.H. Vols., 
where he remained until the regiment was mustered out 
of service. He m., Feb. 2, 1865, Anna ]M., dau. of Bailey 
and Betsey (Clark) Starkey of Troy, b. :\[ay 21, 1849. 
He came to Marl, to reside in 1867. 

I. Minnie G., b. March 22, 1868. 
II. Wil/mr a, b. July 25, 1872. 
III. Walfer B., b. Nov. 29, 1876; d. Dec. 5, 1878. 



Marshall D. Adams, son of Jarvis and Eunice H. 
(^Mitchell) Adams, ]». in Croydon, Sejjt. 12, 1838 ; m., Nov. 
22, 1868, Lucy A. (White) 'Stockwell, widow of Walter 
E. Stockwell; settled first in Keene ; came to Marl, to 
reside in Aug., 1878. c. 



Moses Aldex came from Needham, Mass., to Marl, 
in 1795. He was b. in 1760. His wife's name was Eliza- 
beth Whitney. He resided in the north ))art of the town, 
on land n<ny owned l)y Josiah Parker. The house stood 
south of Mr. Parker's Ijuildings, and only a short distance 
from the pond. After residing here some five years, he 
removed to Surry. He has descendants living in Alstead 
and Newport, N.H. This family claim that they are 
descendants of John Aldcn, who came over in the "May- 
flower." 

I. ReuJien, m. Isabell Philli])S of Roxbury. 
II. Alraii^ m. Elizabeth Allen of Surry; d. in New- 
l)ort, July, 1876, je. 85. 

III. 3foses, m. Amanda ]>()ydcn ; removed to N,Y. 

IV. 3Iar//, m. Rev. Warren Wilbur. 
V. Sarah. 

VI. Dexter, m. Mary Balcom ; removed to Nashville. 
VII. Williaiii, removed to Lewiston, N.Y.; d. 1878, um. 
VIII. Maria, in. I^lanchard of Charlestown, Mass. 



Elijah Alexander was b. in Uxbridge, Mass., in 
1741. About tlie year 1765, he married Elizabeth Taft 
of Mendon, and settled in Uxbridge, where he worked at 
shoemaking until 1793, wlien lie came to Marl, and ])ur- 



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chnsecl the farm since owned by his son Easman, now 
within the limits of Troy. He was a higlily esteemed 
citizen, and lived to see the most of his children and 
some of Ids grand-children settled in life. He d. in 1822. 
His Avidow d. in 1888. 

I. Gideon, b. Aug. 18, 1707; settled in Canada. 
II. Amam, b. Nov. 30, 1769; d. in N.Y. 

III. EUzaheth, b. Sej^t. 13, 1771; d. re. 30. 

IV. Luther, b. Sept. 19, 1778. Graduated at Harvard 

University, and studied theology with Dr. 
Crone of Northbridge ; but, as lie was about to 
enter the ministry, lie went to Canada to visit 
his brother, and while there he took the small- 
pox and died. 
V. Calvin, b. June 20, 1775. Studied medicine with 
Dr. Willard of Uxbridge, and settled in Mon- 
treal, where he achieved an honorable fame. 
Elijah, b. March 25, 1777; d. in Vermont. 
Jemima, b. March 15,1779; m. James Cheever; 

d. in Trov. 
Timothy, b.'Nov. 27, 1780; d. in N.Y. 
Phinehas, b. Aug. 29, 1782; m., Feb. 18, 1812, 
Ada Bullock ; removed to Ohio. 
X. Joseph, b. Oct. 20, 1784; m. Lucretia Howe; set- 
tled ill Troy. 
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XII. Eunice, b. Jan. 29, 1788; m. James Davis of 

. Jaffrey. 
xHi. Lois, b. Dec. 16, 1790; m. James Hicks; settled 

in Wisconsin, 
xiv. Submit, b. Aug. 1, 1791; m. Isaac Garfield; re- 
moved to Sedonna, N.Y. 
XV. Ezva, b. A])r. 16, 1794; m. Lucretia Fuller; set- 
tled in Fitzwilliam. 



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Easmax At,p:xander, son of Elijah, m. Lucy, dau. of 
John Garfield ; settled on home farm with his father, 
where he d. but a few years since. 

I. 3Iani, b. May 13, 1805; m. Russell Waters of 

Fitchburg. 
II. Elixaheth, b. Dec. 20, 1808; d. 3Iarcli 8, 1830. 

III. Elinov, b. Julv 25, 1810; d. Feb. 21, 1888. 

IV. Annis, b. June 12, 1812; d. March 12, 1884. 
V. Hannah, b. Julv 10, 1814; d. Dec. 22, 1838. 

VI. Luc;/, b. A])r. 12, 1817 ; m., Ai)r. 15, 1842, Levi 

Whitlemore, Jr., of Troy; d. Aug. 10, 1843. 
VII. Easman, b. Sei)t. 5, 1819 ;'m., Dorothy Ann Law- 
rence of Troy; removed to Gardner, ]Mmss. 



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VIII. John C, b. March 17, 1822; m., Dec, 1852, Laura 
Bayard of Fitzwilliam ; d. in Troy. 
IX. Ah\(/a\l, b. Feb. 26, 1824; m., Dec. 31, 1846, 

Luther Whittemore of Troy. 
X. Samh, b. Oct. 4, 1825; m., Oct. 10, 1848, Levi 
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Abiel Alger, b. in Bridgewater,- Mass., June 22, 
1772; ni., 1789, Rlioda Drake, b. in Easton, Mass., Feb. 
26, 1770. He settled first in Bridgewater. About 1794, 
lie moved to Winchendon, where he resided until 1814, 
when he came to this town and located on the farm 
which still bears his name. Mr. Alger was a noted 
fox-hunter; and, his farm being in ])roximity to the 
mountain, he found ))lehty of them. Oftentimes in the 
winter season he would procure a ([uantity of meat, and 
placing it in an open field he would wra|) himself in buf- 
falo robes, select a position near, and watch the coming 
of reynard. He was a good marksman, and would fre- 
quently obtain several of these creatures in one night. 
The fii'st pair of oxen he purchased, after coming to 
Marl., he jiaid for in fox-skins to the value of fifty dol- 
lars. In his old age, he returned to Winchendon, Avhere 
he d. Jan. 24, 1848. His wi<low d. Jan. 20, 1860. 

I. OUve^ b. in Bridgewater, Oct. 0, 1789 ; m., A]>r. 
19, 1812, Jonathan Wymau ; resided in Win- 
chendon, where she d. Aug. 25, 1871. 
II. Lavina, b. in Bridgewater, A]ir. 1, 1791 ; m., 
Dec, 1825, A. Flagg. He d., and she m. (2d), 
Jan., 1845, 8. Tenney; resided in Winchendon, 
where she d. Oct. 23", 1866. 

III. Ahlel., b. in Bridgewater, INIarch 19, 1793 ; d. in 

Vt., Dec, 1814". 

IV. Chios, b. in Winchendon, Nov. 11, 1794 ; m., March 

9, 1826, Luke Bice; resided in Wincliendon ; d. 
Dec. 4, 1873. 
V. Sf/lvia, 1). in Winchendon, July 3, 1796; d. in 
Winchendon, Nov. 26, 1873, um. 

VI. Asnah, b. in AVinchendon, Mux 18, 1798 ; m., Feb., 
1828, Sally Xorcross; she d., and he m. (2d), 
Aug., 1X6(1, yi-.wx Moon", resides in Orange, 
:\ra'ss. 

VII. yli/ith, b. ill Wiiiclu'iidmi, July 2i», ISOO; m., Oct., 

IS'il, Ezra Porter; resides in Winchendon. 
VIII. N((tli(iv, b. in Winchendon, Jan. 27, 1802; m., 
Nov., 1831, Louisa Hale; resides in Winchen- 
don. 

IX. Mrlnud, b. in Winchendon, Oct. 29, 1804; in., 
May, 1829, Silas S. Norcross ; resides in Win- 
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11 X. Christophei' Cohcmbu.t, h. in Wincheiidon, June 
17, ISOT; m., M-.m-h •2\\ 1836, Sabrina Balcom ; 
resides in Wincliendoii. 

12 1. Christoplioi- C, \>. July 14, 1837; in., Sci»t. 
22, 1874, Ella L. May; resides in Win- 
chendon. 

13 2. Amelia V., b. May 17, 1880; ni., Fob. 15, 
187<», Calvin INIil'ler; ret^ides in Athol. 

14 3. Belle J., b. June 27, 1852. 

15 [ XI. Rhofhi, b. in Wineliendon, Jan. 17, 1811 ; ni., July, 
'■ 1834, Joel Sibley: be d., and she ni. (2d), July, 

1804, William Sil)ley; resides in Wincbendon. 

16 xri. fforace /i., b. in Marl.', N<.v. 17, 1817; m., 1842, 
: Betsey Smitb. lie a\ as a member of tbe lOtb 

I Ohio Cavalrv : d. while in the service, Apr, 6. 

I 1864. 

Charles A, Allen, b, in AVardsboro, Vt., 8e]»t. 13, 
1836; m., Sept., 1870, Susie A. Davis, b. in Rockingham, 
Vt., June 27, 1838. Mr. Allen Avas a member of Co. I, 
4th Reg. Vt. Vols. Served three years and one month, 

I. Georr/e H., b. Aug. 17, 1873; d. Aug. 3, 1875. 



Samuel ALLiso?f, son of Andrew and Sarah (Morse) 
Allison, b. in Dublin, March 29, 1795; m., Jan. 28, 1851, 
Mrs. Maria (Mason) Pijier, widow of Artemas Piper, 
b. in Dublin, ]\[arch 6, 1804, d. in Marl., Jan. 26, 1880. 
Mr. Allison came to Marl, to reside in 1848. He 
remoA^ed to Charlestown in 1859, and returned to this 
town in 1867, where he still resides, c. His sister 
Sarah resided with him for many years. She was b. in 
Dublin, March 13, 1787; d. in Marl., Mav 4, 1878, nni. 



JoHX Amidox, b, in Fitzwilliam, Nov. 4, 1813; m. 
Betsey Putney of Chesterfield, b. July 3, 1814 ; resided 
in Fitzwilliam, Richmond, an<l Troy. He came to this 
town in 1851, and reside<l here some seven years, work- 
ing at his trade of blacksmithing. 3Ir. Amidon was 
ja member of Co. F, 6th Reg. N.H. Vols. He d. at 
i Hatteras Inlet, Jan. 15, 1862. His widow resides in 
I Troy. 

2 I I. Sarah E., b. in Troy, July 1, 1841 ; m. J. Foster 
} Capron ; resides in Troy. 

3 j ir. James 0., b. Sept. 10, 1842; in. Susie Bryant; 

resides in Keene. 

4 III. Hennj J., b. in Fitzwilliam, March 18, 1845. He 
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served three years, and was in twenty-three 
battles. He was one of the number who snr- 
A'ived tlie wreck of the ill-fated steamer " West 
Point," which Avas sunk in the Potomac River. 
At the end of his term of enlistment, lie re- 
ceived an honorable discharge, returned home, 
where he soon d. of disease contracted in the 
array. 

IV. Frank E.^ b. in Richmond, July 550, 1847; m. 

Sarah A. Wright; resides in Keene. 
V. Charles H., b. in Troy, Nov. 8, 1849; is a sailor. 

VI. Ella 3L, b. in Marl., Oct. 2, 1855; m. Julius 
Bemis of Athol, Mass., where she now resides. 

VII. George F., b. in Marl., May 11, 1857. 



Henry A. Atherton was b. in Ashburnham, Mass., 
Oct. 29, 1842. He enlisted in Co. E, (Ith Reg. N.H. 
Vols.; was mustered into service Nov. 28, 1861; was 
wounded at the second battle of Fredericksburg. He 
was discharged on account of ill-health. May, 1865. He 
m., Feb. 27, 1864, Mary L., dau. of Moses and Mary 
(Pratt) Putney; she d.'July 24, 1865; m. (2d) Lizzie 
M. Putnev, a sister of his first wife, who d. Mav 29, 
1870. He d. Apr. 2, 1869. 

I. JVillie, b. July 16, 1867. 



Richard Atwell is first mentioned on the town rec- 
ords as one Avho refused to sign the "Association Test," 
July, 1776. He is su])posed to have resided on the 
Sweetser place lately owned by Moses Hunt. He Avas 
conspicuous in the affairs of the town until near the 
close of the Revolution. The names of only two chil- 
dren appear on the records. 

I. Manj, b. July 20, 1775. 
II. Hannah, b. May 28, 1777. 



Ebenezer Bacox came to Marl, at an earlj- date, and 
located in Avhat is now Troy village. He Avas a clothier 
by trade, and l)uilt a mill for fulling and coloring cloth. 
He continued this business some nine or ten years, Avhen 
he sold to John Potter, and left the ])lace. He m. 
Betsey, dau. of E])hraim Root. 

I. /ra, b. Nov. 12, 1792. 
II. Septimous, b. Aug. 22, 1795. 
III. Fanny, b. A]n-. 15, 1797. 



Almox Bailey, b. in Jaffi-ey, Jan. 21, 1801 ; m. Maria, 
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ill Jaffivy, then for a s^hort time in Utica, N.Y. He 
came to Marl, about 183G, and located in a small house 
near the present residence of Clark Hill. Here he had 
the misfortune to lose his house by fire, and he soon 
after greeted the house now owned by Hiram Collins-, 
Avhere he d., Au<>:. 12, 1837. Mr. liailey was a man pos- 
sessed of considerable mechanical ingenuity, and could 
manufacture almost any article to which he turned his 
attention ; but his chief business was buildinr^ church 
organs, and he is said to have been a very skilful work- 
man at that trade. His widow m. Hiram Collins, q.v. 

I. Almon Fernando, b. Dec. 21, 1835; m., Apr. 9, 
1856, Susan M. Smith of Worcester, b. May, 
1835. He Avas a soldier in the Union army, and 
d. at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 186-1, twelve 
hours after he Avas wounded in battle. 



BAKER. 

Joux Baker and Elizabeth, his wife, were in Concord, Mass., in 1729. 
Of his ancestry, we have no knowledge ; but he was probably b. in 
England, emigrated to this country when a young man, and settled in 
Concord, where four of his children were b. He is supposed to have 
returned to England, where he remained some three years, when he 
again emigrated to this countiy, and settled in Waltham, where he 
resided five or six years, and then, with a part of his family, moved to 
Killingiy, Conn. Richard, son of John and Elizabeth, was b. in Concord, 
Apr. 8, 17"29. When twenty-nine years of age, he purchased a tract of 
wild land in Westminster, Alass., intending to take up his abode there, 
but was pressed into the British service in the French and Indian War 
for one year. At the expiration of his term of service, the English 
otficers refused to give him and his company their discharge, and 
retained them against their consent. They prepared themselves Avdth 
snow-shoes ; and the whole company, consisting of about sixty men, left 
the camp at Albany about midnight, intending to cross the Green j\Iomi- 
tains to Massachusetts. They got lost, wandered several days among 
the mountains, but finally found Ueerfield River, which they followed 
to Coleraine, where they found inhabitants, after having been out nine 
days without provisions, except a small dog which they killed the fifth 
day, and having the snow, which was some four feet deep, for their 
bed. Mr. Baker reached home in safety, and soon m. J\Iary SaA\'j'er of 
Lancaster, settled in Westminster, raised up a numerous family of chil- 
dren, and d. Dec. lo. 1808. Mary (Sawyer) Baker's grandfather, Thomas 
Sawyer, was one of the first settlers of Lancaster, Mass. He built a 
house, surrounding it by a fort, and a saw-mill, to which the inhabitants of 
his village resorted in case of Indian hostilities, which were very common 
from 1G70 to 1710. At one time, supposed to be between 1()75 and ItiSO, 
his garrison was attacked by the Indians ; and all were killed except Mr. 
Sawyer and two women. N'ight came on, the women loaded the guns, 
and ]\Ir. Sawyer continued to fire from the port-holes till nearly mid- 
night, at which time the Indians withdrew from the place. Mr. Sawyer 
then caught his horse, and after setting fire to his house, which contained 
shocks of grain, the women mounted the horse, and he walked by their 
side until they reached a place of safety. On the 1.9th of October, 



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1705, Mr. Sawyer, with liis sou Julias and John Bigelow, were taken 
captive by the Indians at his saw-mill, a little after daylight, whither he 
had gone to commence the labors o£ tlie day, and the savages imme- 
diately set out with their prisoners to Canada. On their journey, they 
treated Mr. Sawyer with great cruelty. On arriving at Montreal, he 
remarked to the governor, "whose residence was at that place, that there 
was a good site for mills on the River Chamblee, and that he would 
build him a saw-mill, on condition that he would procure his, his son's, 
and Bigelow's redemption. The governor readily closed in with the 
proposal, as at that time there was not a saw-mill in all Canada, nor an 
artificer capable of building one. He accordingly applied to the Indians, 
and very readily procured the ransom of young Sawyer and Bigelow, 
but no sum would procure Mr. Sawyer's redemption ; him — being dis- 
riuguished for his bravery, which had proved fatal to a number of their 
brethren — they were determined to immolate. The victim was accord- 
ingly led forth, and fastened to the stake environed with materials so 
disposed as to produce a lingering death. The savages, surrounding tlie 
unfortunate prisoner, began to anticipate the horrid pleasure of behold- 
ing their victim writhing in tortures amid the rising flames, and rend- 
ing the air witli their dismal yells. Suddenly a friar appeared, and with 
great solemnity held forth what he declared to be the key to the gate of 
Purgatory, and told them that, unless they released their prisoner, he 
would instantly unlock that gate, and send them headlong thereinto. 
Superstition prevailed, and wrought the deliverance of Mr. Sawyer; for 
they at once unbound him, and gave him up to the governor. In one 
year from that time, he completed the mill, when he and Bigelow were 
discharged. They retained his son Elias one year longer to instruct 
them in the art of sawing, ajid keeping the mill in oi'der. He was then 
amply rewarded, and sent home to his friends ; and both he and his 
father lived to an advanced age, and were gathered to their graves in 
peace. 

1 i JoxADAB Baker, the eldest son of Richard and Mary 
! (Sawyer) Baker, was b. in Westminster, Mass., Aug. 
I 81, 1759. He served two enlistments during the Revolu- 
j tion (see Chap. III.). After his discliargv, he returnet] 
to Westminster, built a shoemaker's sliop in the centre 
of the town, and, Ijeing a^i exceHent workman, followed 
I that business some three or four years. lie was one of 
i the government troops in the rebellion headed by Capt. 
j Daniel Shays, and followed tlieni to Pliilli]»ston, where 
Gen. Lincoln fired upon the insurgents. Abi>ut the year 
1787, he came to Marl, and purchased the farm formerly 
OAvned by Samuel So])er, in the south-east i)art of the 
town, situated on what was then the great road from 
Keene to Boston, and is now owned by David S. Derby. 
Having received an injury in early life which disabled 
him for hard labor, he hired most (»f his w^ork done on 
his fai-m, and resumed his former occupation of shoe- 
making. It Avas a saying in those days that no man 
could go to the General Court until Jonadab Bak«'r had 
made him a pair of boots. He m., A]»r. 20, 1787, Tabi- 
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leaving an estate valued at about twelve thousand 
dollars* Among his assets Avere twelve liundred silver 
dollars, deposited in stockings, and kejit in tlie old- 
fashioned eloek-case. Mrs. ]>aker d. Dee. 2, 1S4(>, iv. S(». 

I. Persis, b. June 19, ITOU; ni. Ephraim K. Frost, 

M.D., q.V. 
II. Polly, b. Feb. 3, 1T9'2; m. Calvin Hastings, q.v. 

III. Luci/, b. Feb. 4, 1794; m., Dec. "26, 1815, Carter 

Whiteoinb, who d. in 1879. She still resides in 
Swanzey. 

IV. Tahitliii, b. Jiiiu' 7, 179U; in. < 'ahin 'rciiucy, q.v. 



Bkzalkei. Bakku, fonrth son of lliehard and jVfary 
(Sawyer) Baker, was b. in Westminster, IMass., Jan. 
4, 1768. At fifteen years of age, the care of his father's 
farm and brick-yard devolved on him and two younger 
brothers, his father being confined to the house by sick- 
ness for several years. He first came to M:irl. in Dec, 
1787, worked for his brother Jonadab at shoemak- 
ing and other business during tlie winter, and returned 
to Westminster in the s])ring; went back and forth occa- 
sionally until Nov. 16, 1789, when he purchased a tract 
of wild land which comi)rised the farm recently owned 
by Lyman Underwood. He m., Sept. 17, 1793, Al)igail, 
dau. of Dea. Nathan and Rebecca (Haynes) Wood * 
of Westminster, b. June 9, 1770. Mr. Baker and his 
wife came to Marl, the next day after their marriage, 
attended the ordination of Rev. Halloway Fish, and 
occu]tied their new house for the first time. Mi-. Baker 
was strictly a temperance man, when e^ery one else 
thouglit it did them good to drink ; yet his neighbors 
said that they never knew him drink s])irits but once, 
and that was at a Avolf-hunt, where one was killed, and 
the bounty paid in rum, and, AA'hile the rain fell in tor- 
rents, he drank with the others. But the influence of his 
temperance habits has been very salutary on his family, 
for no one of them has ever made excessive use oi 
ardent spirits. He built upon his farm, during his occu- 
pation of it, two houses, four forty-feet barns, one hun- 



* Deacon Nathan Wood was a descendant of William Wood, who came to this 
ronntry in 1638, and settled in Coucord, Mass. Married, May 2, 1750, Rebecca, 
daughter of Ahijah Haynes of Sudbury, Mass., b. Feb. 14, 1731. Mr. Wood removetl 
to Westminster in 1756. He was active in opposing those measures of the British 
government whii'h led to tlie Revolution and the .vtrugf;le for independence; wns a 
nifiuber of the first conpress. which met in Cambridge, and encouraged resistance 
to the arbitrary acts ot the English crown. I'.ut he died June 19, 1777, and hi-< 
fifteen children "followed his remains to the grave. His posterity have since settled 
in almost every State in the Union, anil among them have been many clergymen. 

Ahijah Havnes wis a son of James and S irah (Noyes) Havnes, ai.d w<as born in 
Sudbury, Oct.'lG, 1701. Married, Jan. 18, 1726, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and 
Elizabeth Smith. James Haynes was the son of John and Dorothy Haynes, b. at 
Sudbury, March 17. 1661. 



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dred ami eiglity feet of wood-liousos, toul-liousi^s, sheds, 
and a cider-mill, one set of barns and sheds having been 
struck bv lightning and consumed in- Aug., 1829. He 
d. Oct. l", 1849. His w id..w d. Apr. Itl, 1862. 

I. Hcheccd,]). J yi\x 14, 1795; m. Etheel Parmenter, y.r, 
II. AIh'/, h. Apr. 8, 1797; m., Aj.r. 18, 1821, C\)rdelia, 
dau. of Caleb and Deborah (Fairbanks) Perry; 
settled in Troy; she d. Aug. 4, 1889, and he 
m. (2d), Nov. '16, 1840, Mrs. Sarah (Crosby) 
Bush ; she d. March 27, 1872, and he m. (8<i), 
Apr. 29, 1875, Martha, dau. of Elijah and Pru- 
dence (Newell) Harrington. He d. in Trov, 
Sept. 26, 1878 (see Chap. XHT.). Children all 
by his first wife. 

1. Orissa, b. Aug. 28, 1822; d. Sept. 6, 1823. 

2. Cordelia, b. Dec. 27, 1823; m., Dec. 1, 

1845, John F. Humphreys; resides in 
Athol, Mass. 

3. Abel Warren, b. Apr. 28, 1825; m., Aj.r. 

8, 1847, ]\rary, dau. of Jose])h and Ruth 
(White) Haskell; resides in Keene. 

4. Caroline B., b. Jan. 5, 1827; m., June 6, 

1848, F. S. ParnuMiter; resides in Athol, 
Mass. 

5. Myra A., b. Feb. 24, 1832; m., Dec. 10, 

1850, John U. Beers; d. in Hinsdale. 

6. Mary W., b. May 21, 1836; m. Kev. J. A. 

Batcheller; resides in Boston. 

III. Ezra, b. Feb. 27, 1799; ni., Feb. 21, 1826, Caro- 
line Adams ; resides in Jalf rev. He was one of 
the board of selectmen of tJiat town in 1845, 
1846, and 1847; also for several years one of 
the directors of Monadnock liank at East 
Jaffrey. He is considered a man of sound 
jiulgment and a good counsellor in settling 
<litticult matters pertaining to town affairs. A 
nuin of undoubted integrity, plain ajnl unassum- 
ing in his manners, kind and social in his inter- 
course with his fellow-men, a good farmer and 
a most worth V citizen. 



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1. iAIilton, b. July 23, 1830 

t'rey, uiii. 

2. Mahida, b. Aug. 15, 1833; m. George A. 

Underwood ; resides in Jail'rey. 

Mary, b. June 27, 1801 ; m. Luke Moors, q.v. 
Asa, b. Feb. 24, 1803.+ 

Thlrza, b. Dec. 7, 1804; m., Nov. 26, 1828, Joel 
Holt; d. in Trov, June, 1862. 




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VII. Caleb, 1). Feb. 27, 1^07; d. Jan. 16, 1837, um. 
viii. Mahala, 1.. A])r. 3, 1810; ni., Nov. 5, 1839, 

Erastus S|>aul(liiig of Jaffrcy ; tl. iu Troy, Nov. 

18, 1847; was fatally biinicd by the firing of a 

kettle ot" varnish that was upon the stove in the 

room where she was sitting. 



Asa Bakeu, son of Bezaleel, in., Sept. 19, 183(1, Han- 
nah Moors of Sharon, b. Oct. 28, 1807, <l. Dec. 30, 18a4; 
and he in. (2d), Jnne 19, 1856, Adaline Pluininer of Goft's- 
town. Mr. Baker first settled on the farm lie had ])revi- 
onsly ))nrchase<l of Natlian Barker. In the spring of 
1S39, he sold his farm to the town, and removed to 
JaftVey, where he was for many years a jn-osperous 
fanner. Tie d. Oct. 12, 1869. His widow now resides 
in Antrim. Children all by his first wife. 

I. Erastus, b. in Marl., Apr. 8, 1833 ; d. May 3, 1833. 

II. Sumner A., b. in Marl., May 5, 1834; m., July 15, 

1865, Mvra A. Coombs of' Winchester. 

III. Edwin a,b. in Jaffrev, Jnly 4, 1843; m., Nov. 18, 

1869, Jnlia P. Panl of'Walpole; resides in 
Fitzwilliain. 

IV. Elliott jr., b. in Jaffrey, Sept. 1, 1846; m., Feb. 

10, 1878, Julia V. McCoy; resides in Antrim. 



Joseph Baker, supposed to be the son of William and Eliza Baker 
of Concord, Mass., settled in old Marl., Mass., previous to 1710, at which 
time he is mentioned as one of the proprietors. He d. June 2, 1755. 

Robert, son of Joseph, b. Xov. 24, 1713; ra. Lydia . They had 

fifteen children, among- whom was Thomas, b. Dec. 31, 1756; m. Sai'ah, 
dau. of Jonathan and Dorothy (Morse) Temple of old Marl., and settled 
in Nelson. 

27 I Thomas J. Baker, son of Tliomas and Sarah (Tem- 
i ])le) Baker, b. in Nelson, Aug. 27, 1804 ; m., Feb. 24, 
j 1835, Lovina Taft, b. in Nelson, Sept. 20, 1802, d. in 

Marl., Aug. 5, 1878. 

28 I I. C. Elmina, b. Dec. 6, 1836; m. James F. Town- 
i send, r/.r. 

29 i II. Sarah E., b. Feb. 24, 1838; d. in Keene, Nov. 3, 
j 1855. 

30 I III. Vasronih W., b. Aug. 7, 1843; m. Nancy Petts; 
1 resides in Keene. 



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Edward S. Baldwin, b. in Cambridge, Mass., N(n'. 
12, 1837 ; m., Feb. 24, 1863, Josei>hine I)'. Black, dan. of 
Horace and Betsey Black, b. in Putney, Vt., Feb. 4, 
1843. He came to Marl, to reside in the spring of 1875, 

T. Carrie Jane, b. in Putney, Vt., March 15, 1865. 
II. Ada Maria, b. in Marl., Sept. 11, 1876. 



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Daxiel Ball came from Holden, Mass., to this town 
in 1785, and located on the farm known as the Ahncr 
Rus.sell phico, on the ohl road leading from Marl, to 
Pottersville. He remained here until A])r., 181 "2, when 
he removed to that ]»art of the town now included in 
Trov, where he d. Feb. 28, 1830, a*. 74. His wife was 
Lydia Smith of AVorcester. She d. Oct. 13, 1840, x. 86. 

I. Li/tfi(i, m. John Thurston, '/./'. 

II. Befsei/, m., March 24, 1807, Amos Stanford of 
Dublin. 

III. Reliefs b. Oct. 15, 1781 ; n\. Liebieus Rliodes. y.c. 

IV. Olipe, m., Apr, 20, 1802, Simeon Cobb of Dublin. 
V. Esthei\ m. Benjamin Bosworth of Winchendon. 

VI. Ruth, b. March' 14, 1780; m. Stei>hen Kliodes. y.r. 
vii. Luci/, b. Feb. 24. 1780; m. D;niicl AVoodward of 

Swanzev. 
VMi. Pott II, b. March 4, 1703; m., Alarch, 1816, Stephen 
Harris of Troy; she d. 1852. 
Tx. D<niiel,^K March X'^'i, 1705; m. Il:iiinah liolls ol" 

IJichmond. 
X. Wesson, m. L^'dia Walker of Rovalston, Mass. 



Jonathan Ball came from Southborough to Marl, 
in 1787. He built a tavern on the Flint jdace, so called, 
now within the limits of Troy. He continued to keep a 
public house until 1706, when he sold his location to 
Christopher Harris, and removed to Xew York. On his 
way there, Rebecca, one of his daughters, bccaine sud- 
denly ill, and d. before reaching the end of the journey. 
His wife was Anna, sujijtosed to lie the dan. of Isaac 
Gibbs. 

I. Jonathan. 
II. Rebecca. 

III. Polly. 

IV. Naur I/. 

V. Nahh)i, b. June 19, 1786. 
VI. Lvciuda., b. A\n-. 25, 1780. 
VII. Silas, b. March 26, 1702. 



Israel Banks, son of William, — Avho came from Oak- 
ham, Mass., and settled in that ])art of Keene Avliich was 
set off to make the town of Roxbury, — b. May 30, 1780; 
m. Patty, dan. of James and Martha (Collins) Lewis, and 
settled about 1802 on the farm known as the " Banks 
place," on the Daken road, so called. About 1807, he 
removed to Wheelock, Vt., and thence to Shefford, Can- 
ada, about 1812. He d. in Oxford, Canada, 1835. The 
three eldest children were b. in Marl. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 409 

2 I. WlUiam, h. May 30, 1802; in. Rcbocca Isliani ; 

resi<Ie^^ in Gilsuni. 

3 II. Israel^ b. Apr. 8, 1804; settled in Nevada, Iowa. 

4 III. Ellzo., ra. Neal Raney ; d. in OsAvego, N.Y. 
b IV. Ali'in, m. and resides in loAva. 

6 i V. Faft//, m. Ilenian Clothier; d. in New Milford, 

111! 

7 ■■ vr. Ltcciiida, in. Samuel Beach of Oxford, Canada. 

8 I VII. Amanda, ni. "NYasliiniftoii Btirr; resides in Syea- 
; more, Mich. 

9 VIII, /Samuel, resides in Iowa. 
10 IX. Sullivan, resides in New Milford, 111. 



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William BajjivS, a half-brother of Israel, m. Elizabeth 
Dwiuell, a native of To])sfie]d, Mass. He resided for 
some time on the farm with his brother, afterwards re- 
moved to Gilsum, where he d. Apr. 27, 1830. He was 
for several years one of the selectmen of this town. Tlis 
wife d. in Gilsum, March 3, 1853, a?. 97. c. 



Nathan Bakber was allowed for "w^^rck in the 
Roads in 1768 & 17G!>, 7.s-. 6'/.*' On the church records 
we hud 

I. '■'•Hannah, dau. of Nathan Barl>er and Margaret, 

his wife, bap. June 23, 1771." 
II. ''Nathan, bap. Sept. 17, 1775." 



1 I William Barker is su])posed to have been a native 
' of Coiu-ord, Mass. lie ni. Jane, dau. of William and 

Keziah (Cloyes) Goddard, b. March 12, 1739; settled 

first in Westboroiiiih. In 1761, he became one of the 

[)ro|irietors of ^rouadnock, No. V., and iniinediately 

: commenced ])repar.itions for si'ttling here. Tic is s;ii<l 

i to have first visited the townshi]t some tinu' during that 

year, and to have spent considerable time here in 1762 

I and 1763. lie also spent the spring and summer of 

1 1764 in clearing his land and erecting a log house, into 

! which he moved his family, Se}»t. 17, 1764. So to this 

famil}' belongs the honor of being the first one to settle 

i in this town. Mr. Barker was for many years an active 

! and influential citizen. He d. Oct. 5, 1798, ae. 62. 

2 I. Aharjail, b. Auo-. 20, 176(1. 

3 IT. William, b. June 5, 1762; d. Aj.r. 12. 1790. 

4 III. Mar'/, b. Dec. 18, 1763. 

5 IV. Huf/i, b. Apr. 2, 1766; d. Apr. 7. 1790. 

6 j V. John, b. Dec. 1, 1767; d. 182U. 

7 I ■ VI. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1770; m., March 20, li<00, 
' Abijah Cadwcll <.f Fair Haven, Yt. 

8 : VII. Luke,h. Oct. 12, 1771 ; d. March 3, 1786. 

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VIII. Nathan, b. Sept. '28, 1773; ni., Jan. 6, 1804, Lucy 
Lawrence; settled in Vermont. 
IX. Peleg, 1). Aujr. 6, 1776; d. ]\rarch 1, 1786. 
X. Lvci/, 1). July 14, 1780. 

XI. Ollrp, b. Sept. 18, 1783; Avns scalded to death,. 
Jan. 7, 1786. 
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Francis Barker, a halt-brother of William, was b. in 
Concord, Mass., Feb. 24, 1760. At the age of seventeen, 
he entered the Continental army, "where he remained 
three years and six months. Soon after the close <»t' the 
war, he purchased a tract of land in the soutii-west part 
of this town, afterwards the town-farin and still known 
as the Barker-place. The land at that time was covered 
with a heavy growth of ])ine-trees, some of A\duch were 
of immense size ; and, as he was looking about for a 
place on which to erect a tenijiorary shelter, he by acci- 
dent discovered that the stub of one of these was hollow. 
It had an entrance near the ground, and had evidently 
been the abode of wild l»easts. He entered this o]iening, 
and, to Ids surprise, found that, although nearly six feet 
in height, he could lie down easily. This he at once 
decided to make his abode, while clearing his land. 
Cleaning it out, he obtained a large flat stone, wdiich \w 
placed within to be used as a door, fastening it with a 
prop placed against the opposite side. Here he would 
lie down at night after the iTibors of tlie day, having 
his slumbers often disturbed by the howling of wolves, 
which gathered in large numbers about his rude habita- 
tion. This was consumed Avhen he burned his first 
chojiping, although he used every precaution to ])reveiit 
its destruction. He then constructed a hut not unlike 
an Indian wigwam, in which he continued to reside until 
he could erect a more commodious dwelling. His fond 
consisted mainly of raw salt pork and brown breail, 
which he obtained at his brother's once a week. He ni. 
Lucy Derby of Concord, Mass., who <1. Sept. 16, 1817, 
33. 55. 



He d. Oct. 4, 182S. 
Nathan /A, b. Oct. 14, 1781».+ 



Polh/, b. Sept. 5, 171)1; m. Jolm Hardy of 
Westboro, Mass.; d. in Windham, N.H., June 
28, 1866. 

III. Josf'2jh, b. Dec. 9, 1793; d. 1799. 

IV. ryurif.h. Sept. 9, 1796; m. Elijah Pratt of Mai- 

den ; d. in AVatertown, ]Mass.!, Oct. 6, 1876. 
V. Bi^tx,'!/, b. June Id, 179S ; m., March 9, 1824, John 

Hardy of Westboro, Mass.; d. Aug., 1833. 

VI. Joseph/ h. Feb. 26, 1800; m. Mary Britton of 

Keene; resided in Delevan, Wis.; d. 1880. 



GENEALOGICAL KEGISTEK. 411 

Nathax 1). Bakkkk, soil of Francis, in., Marcli 18, 
1S18, Susanna (Allen) Hastings of Sullivan. In 1830, 
lu- sold his farm, and ivinoved to the Cuinininos tavern, 
where he resided two years, and thence to Troy ; re- 
mained there a short time, and afterwards resided in 
Fit/william and Keene. He d. in Fitchburii', INIarch 28, 
18GG. His widow d. in Fitchburg, Nov. 3, 1873. 

I. Lucius, b. Jan. '2:1, 1811); removed to the West. 

He was a member of the 14th Wis. Reg., and 

was killed at the battle of l^ittsburg Landing, 

Apr. 7, 1802. 
II. Tho)iias H., b. Jan. 4, 1821 ; m. Ann Jom-s of 

Reading, Vt. ; d. in Fitchburg, P^eb. 25, 1850. 

III. Cltai-h's, b. Aug. 1, 1822; m. Elmira Ellis; she d., 

and he m. (2d) Emily Hall ; resides in Fitch- 
burg. He served in the War of the Rebellion, 
in the 21st and 57th Regs. Mass. Vols. ; was 
])romoted to First Lieut. Aug. 21, 18G1, and to 
Capt. Nov. 11, 1864. 

IV. Lucy D., b. July 31, 1824; m., Nov. 18, 1848, Henry 

P. Wheelock of Leominster; resides in Fitch- 
burg. 
V. Lorenzo, b. June 13, 1826; m. Ellen Jones of 
Reading, Vt. ; resides in Fitchburg ; is a car- 
]>enter, luml)er dealer, and manufacturer of sash- 
doors and blinds. 

VI. Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 25, 1829; resides in Fitch- 
burg. 

VII. Francis A., b. in P^itzwilliam, June 17, 1832; d. 
Sept. 24, 1834. 



Mrs. Sally Barker came to Marl, to reside in May, 
1867. She is the dau. of Josiah and Sophia (Grifhn) 
Parker; b. in Nelson, Jan. 21, 1816, and the widow of 
Ora Barker, who was b. in Nelson, Feb. 16, 1814, and d. 
in Lowell, Mass., Jan. 25, 1863. They were m. March 
12, 1840. Of the children, the six eldest were b. in 
Nelson, tlie remainder in Lowell. 

I. Ahncr Ora, b. Oct. 18, 1841 ; d. May 9, 1845. 

II. Thaddeus Aiujdo, b. Oct. 13, 1843 ; m. P:innia C. 

Howe; resides in Boston. 

III. Sarah Emma, b. Feb. 4, 1846, uin. 

IV. Daphene Priscilla, b. Feb. 11, 1848, uni. 

V, Jerome Josiah, b. May 31, 1852; m., March 19, 
1879, Emma F. Colburn ; resides in Lancaster, 
Mass. 

VI. Amelia Sophia, b. Julv 27, 1854; d. Dec. 21, 1856. 

VII. Charles Wilder, b. Feb. 29, 1856; d. May 16, 

1856. 



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viii. James Ora, b. Aug. 3, 1857. 
IX. Edwin Chap'in, b. Feb. 3, 1859. 
X. Minnie Stella, h. Oct. 8, 1862. 



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Calvix Barnard, b. in Schenectady, N.Y., Sept. 2, 
1816: m., Sept. 29, 1846, Mary Miranda Perkins, b. in 
Unity, X.H., Aug. 28, 1823. They came to this town 
Apr., 1859, and resided on the Shaker farm, so called, at 
the foot of the mountain, near the Jaffrey line. _ The 
family removed to Troy in 1872, where they now reside. 

1. Josejjhlne Clariiula, b. in ^NFarlow, Sept. 30, 1847; 

m., Jan. 2, 1872, Hudson 1). Hale ..f Kindge. 

He d. Juiu' 5, 1873; and she ni. (2d), Sept. 27, 

1876, Charles 11. Stanford <»f Keene. 

II. .Ulelalile Melhida, b. in Unity, N.H., Sej.t. 28, 

1849; d. Feb. 17, 1867. 
III. Carlos Melvin, b. in Unity, X.H., July 24, 1851 ; 
m., Mny 17, 1877, ITarriet R. Lawrence of 
'^I'roy. 
ly. Alice Betsei/, b. in Unity, X.II., June 26, 1853. 
y. Homer Calvin, b. in Ashby, Mass., Oct. 17, 1855. 
yi. Mary Eliza, b. in Fitchbnru-, July 8, 1858; d. 

Feb. 14, 1867. 
yii. Henri/ Li/man, b. in Marl., Jan. 23, 1861. 
VIII. Idella Eranres, b. m Marl., ]March 10, 1863. 
IX. Emily Lucy, b. in Marl., July 10, 1865. 



John A. Batchei.der, b. in Northfield, N.H., Sept. 16, 

1830 ; m., July 3, 1852, Elmina, dan. of George TT. and 

Laura (Greenwood) Worsley ; he now resides in Keene ; 

is a carpenter by trade, and works for the lfuni])hrey 

I Machine Co. 

2 I. Clara E., b. in Marl., Oct. 17, 1853 ; d. Api-il 20, 
I 1858. 

3 ^ II. Clarahelle L.. b. in Swanzey, Sei)t. 18, 1859. 

4 III. Ader M., b. in Ware, N.H., Aug. 11, 1861; d. 

Oct. 21, 1861. 

1 Jamks Batcheller, M.D., was b. in Rovalston, Mass., 
I June 5, 1791 (see Cha|). XIL). lie came to Marl, in 1818, 
and commenced t\w practii-e of medicine; m., Dec. 31, 
I 1821, Persis, dan. of Phillij.s and Persis (Joslin) Sweet- 
' ser. For a few years, he re^<ided with his fatlicr-in-law 
in the house since owned by Moses Hunt. He then 
|»urchased the jtlace now ciwned by Benjamin B. Gush- 
ing, and built the present liouse about 1825. He re- 
moved to Fitzwilliam in 1855, Avhere he d. April 14, 
I 1866. His wife d. in Marl., Aug. 14, 1851. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 413 

I. James, I). Aug. 7, l^'l'l; d. Dec. '24, 1881. 
II. Charles, b. June 15, 1825;. d. in Fit/,\villi:iin, 
March 12, 18G0, uin. 

III. PhiUp aS'., b. Sept. 2, 1828; m., Feb. 11, 1851, 

Frances A. Chaplin, b. in Fitzwilliam, Se))t. 30, 
1880, (1. Dec. 28, 1871; resides in Fitzwilliam. 
He is a drugoist in Co. witli his brother. 

1. Ida Louisa, b. Apr. 1, 1859. 

IV. Stephen, b. Sept. 14, 1880; m., Sept. 13, 1859, 

Abby Briggs of Clareniont, N.TI., b. in Charles- 
tow n, X.H., Apr. 10, 1841 ; resitles in Fitz- 
william. 

1. Fannie, b. June 25, 1867. 

2. James, b. March 17, 1872; d. Aul,^ 17, 

1872. 

3. James, b. June 29, 1878; d. Aug. 26, 1878. 



Jonathan Belding, b, in Northfield, Mass., Apr. 3, 
1761 ; m. Sarah K. Larabee, b. in Eindge, July 5, 1763 ; 
settled tirst in Xorthfield, and was a soldier of the Reyo- 
lution from that town. 

I. Sarah,\). m Northtield, Oct. 26, 1785; removed 

to Canada. 
II. Jonathan, b. in Northfield, Nov. 27, 1787; d. 
May 31, 1818, um. 

Mrs. Belding d. Oct. 12, 1788, and he m. (2d) Abigail 
Coal, b. Apr.^11, 1771. The family came to Marl.'" to 
reside in 1794, and located on the Thomas Page farm, in 
what is now known as the "Prescott Pasture," south- 
westerly of the farm now owned by Leyi Jones. After re- 
siding here some eight years, they removed to Vermont. 
He d. in Canton, N.Y.,'May 17, 1851. His wife d. Oct. 
26, 1850. 

III. Abigail, b. in Northfield, Nov. 2, 1790; m. Samuel 

Williams of Dublin; d. May 17, 1872. 

IV. Harriet, b. in l^orthfiehl, Sept. 5, 1792; ni. Samuel 

Lewis of Cornish; d. July 29, 1845. 
V. Samuel C, b. May 6, 1794 ; m. Cynthia Wilson 

of Shoreham, Vt. ; settled in Canton, N.Y. ; d. 

Nov., 1854. 
VI. Mary, b. in Marl., April 24, 1797 ; m. James 

White of Cornish; remoyed to the West about 

1834. 
vii. Suhm'it, b. in Marl., Nov. 19, 180(1; m. Oliver 

Holden of Pittsford, Vt. ; d. 1869. 
viii. Asa, b. in Marl., Oct. 10, 1802; m. Cynthia Mus- 

sey of Brandon, Vt. 



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J/our:o, b. in Crown I'uinI, N.Y., Aug. 24, 1804; 

ni. ]\[aria Slilhnan of J^randon, Vt. ; rcniovod 

lo lliL' West. 
Jt'inuiia, b. in CroAvn Point, Ajir. (J, 1807; m. 

Alvorus Kilburn of Whitinu', Vt.; d. .Ian. 14, 

1840. 
Danfoi'd Ii.,\). in Shon-liaiu, A't., A]ir. o, 1809; 

m. Betsey Taskei- of Cornish ; resides in Iowa. 
Clement 31., h. in Shoreliam, Vt., Fel). 7, 1812 ; 

m. Melutal)]e Wheeler of Pittsford, Vt. ; d. 

Nov. 1, 1848. 
Liirlna, b. in Leicester, Vt., May 22, 1815 ; ni. 

Mason Simons of Orwell, Vt. lie d., and she 

m. (2d) William McEwin of Marley, N.Y. 



Ebe^^ezer Belk^sTAP, eldest son of Jedediah and Deb- 
orah (Streeter) Belknap of Framingham, ^Nfass., came to 
Marl, at an early date, and settled in the north ]>art of 
the town, on what is now called the; Capmn ])lace in 
Rox])nry. 

I. Silence, m. Samuel McCollester, q.v. 
II. Deborah, ni. Taylor. 

III. Ehenezer, d. young. 

IV. A daugliter, in. Hadley. 

V. A daiKjltter, m. Winch. 

Cajit. Ehenezer Belknap m. Mrs. Polly Rogers, Dec. 
19, 1792. (Town records.) 



BEMIS. 

Joseph Bkmis, b. in 1019 ; was in Watertown, Mass., as early as 
1640; was selectman, 1G48, 1072, and 1075; d. Aug. 7, 1084. By wife 
Sarah, he had nine children. John, the youngest, b. Aug., 1059; ni. 
Mary, dau. of George and Susannah Ilanington, b. Jan. 12, 100:5-01. 
She ({., and he m. (2d), Jan. 1, 1710-17, Sarah, widow of Jonatiian 
Phillips, Esq. She d., and he m. (;5(1), May IJO. 1720, Judith, widow of 
James Barnard. lie d. Oct. 21. 17-'52. John, son of John and Abuy 
(Harrington) Beinis, b. Oct. 6. 1080; ni.. May 8, 1710, Hannah, dan. of 
Daniel and Elizabeth (Whitney) Warren, b. .Tan. 25, 1090-91. Their 
eldest son, John, b. Feb. 11, 1711-12; m., Feb. 10, 17:31-;{2, Hannah, dau. 
of Capt. Daniel and Hannah (Bigilow) Warren, b. Apr. 28, 1715; settled 
in Weston, and had twelve children. . 



TuroTiiY Bemis, son of John and Ilannali (Warren) 
Bemis, b. in Weston, Mass., March G, 1784; m. Martha 
Wesson, Jan. 10, 175(i ; settled first in Weston, where 
several of liis cliildren Avere b. He came to this town 
as early as 177G, and settled on the farm now owned by 
Samuel Jones. He was killed in 180G, by falling from a 
load of corn-stalks. His widow d. Apr. 24, 1808. 



GENKALOCilCAL REGISTER. 415 

I. Jamefi, b. Sept. 7, 1756.-f- 
II. Elizabeth, 1). Jan. 7, 1759. 

III. Martha, b. March 3, 1701 ; m. Josiali Lewis, q.v. 

IV. David, h. June 13, 1763.-|- 

V. Jeremiah, b. July 13, 17C)5.-|- • 

VI. Ahel, ui., Miirch 4, 17!)3, Prudence Swan. 

VII. Jonathan, b. July -, 1709.-|- 

VIII. Daniel, settled in Uoston. 
IX. Sail I/. ,\^v ^vviu^l )r .'. 'M ^^ ^ ''■ 
X. Timothy, b. July 19, 1776.+ 



James Bemis, son of Timothy, ni. Hannah, dan. of 
Jonathan and Martha (Leland) Frost, and settled in 
what is now called "the Log-house Pasture," in the 
northerly part of the town; ix'nioved to Dublin aljout 
179-i. 

I. Jonathan, b. in Marl., Dec. 80, 1780. 

Mrs. Bemis d. Feb. 9, 1785; and he ni. (2d), in 178G, 
Lois Walker of Sudbury, Mass. He d. Dec. 15, 1832. 

11. Hannah, b. Jan, 30, 1786; ni. Benjamin Fair- 
banks. 

in. James, b. Oct. 17, 1787; d. July, 1807. 

IV. J^ois, b. A2)r. 12, 1789; m. John Knowlton; re- 
moved to N.Y. State 

V. Thomas, b. May 7, 1793 ; m., 1815, Sally Williams, 
who d. June 22, 1818 ; and he m. (2d) Anna 
Knight of Sudbury, Mass. ; settled in that part 
of Dublin called Pottersville. 

VI. Josiah, b. Aug. 20, 1795 ; m. Esther Riggs of 
Cornish. She d., and he m. (2d) Svl)il Emery 
of Jaffrev. He d. March 0, 1852. 
vn. Betse>/, b. Oct. 15, 1797; d. Sei)t., 1799. 
VIII. Eli, b. A].r. 30, 1800; d. Sept. 9, 1833. 

IX. Merry, b. Sept. 12, 1804; m. Luke Knowlton, q.v. 



David Bejiis, son of Timothy, m., 1783, Lucinda, 
dan. of Oliver and Lois (Johnson) Wright; remoyed to 
Londonderry, \i. 

I. Oliver Wriyht. b. Jan. 31, 1784; d. Feb. 3, 1785. 
II. Ltirinilii, b. Apr. 12, 1786; in. George W. Phillijis, 
q.r. 

III. Pattif, b. A])r. 2, 1788; ni., Oct., 1811, Oliver 

Plundy of Keene. 

IV. Lois, b. Jan. 7, 1792. 
V. Dwoid, b. Feb. 9, 1795. 

VI. Cijrns, b. Sept. 3, 1802. 



Jekemiaii Bemis, son of Timothy, m., Sei)t., 1788, 



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Sarah, dau. of Oliver and Lois (Johnson) Wright; re- 
moved to Dublin in 1795. 

I. Jeremiah, b. in Marl., May 23, 1789; m. Hannah, 
dau. of Ebenezer and Lydia (Eaton) Herrick; 
removed to Wethersfield, Vt. 

II. Lua-etla, b. in Marl., Feb. 16, 1791 ; m. John 
Lewis, q.r. 

III. Oliver, b. in Marl., Jan. 13, 1793 ; m. Diadama, 
dau. of Jose]>h and Martha (Clark) Tolman ; 
removed to (4uil(lhall, Vt. 

IV. ITorare,h.\u Dublin, June 22, 1799; d. Nov. 20, 
1801. 

V. Horace, b. in Dublin, A]»r. 13, 1803; resides in 

Williston, Vt. 
VI. A dangJiter, b. in Dublin, >Vpr. 4, 1807; d. the 
same year. 



JoxATHAX. Bemis, SOU of Timothy, m., Feb., 1789, 
Delila, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Page) Rhodes ; 
settled on the farm afterwards owned bv his son Enoch, 
where he d. Jan. 31, 1835. His widow d. Oct. 23, 1856. 

1. Jonathan, b. June 5, 1789; d. in infancy. 
II. Sarah, b. Jan. 4, 1791; m. William Thatcher; d. 
Feb. 23, 1816. 

III. A son, b. .Tan. 22, 1792; d. in infancv. 

IV. Delila, b. Dec. 17, 1793; in., Dec. 17, 1815, 

Stej.hen Farrar of Troy; d. July 31, 1838. 
V. Jonathan, b. Se])t. 17, 1794; d. in infancv. 
VI. Luther, b. Mav 21, 1796.+ 
VII. Calcin, 1). Jan". 27, 1798.-[- 

VIII. Martha, b. Se])t. 12, 1799; d. Feb. 23, 1829, uin. 
IX. Anna, b. July 5, 1801 ; m. Amasa Fuller, q.v. 
X. Jonathan, b.'Sept. 16, I8O3.4- 
XI. Doll If, b. June 13, 1805; in., Dec. 23, 1827, How 

ard Clark; resides in Trov. 
XII. Beti<e>i, 1).. March 19, 1807; d. Apr. 4, 1831. 

XIII. Am., h. March 13, 18(19.+ 

XIV. Enoch, 1). Jan. 28, 1811.+ 
XV. Artemas, b. Dec. 21, 1812.-|- 

XVI. Harriet, b. Oct. 12, 1815; m., Sept. 21, 1841, 
Daniel Bugbee; removed to Vermont. 



Timothy Bemis, youngest son of Timothy, m., June 3, 
1795, Lois, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Page) Rhodes; 
settled on the home farm. In 1812, he removed with his 
family to Malone, X.Y. Cliildrcn all but four b. in ^Farl. 

I. Harriet, b. Feb. 12, 1796. 
II. A child, b. Feb. 11, 1797. 



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III. Jl'inun, 1). July 14, 17U8. 

IV. Ehuitxtv, I). M.-utIi 28, 1800. 
V. Thirm, 1). Auu;. 12, 1801. 

VI. UaruHcs, I). ])ec. <), 1802. 
VII. Xancy, h. Dec. 13, 1804. 
VIII. Manj, b. Mav 9, 1807. 
IX. Harry, b. Oc't. 1, 1808; a. Aug. 26, 1810. 
X. Eunice, b. in Maloue. 
XI, George, b. in Malone. 
XII. Charles A., b. in Malone. 
XIII. Harry, b. in Malone. 

Timothy Bemis ])urchased a tract of wild land in 
Malone, built a saw-mill, and soon acquired (juite a 
fortune for those times. In 1840, he became blind, and 
remained so until his death, which took place Mav 24, 
1848. His widow d. Aug. 2, 1856. 



LuTHEK Bemis, son of Jonathan, m., June 1, 1820, 
Sally, dau. of George Farrar; resided for many years in 
Troy, Avhere he d. Sept. 6, 1842. His widow d. March 
24, 1845, aj. 48. 

I. A son, b. Apr. 4, 1821 ; d. Apr. 19, 1821. 
II. George F., b. Apr. 11, 1822.-}- 
III. Luther G., b. July 11, 1828.-[- 



(39) CALViJf Bemis, son of Jonathan, m., March 14, 1822. 
Deborah, dau. of Asa and Deborah (Sargent) Brewer, 
He settled first in Swanzey, where he remained eight 
years, then came to Marl., and, after a residence of one 
year, removed to Rindge, where he lived twenty years, 
and thence to Troy in 1851, where lie d. Aug. 9, 1872. 
He Avas a man of sound judgment, and universally re- 
spected. 

I. Mlza, h. Oct. 10, 1823 ; m. Calvin Hastings, q.v. 
II. 3faria, b. Jan. 24, 1826; ni., March 31, 1847, 
Charles Perry ; resides in Fitzwilliam. 

67 j III. Mary Jane, b.* Apr. 9, 1839; in., Oct. 23, 1855, 
I Leonard Wright ; resides in Keene. 

(42) i JoxATHAX Bemis, son of Jonathan, m., Jan. 11, 1844, 
I Lois, dau. of Silas and Xabl»y (Wright) Collins; resided 
I in the house with Ids brother Asa, where he d. July 4, 
1 1854. His widow m. (2d) David Martin of Kicliniond, 
I and d. July 22, 1856. 

68 I I. Abbie J., b. Apr. 10, 1845; d. Oct. 10, 1851. 

69 11. Maria L., b. Sept. 6, 1846; in., Dec. 9, 1869, 
I James M. Bobbins of Leominster, Mass. 

70 ' III. Osgood J., b. Jan. 16, 1848.-|- 



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Nettie Willson of Fitzwilliam. 
V. Ahhle «/., b. Ang. 5, 1852. 
VI. John IV., b. May 16, 1854; d. Oct. 30, 1854. 

Asa Be:his, son of Jonatlnin, ni., Nov. 8, 1838, Mary, 
dau. of Abel and Kaehel (C'nttev) Nutting. 

I. James H., b. May 27, 1846; ni., Aug. 7, 1871, 
Louisa B. Mentyer of JStowe, Mass., wlio d. 
Sei)t. 0, 1876, x. 25 yrs. 9 nio. 

1. Leon M., b. Sept. 7, 1872. 

2. Harvey Clement, b. Fel). 25, 1874. 

3. May Louise, b. Apr. 15, 1875. 



ExocH Bemis, son of Jonathan, m., Feb. 19, 1840, 
Abigail Bugbee, b. Feb. 19, 1820; settled first in ]5ethel, 
Vt. ; returned to Marl., and settled on the home farm, 
where he remauied till Oct., 1865, when he again I'e- 
moved to Bethel, Vt., where he d, Feb. 11, 1868. His 
widow m. (2d) Justin H. Beckwith of Bethel, Jan. 1, 
1870, and d. May 30, 1873. 

I. Henri/ F., b. Apr. 16, 1841 ; d. Mav 17, 1861. 
II. Samh £., b. Dec. 8, 1845 ; m., Oct. 19, 1872, 

Charles A. Beckwitli ; resides in Bethel, Vt. 
III. Edivard, b. March 4, 1849; m. Minnie French. 



Artemas Bemis, son of Jonatliau, m., Nov. 6, 1845, 
Catharuie, dau. of Elias and Caty (Woodward) Thatclier. 
He d. Nov. 14, 1863. 

I. Calista />., b. Oct. 15, 1846, um. 
II. Lucy E.^ b. Oct. 16, 1850 ; m. George E. Gould, q.v. 

III. r ii'o.sa X., b. May 2, 1853; m., A])r. 15, 
rp • I 1874, Horace A. McLane. 

IV. ^^^'"i^-i liossa X., b. Mav 2, 1853; m., Aug. 25, 

[ 1874, Moses Mavnard. 

V. Clarence A., b. Ai)r. 27, 18o8 ; d. Apr. 11, 1864. 



George F. Bemis, son of Luther, m., June 1, 1845, 
Rowena L.Jackson of Fitzwilliam, b. March 31, 1826; 
resided for several yeai's in Troy. He was a mend>er of 
Co. F, 3d Reg. Vt. Vols. ; d. of Avounds received at the 
battle of the Wilderness. 

I. Mirtin Z., b. May 21, 1846; d. Jidy 3, 1852. 
II. Jlor/<tJi. A., b. JulV 14, 1847 ; d. Aug. 21, 1872. 

III. /Sarah I., b. March 22, 1849; m., Nov. 24, 1866, 

Clinton J. Parker. 

IV. Horn Z., b. Apr. 28, 1852 ; d. Sept. 28, 1872. 



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V. Ada E., b. Feb. 19, 1854; d. Oct. I'J, 1859. 
VI. Georc/e L., b. Dec. 15, 1855. 
VII. Byron C, b. Dec. 16, 1861 ; cl. Oct. 12, 1862. 



LuTiiKK G. Bkmis, sou of Lutlier, m., Marcli 80, 1852, 
Abbv IT., (Liu. of Moses nud Abagail (DaA'idsou) Cutter, 
b. iu' Jaff rev, Nov. 2(), 1832. 

I. Charles Z., 1). Juue 6, 1854; m., Marcli 13, 1877, 
Sarah A., dau. of Ileury aud Sarali (Fliut) 
Gould. 
II. Frederick C, b. Oct. 16, 1857. 
III. Ahhy X., b. Nov. 12, 1859. 



Osoooi) J. Bemis, sou of Jouathau aud Lois (Collius) 
Beniis, ui., Se])t. 23, 1868, Hattie S. Ilouo-htou of Leo- 
miuster, Mass., d. Feb.- 8, 1870; ui. (2d) Lucy J. 
(White) Shepherd, Dec. 25, 1871. Children by first 
wife. 

I. 3r!nme L., b. June 17, 1869. 
IT. Franhie J., b. Jau. 12, 1870. 



Philip Bemis, perhaps grandson of Joseph, who settled in Water- 
town, ]\[ass., in 1G40 ; was in Cambridge in 1723, and m., jSTov. 21, 1723, 
Elizabeth Lawrence. In 1738, he moved to Westminster, INIass., being 
the third settler in that township. He liad six children, all born in 
Cambridge. The date of their birth is not recorded, but the church 
records give the date of baptism as follows : Pliilip and William, Nov. 
13, 1726 ; David, July 30, 1727 ; Abagail, July 25, 1731 ; Edmund, Oct. 
22, 1732 ; Zacheus, July 25, 1736. Zacheus m. Elizabeth Lyon, and 
settled in Westminster. He had several children, among whom was 
William, b. Jan. 11, 1777; m., Nov. 28, 1799, Hannah, dau. of John and 
Hannah (Garey) Derby, b. in Westminster, Nov. 17, 1781. He was a 
lilacksmith, and resided for the most part of his life in AVestminster, 
where he d. Oct. 8, 1835. His wife survived him, and d. in Ashburnham, 
Anr. 12. bS61. 



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Charles Russell Bemis, son of William and Hannah 
(Derby) Bemis, Avas b. in Princeton, Mass., Dec. 5, 1814. 
His youthful days were spent in Westminster at work 
on the farm or in his father's shoj), until twenty years 
of age, when he learned the ]>aiuter's trade, serving an 
apprenticeship with E. and G. Kendall. He afterwards 
resided in Ashluirnham, and in 1838 removed to Jaffrey, 
wdiere he m., July 21, 1839, Elmira, dau. of Etheel and 
Rebecca (Baker) "Parmeuter, b. in Marl., Jan. 9, 1818. 
After a short residence in Jaifrey, lie went to Troy, 
wdiere he remained until the s]U"ing of 1842, when lie 
came to Marl, to t^fike charge of the Baker farm. In 
1845, in com]»any with Amos A. Mason, he commenced 
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by Tarbell & "Whitney. He soon sold his interesl in tliis 
mill, and conunonccd the same business with Austin G. 
Parmeuter, in the mill now owned by Osgood K. Wis- 
wall, where he remained for nearly twenty years, since 
which time he has followed painting. His wife d. Apr. 
7, 1880. 

I. Ellen Ji., b. in Trov, May 15, 1841. 
II. Charles A., b. in Marl., Jan. 29, 1848. 



Edmuxd Bemis, son of Capt. Edmund and Elizabeth 
(Hand) Bemis, and grandson of Phili]) and Elizabeth 
(Lawrence) Bemis, b. in Westminster, Mass., in 1765; 
m. Susannah (irraves, and settled first in Fitchburg, but 
in 1807 he ]»urchased a farm in that ])art of Mai-1. now 
included in Troy. He d. Feb. 12, 1857 ; his wife, Jan. 
5, 1848. 

I. Clarissa, m. William Whitcomb. 

II. Elijah, d. in infancy. 

in. Elijah, m. Lucy Butler; d. Nov. 5, 1852. 
IV. Susannah, m, William Jackson of Walliugford, 
Vt.; d. Dec. 5, 1826. 

V. Jonas, m. Fannie Lawrence ; d. in Troy. 
VI. Polhj, m. George AY. BroAvn ; resides in Troy. 
VII. Sumner, m. R. Ann Thompson. 



Rev. S ALMOST Bennett was b. in Bi-attleboro, Vt., 
Jan. G, 1790. He received academic education in his 
native town, and entered the Soi»homore class of Middle- 
bury College at the age of twenty-two. At that time, 
there were one hundred and fifty students. Among his 
college mates Avere many Avho attained eminence, both 
in Church and State ; Silas Wi-ight, the distinguished 
Senator and Governor of New York, Pliny Fisk, Levi 
Parsons, Myron Winslow, and others. After leaving 
college, he studied theology with the Pev. Mi-. Newton 
of Marlboro, Yt. In the winter of 1816, he had a call 
to i)reach in Winchester, which he accepted, and was 
ordauied and installed their pastor the Septendier follow- 
ing. He labored there eiglit years; and, after ))reaching 
one year in Koxbury, he came to Marl., and Avas installed 
jiastor of the Congregatioiial Church, Sejtt. 28, 182.5. 
He purchased the farm noAV oAvned l)yEliasA. Thatcher, 
where he reside<I during his ]»astorate here. Li 1832, he 
accej)ted a call to BoscaAven, Avhere he Avas for some time 
the associate pastor Avith the Rev. Dr. Wood. He after- 
wards ))reacheil at Irvhig, Wendell, and Heath, Mass., 
and Halifax, Yt. He Avas noAV ])ast threescore years, 
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. . 421 

other arrangements for liis comfort ; and, in tlic fall of 
1862, he removed to Slierman, N.Y., to reside with his 
children, wlicre lie was living in 1876. He m. in 1821 
Hepsibali N. Jewell of Winchester. 

I. Henri/ Martin, b. in Winchester, A])r. 10,1822; 
m.,'Oct., 1851, Sarah Wartield of Heath, Mass. ; 
d. at Fainted Post, Steuhcn Co., N.Y., Jan. 17, 
1873. Plis parents intended him for the minis- 
try, but bronchitis affected his voice so that he 
was obliged to relinquish tlie idea, but at the 
age of nineteen commenced teacliin<)-, which he 
followed till his death. 

II. Ilepsihah C, b. in Roxbury, Aug. 18, 1824; m., 
July 14, 1847, Leonard Scott of Heath, Mass.; 
resides in Dunkirk, N.Y. 

in. J^rances J3.,}). in Marl, July 25, 1826; m., Mav 
16, 1849, Henry L. Kendrick of Heath, Mass.*; 
resides in Sherman, X.Y. 

IV. Sitlmon, b. in Marl., Apr. 11, 1829; m., 1855, 

Lvdia Heath of Sherman, X.Y. 
V. Noah, b. in Marl., Aj.r. 26, 1831 ; m., Sept., 1855, 
Nancy Hill; d. in Sherman, N.Y., Feb. 7, 1875. 

VI. Lucia Maria, b. in Winchester, Dec. 12, 1836 ; m., 
Oct., 1861, L. Clark of Waterford, Fa. ; resides 
in Sherman, N.Y, 



Natiiaxiel Bigelow, son of Nathaniel and Susannah 
(Jeimings) BigeloAV, b. in Framingham, Mass.; m., 1813, 
Catharine Tyler of Leominster, Mass. ; came to this 
town, and located on the farm since OAvned by Noah 
Forter. He removed to Leominster about 1818, and 
thence to Jaffrey, where he d. July 28, 1876. 

I. PerJcins, b. Nov. 11, 1814; resides in Mansfield, 
O. ; is a wholesale druggist, and was the first 
mayor of that citv. 
II. Catherine, b. March' 29, 1817; ni. William Carter 
j of Jaffrey ; resides in Fitchlnirg. 

4 I John Bigelow, a brother of Nathaniel, m. Betsey 
Follansbee of Leominster, IVIass. ; came to Marl. Avilli 
his brother, and resided on the same farm ; returned to 
Franungham about 1818. We find no record of this 
family. 

Aluekt S. Bigeloav Avas b. in Montpelier, Vt., Sept. 
10, 1831. He came to Marl, in Jan., 1855, and ni.. May 
14, 1855, Lydia Maria, dau. of John and Lovisa (Con- 
verse) Buss. Tji the s]>ring of 1859, he removed to 



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HISTOHY OF MARLBOKOUGH. 



Swniizey, l)ut rctunu'd to M;ir]., Juno, 1872, where he 
lias since resid^fl. He is ;i ni.u-liinist by trade. 

I. Arthur l^Vemo/if, h. March 21, 1856; m., INlay 28, 

1877, Anna M., dau. of Cleors^e W. Ellis of 

Swanzey; resides in Kecne, and is employed 

in the Keene National liank. 

IT. Udith Miria, h. ^larcli 7, ISC.U ; d. Auo-. -23, 18G1. 

III. Jr/ie Wilson, h. Aiio-. 15, 1802. 

IV. Zester Zi/rnan, h. June G, 18G9; d. Feh. 10, 1871. 

Mrs. EigeloAV d. Sept. 24, 187l2; and he m. (2d), A])r. 
10, 1878, Alice L., dau. of Thaddeus and Eliza H. (Buss) 
Metealf. 



EussELL Bixnv, b. hi Whidsor, N.IL, March 1, 181C; 
m., May 15, 1842, Sarah L. Wright, b. in Washino'ton, 
X.II., Aug. 15, 181:5, d. Ai)r. 24, 1849; and he m. '(2d), 
Au<;-. 1, i850, Emily R. Dame, b. in Goshen, Aug. 29, 
182G. Mr. Bixby moved from Lemi)ster to this town, 
Dec. 29, 1870, and located on the farm formerly owned 
by Cai)t. Asa Frost, where he now resides. 

I. Helen Etta (an ado|)ted dan.), 1). in Keene, A])r. 
7, 1860 ; m., Apr. 29, 1877, Walter II. Bruce, b. 
iu Shirley, Mass., March 28, 1855. 

1. Clinton Russell, b. in Marl., May 24, 1878. 

2. Maud M., b. in Marl., March 4, 1880. 



BLANCIIARD. 

The history of tlie Blanchard family dates back to the time of 
Louis XIV. of France, when there was living a race of people called 
tlie Huguenots, who were persecuted to such an extent on account of 
their religion that they were obliged to flee from the country; they went 
to England, and there took up tneir abode. Among this race was a 
family ol" Blancher (or Blanshaw as pronounced in French), who resided 
in the town of Preston. In the year 1630, several families in that place 
decided to emigrate to America, and among them was one TnoMAS 
Br.AXcnAiii) and his wife Agnes, who, with four sons, all by his lirst 
wife, and an infant of liis then present wife, embarked with this colony 
in a vessel by the name of "Jonathan." Thomas Blanchard. who was 
the ancestor of the larger part of the. New England families of that 
name, arrived in Charlestown, Mass., June 23. Kiol). Before the vessel 
arrived, his wife d., leaving an infant, wlu) survived lier but a short time. 

He m. a third wife, I\biry , who sm'vived him, and d. a widow in 

1G7G. After leaving Charlestown, it is sui>posed he settled in Braintree, 
where he resided from KifG to 1051. He then purchased a house and 
farm of two hundred acres on ]\Iystic-Side, Charlestown, now jSbdden, to 
which he removed the same year, and where he d. iSlay, Kiol. He left 
foiu" sons, — George, who settled in Charlestown, Thomas, who settled in 
Maiden, Samuel and Nathaniel, who settled in Weymouth. Samuel, the 
third son of Thomas, the emigrant, was h. in England, Aug. 0, 1(527, and 
was twelve years old when he came to this country. He m., Jan. 3, 1G54, 



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Marv, dau. of 8eth Sweetscr, Es(j. ; .settlod in Andovcr, Mas.s. His wile 
d. Feb. '20, lOOO ; and lie m. (2d), June 2-1, Hu-l, llannali DoygeU;. J)ea. 
John, son of Samuel and Hannah (Doggett) lilanchard, ni. Elizabeth 

, and had Thomas, b. in KiTO; ni. Tabitha Lippenwcll, and hud 

Jolin, b. May 20, 1(500; who ni. Mary , and had William, b. in Pep- 

perell, Mass., Sept. 5, 1714, and d. in New Tpswich, Feb. 17, 1805. 
William ni. Deliverance Parker, and had Simeon, b. in Groton, June 11, 
17-17; m. Elizabeth Shattuck. 



►SniKox ]>LAX('iiAKi), soil of Siiiieoii and Elizabotli 
(Sliattuek) Blaiichard, b. Nov. 25, 1776 ; in. Submit Wiii- 
shij), b. Aug. 14r, 1779, <1. in Rc)xl)ury, Sc'})t. 0, 1856. 
He d. Sept. rS, 1856. 

I. Ilosea, h. March 20, 1801 ; m. Melissa IJullard ; 
resided many years in Roxbury on the Benj. 
Foster farm, afterwards owned liy his brothers 
Charles G. and Amos M. He afterwards came 
to Marl., and located on the farm more recently 
owned by Simon Holt. He d. in Winchendon, 
March '21, 1863. 

1. Ann, b. Jan., 1830; m. Whitney Thompson. 

II. Josc2)h TK, b. Dee. 21, 1802; d. Nov. 12, 1805. 

III. Charles G., b. Sept. 8, 1806.+ 

IV. JVciiicy JL, h. June 2, 1809; m. Luke French of 

JaftVey; d. June 20, 1838. 
V. /Susan, b. June 15, 1813 ; m. Robert E. Robertson 

of Chicopee, Mass. 
vi. /Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 1816; m. George Lambert, 

and reside in Portland, Me. 
viT. Amos JL, b. Apr. 28, 1818; m. Maria E. Atwood 

of Nelson. He purchased the old homestead 

in Roxbury of his brother, where he resided till 

1869, when he removed to Greenfield, Mass., 

where h.e noAV resides. 

1. Eunice Amanda, b. Sept. 27, 1847; m., 

Feb. 20, 1866, Minot Ellis; resides in 
Greenfield, Mass. 

2. Milan Warren, b. Sept. 5, 1849; m., Sept. 

1872, jMary J., dau. of John and Emer- 
line (White) McRory. 

3. Araminta jNfaria, b. Nov. 1, 1851; m., 1867, 

Henry Ellis. She d. Aug. 22, 1870. 

4. Nancy Eliza Jane, b. Dec. 24, 1854; in., 

Dec. 24, 1873, Frank D. Osborne; resides 
in Greenfield, Mass. 

5. Willie Edgar, b. May 28, 1857. 

6. Tola Franc^es, b. A])r. 8, 1859. 

7. Hattie C, b. June 13, 1864. 

8. Frank P., b. Sept. 15, 1867. 



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18 vnr. Joseph, h. A]>r. lil, IS'il ; m., A])r. 11, 1844, Kliza 

Jane, dan. of Charles and Emily (Frost) Gil- 
bert, aud resided iu Leoniiuster, Mass., where 
! he d. Dec. 25, 1877. 

19 1. George F., b. Oct. 31, 1848. 

(5) Charles G. Blaxchard, son of Shiieon, m., Sej)!. 23, 
1832, Sophroiiia, dan. of Samuel and Sarah DaA'is, b. in 
Com})ton, Lower Canada, Nov. 23, 18U7. He first settled 
, in Roxbury, where he remained twenty years, and after 
residing two years in Peterboro, several years in Ilart- 
land, Vt., and one year in Troy, lie came to M.lrl., where 
he d. Dec. 15, 18G7. His Avidow m. (2d), 187(1, William 
I Felch, Esq., of Felchville, Vt., where she now resides, a 
widow. 

I. Charles C, b. Aug. 12, 1833 ; m., May 31, 1857, 
Maria E. Jewett of Peterboro ; Apr. 1, 1858, 
he removed to Maiden, Mass., where his wife d. 
Nov. 28, 1858. He m. (2d), Jan. 2, 18G2, Annie 
M., dau. of Charles and Lucy Simonds. To him 
the author is indebted for valuable information 
! concerning the Blanchard family. 

21 1. Alice Lambert, b. Jime 12, 1807. 

22 II. Samuel D., b. Feb. 26, 1838; m. Lovina F. Dorr 
of Biicksport, Me ; resides in Boston, and is one 
of the police in that city. 

23 1. Mary Alberta, b. Mav 29, 1862. 

24 2. Effie Lillian, b. Feb. 28, 18G5. 

25 3. Nellie Frances, b. Apr. 12, 1874. 

26 4. r Charles S., b. Nov. 5, 1876; d. 

.p . J Sept. 22, 1878. 

27 5. -^^^'"^s-i Florence E., b. Nov. 5, 1876; d. 

[ July 24, 1877. 



1 ' Jonathan Blodgett, b. in 1755 ; came to Marl, about 

1794. He had previously resided in Harvard, Mass., 

[ and Jaffrey. He was in the war of the Ilevolution, 

I entering the army when twenty years of age ; was at the 

battle of Bennington, and also one of the sufferers at 

Ticonderoga. His first wife was Susan Tenney, probably 

I of Jaffrey. 

2 I. Joseph, d. in Gilead, Me. 

3 II. Luke, b. 1787.+ 

4 III. JVathan, d. in Jaffrey. 

5 IV. /Sarah, d. in Berlin, N.H. 

6 V. Polh/, m.. May 5, 1811, Levi Wliittemore ; d. in 
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Mrs. Blodg-ett d., and he m. (2d) Parney, dau. of 
Beiijainin (4ot)denouoli, Oct. 8, 1795. About 1800, he 
removed to Gilead, Me., "wliere he d. at the age of 96. 
Children by second wife : — 

VI. Suscoi, resided in Milton, Me. 
VII. JVcmci/, resided in Attleboro, Mass. 
VIII. /Stonuel, resides in Berlin, N.H. 
IX. t/osejj/i, resides in Berlin, N.H. 
X. Moxanna. 
XI. Betsey. 
xir. 'Washington. 
XIII. lieuben. 



Luke Blougett, son of Jonathan, m., Oct., 1810, 
Catharine, dau. of Luther and Miriam (XcAvton) New- 
ton. He resided for many years on the Tozer farm, 
now owned by Augustus T. Woodward, where his wife 
d. Jan. 1, 1860. He d. in Roxbury, Oct. 16, 187L 

I. Alton, b. Apr. 1, 1812; m., Nov. 9, 1837, Mary 
Ann, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Knight) But- 
trick ; resided for many years in Fitchburg, 
where he d. Sept. 19, 1878. c. 
II. Melinda, b. June 20, 1813; m., A])r. 20, 1841, 
Joseph Brooks Wilson of Mason, N.IL; d. 
June 23, 1862. 

III. Catharine, b. Nov. 13, 1814, um. 

IV. Cyrus, b. Sept. 29, 1817 ; m., Aug. 1, 1855, Lorinda 

Smith of Fitchburg; d. July I, 1880, c. 
V. Barton, b. March 13, 1819.-[- 
VI. Edrmmd, b. Sept. 9, 1820.-{- 
VII. Miriam, b. Feb. 3, 1822 ; resides in Fitzwill- 

iam, um. 
VIII. Persis S., b. Feb. 7, 1826; m., July 28, 1864, 
Joseph Brooks Wilson; resides in Mason, N.IL 
IX. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 28, 1827; m. L. D. Tomkins of 

Orange, N.J., where she now resides. 
X. Hannah, b. March 15, 1829. 



Bartox Blodgett, son of Luke, m., May 25, 1843, 
Cosbi, dau. of Calvin and Tabitha (Baker) Tenney ; d. 
Sept. 5, 1879. 

I. Jennie Cosbi, b. Oct. 30, 1852; d. Oct. 12, 1864. 
II. Julia Clara, b. Nov. 24, 1855 ; d. Jan. 25, 1859. 

III. Flora May, b. Apr. 19, 1858. 

IV. Frank Barton, b. Marcli 28, 1860. 

V. George Fllswo7-th,\). J nnc 22, 1862; d. Sept. 11, 

1866. 
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EoMUXD Blodgett, son of Luke, m., Dec. 8, 1853, 
Clara A. Esty, b. in Keene, Nov. 0, 1834. He resided 
in Marl, until A]»r., 1859, when he removed to Keene; 
d. in Fitehburg, Jan. 18, 1873. 

I. Alice A., b. Nov. 5, 1854. 
11. Charles B., b. June 11, 185G. 
III. JVellie F., b. Nov. 23, 1857. 



Elijah Bovdkx came from Walpole, Mass., in the 
spring of ISOG, and purchased of Benjamin Longly the 
place now owned by lion. Rufus S. Frost, and known as 
the Aaron Stone farm. It is said he brought with him 
thirty-seven hundred silver dollars, which he ]>aid for 
this place. He resided here until his death, July 22, 
1814, £e. 52. His wife was Amity Fisher of Walpole, 
Mass. She d. Oct. 29, 1841, fe. 76. 

I. Abner, b. in Walpole, Mass., Nov. 4, 1192.-\- 
II. George^ b. in Walj^ole, Mass., jMarch 16, 1794 ; d. 
March 17, 1822, \\u\. 

III. Hanyiah, b. in Walpole, Mass.; d. Apr. 3, 1825, um. 

IV. Oliver, h. in Walpule, Mass., 18UU; m., Dec. 31, 

1821, Eliza Prescott. He d. in New Ipswich 
in 1855. 

1. George, b. June 26, 1826 ; m. Myra Adams 
of New I})SwicK; resides at Washington, 
D.C. 

2. Henry K., d. Apr. 8, 1831. 

V. Addison, b. in Walpole, Mass. ; d. May 7, 1843, um. 

VI. Willicnn, b. in Marl., Jan. 8, 1808; m., Se])t. 21, 
1837, Sarah N., dau. of Eber and Lydia (Adams) 
Tenney, d. iVug. 25, 1845; and' he m. (2d), 
March 26, 1846, Nancy W., sister of his first 
wife, d. Sei)t. 15, 1851. He d. March 30, 1856. 
He was highly respected as an honorable, hon- 
est, and u])right man. 

VII. Elijah, b. in Marl., Aug. 15, 1814.-|- 



AnxER BoYDEX, son of Elijah, m. Nancy Crosby of 
Jaffrey (see Chap. XL). He d. June 4, 1837. His 
widow removed to Troy, Avhere she d. in 1842. 

I. Charles A., b. March 27, 1829; resides in Kansas. 
II. Ann JIaria, b. Feb. 17, 1832 ; resides in Rockford, 
Jll. ; um. 



Elijah Boydex, son of Elijah, m., Apr. 5, 1838, Anna 
G., dau. of Elder Charles and Polly (Ilemenway) Cum- 
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on ]us return ivom Boston, and tlie op])ortnnity for 
acquaintance was mutually improved. It is not known 
that Mr. Boyden ever gave expression in words of liis 
opinion as to the importance of this accidental meeting; 
but we douht not he himself together Avith the many 
friends of Mrs. Boyden regard it as the most fortunate 
circumstance of his life. At the age of fourteen, he 
entered tlie store of his brother Abner as clerk, Avhere he 
remained about six years ; and to the experience and 
training Avhich he received during this time he is prob- 
ably very largely indebted for the formation and strength- 
ening of correct business-habits, which have given him 
such marked success. At the age of eighteen, he had 
so gained the I'espect and confidence of the citizens 
of the town that he was recommended for postmaster; 
to which oftice he was soon after appointed. He dis- 
charged the duties of this position nearly three years, 
when he resigned ; and, with the consent and apjn-oval 
of his brothei-, he went to Boston, and in company 
with Josiah L. Crosby engaged in the retail dry- 
goods business, occupying a store at No. 73 Court St. 
This business was successfully carried on for about two 
years and a half, when, on account of the death of his 
brother Abner, he sold out his business in Boston, and 
returned to Marl. After settling his brother's estate, 
Mr. Boyden, in company with his brother William, took 
the stock of goods and stoi'e of his deceased Ijrother, 
and commenced trade under the firm-name of W. & E. 
Boyden. The store then occupied was the one since 
used by David Wilkinson for a harness-shop. In 1840, 
Mr. Boyden and his brother built and moved into the 
store noAV occupied by Woodward & ISTason. In 1845, 
he was again appointed postmaster, and held the office 
till 1852, when he resigned, and about the same time the 
firm sold their store to G. D. Richardson & Co. In 
1854, Mr. Boyden was appointed Route Mail Agent 
between Boston and Burlington. This office he resigned 
in 1860, since which time he has lived comparatively 
retired from active labor. He has held the office of 
Justice of the Peace for nearly twenty-five years, and 
has been given many positions of responsibility and 
trust in the affairs of the town. In 1865 and 1866, he 
received tlie highest vote of his ]>arty for State Senator. 
He has always taken a deep interest in political matters, 
and by extensive reading has ke})t thoroughly conversant 
with the politics of the country, though in no sense has 
he been an office-seeker, and his convictions of duty 
have not been influenced by any considerations of per- 
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united with keen foresight and good judgment, ninke his 
advice and counsel of peculiar value. In August, 1878, 
Mr. and Mrs. Boyden visited Euro]»e, s]ien<ling a short 
time in England and France, and the winter in Italy. 
In May following, tliey returned to their home in Marl., 
where tliey met a cordial reception from their many friends 
and neigld)ors. Soon after tlieir return, Mr. Boyden at 
the earnest solicitation of many citizens gave an account 
of their journey, in an able and interesting address at the 
Town Hall. 

I. Emelia (adoj)ted dau.),b. Xov. 6, 1849; m., Sejit. 
27,1872, Clark N. Chandler of Keene, of the 
firm of Dort & Chandler, druggists. 

1. Carl Boyden, b. Nov. 10, 1877. 



James Brewer came from East Sudbury, now Way- 
land, Mass., to that part of Marl, now included in Troy, 
in 1708 or 17G9. lie ])ossessed naturally a strong mind, 
which was considerably improved l)y education; and in 
his intercourse with his fellow-men he was u]iright, affa- 
ble, and readily secured their confidence and esteem; 
consequently, he was often promoted to stations of honor 
and res])onsibility. He was an efticient officer in the 
Revolutionary army, and Avas with his com]iany at 
Bunker Hill and subsequently at Ticonderoga. His 
wife Avas Mary Hoar. 

I. Asa, b. Julv 24, 1767.+ 
II. Perxis, b. July 22, 1771; m., Aug. 12, 1789, Silas 

Wheeler, 
in. James, b, June 10, 1779. 
IV. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1782. 

Asa Brewer, son of James, m., Aug. 25, 1794, Debo- 
rah, dau. of Samuel and Del)orah (Sylvester) Sargent. 
He resided for a few years on the "Gove jdace" in 
Roxbury, afterwards on tlie Enoch Crarfield and Jona- 
than Clark farms in Trov, and tlien removed to Barton, 
Vt., Avhere lie d. IMarch 11, 1824. 

I. Poll)/, m. Jonathan Clark, who d. Aug. 20, 1850; 

and she m. (2d) Isaac StoAvell. 
II. Asa, m. TJachel Knight of Sudl)ury, ^lass. ; moved 

to Rindge in 18.37; d. in Fitzwilliam, about 180G. 

III. Dehorah, m. Cah in licmis, q.v. 

IV. /Silas, m. Lovina AVoodward of Swanzey. 
V. Petsey, m. Benjamin Garey of Jaffrcy. 

vr, Pcrsis, ui. S;nnuel Cross of Salcni. 



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BRIGIIAM. 

Thomas BKioiiA>r, the ancestor of the Briojhams of Xew Englaiifl, 
eiubarkod at LoiuUmi for America, A\n\ 18, Ki:];"); at wliich time lie \vas 
32 years of age. Ho settled in Watertowii. Mass., on land snhsocinently 
annexed to Cambridge. He was adiuitted freeman in 1039, and was 
selectman several years. Soon after his arrival in this country, he m. 
Mercy Hard, who was b. in England. He d. Dec. 18, 1653; and his 
widow m., March 1, 1G55, Edmund Rice, then of Sudbury, and subse- 
ijuently of Marl., Mass. After the death of Mr. Hire, she m., 1GG4, 
William Hunt of Concord and Marl., Mass., who d. 1607, and she d. 
1()!)3. The children of Thomas Brigham were Mary, Thomas, John, 
Hannah, and Samuel. Thomas, the eldest son, m. Mary Rice, eldest dau. 
of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice, and settled in JNIarL, ISIass., where 
he d. Xov. '2o, 1717. David, the fifth son of Thomas, Jr., b. Apr. 12, 

1678; m. Deborah , who d. Oct. 11, 1708, and (2d) Mary Newton; 

settled in Westborough, Mass., where he d. June 20, 1750. His son 
Jonas, b. Feb. 25, 1718; m. Persis Baker; resided in Westborough, where 
he d. Sept. 25, 178!). They were the parents of Hannah Brigliam, who 
m. Rev. Ilalloway Fish, the second pastor of the Congregational Church 
of Marl. David, son of Jonas, b. March 31, 1762; m. Lucy Harrington 
of Westborough, and resided there. They w'ere the i:)arents of Hannah, 
b. 1796, m. Silas Paine of Randolph ; and of Ilalloway, b. 1801. These 
children were adopted by Rev. Ilalloway Fish, and resided many years in 
Marl. 

Capt. Samuel Brigham, the youngest son of Thomas, the emigrant, b. 
Dec. 11, 1052; m. Elizabeth How, and settled in Marl., Mass. His son 
Jedediah, b. June 8, 1093; m., May 18, 1720, Bethiah How, and settled 
on the homestead. He d. JMay 21, 1763. Stephen, son of Jedediah and 
Bethiah (How) Brigham, m., Jan. 4, 1757, Betsey, dau. of John and 
Dinah Weeks; settled in Princeton, Mass., where he d. in his 90th year. 
His son Stephen, b. Aug. 9, 1762; m., Feb. 13, 1791, Louisa Howe, b. 
May 24, 1768. They resided in Alstead, and had a numerous family, 
among whom was Aaron, b. Oct. 20, 1797 ; m., June 25, 1825, Susan K. 
I'roctor, and settled on the homestead in Alstead. In his old age, after 
the death of his wife, he came to Marl, to reside, where he m.. May 1, 
1867, Mrs. Elvira (Wallingford) Stone, widow of Calvin Stone. He d. 
Feb. 16, 1870. His son," Willard P., resides in Marl., and is number 8 
in the following register. 



Halloway Brigham, son of David and Lucy (Har- 
rington) Brigham, was b. in Westborough, Mass., Scjit. 
2, 1801. He Avas named for his nncle, the Rev. Hallo- 
way Fish, who ado]ited liim when less than two years 
of age, and brought him up as his own son. He resided 
on the Fish fnrm'till 1830, when he sold to Luther Wis- 
wall, and removed to Northborough, Mass. ; d. March 28, 
1869. He m., Aug. 1, 1828, Frances, dau. of Jonathan 
Keed, prece])tor of an academy in Portland, Me. She 
was b. at Portland, Apr. 27, 1805; now resides a widow- 
in Boston. 

I. ,7(nie Putnam, b. Aug. 29, 1824; m., A]n-. 15, 
184(>, Austin Belknaj) of Westborough, who now 
resides in Somerville, Mass., and Avas mayor of 
that city in 1875. 



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II. Hannah Farrai\ 1). Mnvcli 20, 1827; ni., Apr. 15, 
1847, C^nlvin Froiich; resides in P^ast Randolph, 
Mass. 

III. Maria E., b. Se])!. 22, 1820; uiu. 

IV. Lyman M., b. Feb. 8, 1836; m., Nov. 22, 1864, 

Jennie Moody of Waterbury, Vt. ; is a trader at 
Essex Junction, Vt. 
V. Ciirus, b. Dec. 27, 1838 ; m., Dec. 6, 1865, Maggie 

Evans ; resides in Boston. 
VI. Harriet Frances, b. Jan. 1, 1842 ; ni., Jan. 1, 1870, 
Will E. Bryant ; resides in Boston. 

WiLLARD Proctor Brigham, son of Aaron and Susan 
K. (Proctor) Brigham, b. in Alstead, Aug. 25, 1835 ; 
ui., Feb. 5, 1865, Marv J., dan. of Lucius and Cvntliia 
(Clay) Taft of Keene, b. in Putney, Vt., March 14, 
1842. He came to Marl, to reside 1866. 

I. Albert W., b. June 17, 1869. 
II. JMle E., b. March 31, 1874. 



Kexdall Bruce, M.D., was a native of Marl., Mass., 
where he m., 1787, Rebecca, dan. of Solomon and Mary 
(Priest) Barnard, b. Aug. 1, 1769. He was in this town 
as a practising ])hysician as early as 1793. He resided 
on the farm now owned by Ivers L. Richardson until 
1795, when he removed to Washington, this State, Avhere 
he practised his profession for several years; then to 
Peterborough, and thence to Calais, Vt., where he d. 
Jan. 12, 1832, ae. 64. His Avidow d. at Peterborough, 
Sept. 10, 1852. The following record of his family is 
taken from Smith's History of Petei'borough : — 

I. Lutlier, d. uin. 

11. Peter, b. Jan. 30, 1790 ; m., Dec. 27, 1815, Eliza 
French ; d. in Peterborough, March 1, 1850. 

III. JerusJia^ m. Hollis Bruce. 

IV. EendaN, m. Nancy Carr; d. in Plainfield, Vt., 

1866. 
V. IVilliani, m. Lydia Carr; settled in Worcester, Vt. 
VI. Eonis, d. Oct. 4, 1861, re. 63. 
I VII. Solomon. 
I VIII. BenarJ, probably lost at sea. 

I Salmon Buckmixster of Roxbury m., Nov. 28, 1826, 
' Betsey, dan. of John and Polly (Wright) Converse, Avho 
id. July 17, 1840; and he m. (2d), March 30, 1841, 
Belinda, dau. of Samuel and Abigail (Merriam) Jones. 
I He resided in Marl, till about 1841. He was residing in 
I St. Louis, Mo., wlicu last lieai-(l fi'oni. Cliildren l»y first 
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I. George Harvey^ b. July I'J, 18*27. 

II. (h'ville, b. Jan. 14, 18'it). 

III. JIarriet A\, h. May 31, 1831. 

IV. Joseph, b. May 10,' 1888. 
V. Orman, b. Apr. 23, 1840. 



Joiix Buss, son of John and Eunice Buss, was b. in 
Lancaster, Mass., Jan. 3, 1737 ; m., in Lunenl)urg, Jan. 1, 
1707, JNIary Wood. lie was residing in Fitchburg in 
1766, in which year he was chosen to the office of sur- 
veyor of hooj)s and staves, and was also one of the fire 
wards of that town for several years. He came to Marl. 
in 1778, and settled on the farm still known as the Buss 
place, situated east of the Henry T.- Wiswall farm. We 
find no record of his death. His widow d. in 1837, vc. 90. 

I. Zep/iani((/i, b. in Fitchburg, Oct. 26, 1767; i)rob- 

ably settled in Vermont. 
II. tTo/t/i, b. in Fitchburg, May 6, 1770; d. about 
1794. 

III. ,'SV/as, b. in P^'itchburg, Jan. 20, 1773. 

IV. JJavid, b. in Fitchburg, Feb., 1775.-|- 

V. Daniel, b. in Fitchburg, March 30, 1778.-f 
VI. Mary, b. in Marl., July 27, 1781; m., 1804, John 
Jones of Dublin; settled in Marlow, where she 
d. Dec. 19, 1859. 
VII. Pamela, b. in Marl., June 30, 1788; m., May 8, 
1808, Thomas Howard, Jr.; moved to Marlow; 
d. Xov. 8, 1857. 
VIII. Eunice, b. in Marl., Nov, 23, 1790; m. Ziba 
Nason, q.v. 



David Buss, son of John, m., Nov. 2, 1803, Anna, 
dau. of Samuel and Anna (Gates) Jones of Dublin, b. 
Jan., 1779; removed to Marlow in 1808, where he d. 
Jan., 1845. His widow d. March, 1854. 

I. 3Iary, b. July, 1804; resides in Alstead. 
II. /Samuel, b. March, 1806; resides in Marlow. 

III. Daoid, b. July, 1808; resides in Acworth. 

IV. Eliza Ann, b. July, 1810; resides in Alstead. 

V. Eunice A., b. Apr., 1813; resided in Marlow; d. 

March, 1876. 
VI. Daniel, b. Apr., 1815; resided for many years in 

Kecne. 
VII. Elisha, b. Aug., 1817; resides in Marlow. 
VIII. Anna G., b. Jan., 1820; resides in Claremont. 



Daxikl Buss, son of John, m., Dec. 10, 1806, Tabitha, 
dau. of Samuel and Deborah (Sylvester) Sargent; set- 



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tied on the home farm; d. July 12, 1842. His widow d. 
Feb. 25, 1857. 

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Stillman Buss, son of Daniel, m,, 1835, Mary W., 
dan. of Charles and Polly (Converse) Ilohnan. He was 
one of the leading men in town, and for many years the 
proprietor of the grist-mill in Lowellville. He. d. Aug. 
31, 1862. His widow now resides at Boston Highlands. 

I. Zed IL, b. Apr. 22, 1836; d. May 31, 1849. 
II. Harriet, A., b. May 20, 1841 ; resides in Boston, 

um. 
III. Emma M., b. Aug. 14, 1855; m. Thomas Sar- 
gent; resides at Boston Highlands. 



JoHX Buss, son of John, Jr., b. Nov. 24, 1794; m., 
Nov. 24, 1816, Lovisa, dan. of John and Polly (Wright) 
Converse ; settled on the place now owned by Thaddeus 
Metcalf, where he d. Aug. 29, 1857. His widow d. Oct. 
30, 1876. 

I. Harriet, b. Feb. 13, 1818; d. Sept. 27, 1819. 
11. Charles, b. Sei)t. 21, 1820.-f 

III. Fannie, b. Jan. 11, 1822; in.. May 5, 1846, Ira P. 

Smith of Pottersville, who d. Apr. 10, 1877 ; 
and she in. (2d), Nov. 27, 1879, Caleb Goodnow; 
resides in Keene. 

IV. 3Iary L., b. Feb. 15, 1824; m., Nov. 28, 1843, 

Caleb Goodnow of Sullivan ; d. in Keene, Jan. 
30, 1878. 

V. Eliza H., b. March 7, 1831 ; ni, Thaddeus Met- 

calf, y.y. 
VI. Li/dia M., b. May 13, 1834; m. Albert S. Bigclow, 
q.v. 



CiiAKLEs Buss, son of John, m., Feb. 25, 1845, Jane 
A., dau.iif Allen and Lydia (Knight) Woodward. He 
carried on the machinist business in Marl, until 1877, 
when he removed to Grand Kapids, Mich., Avhere he 
iioAv resides (see Chap. X.). 

I. Georffe FratiJdin, b. May 30, 1847 ; m., Nov. 3, 
1867, Clara E. Weeks; resides at Grand Rapids, 
Mich. ; engaged in the machinist business. 

1. Waldo Everett, b. in Marl., June 7, 1869. 

2. Gertrude Inez, b. in Marl, Oct. 18, 1872. 

u. Henri/ C, b. May 15, 1851 ; m., Sept. 21, 1871, 
Sarah II. Bryant; resides in Grand lva])ids, 
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1. Mni-v Adi'lle, b. in Marl., Oct. 2, 1872. 
'2. Loston Klhcrt, b. in Marl., Nov. 27, 1874. 
8. Grace Lillian, b. Jan. 1, 1877. 

III. -Edwards Park, b. Oct. 11, 1853; ni., Feb. 24, 

1874, Kebecca E. Hetherington of Keenc ; is a 
niacUlnist, in company with liis 1)rotlicr George 
at Grand Kajiids, Midi. 

IV. Wendall liawson, b. May 11, 1859. 
V. Florence Antoinette, b. Apr. 22, 1864. 



1 SiMEOx Butler came from Bolton, Mass., about 1805. 
He was killed, March 1, 1822, by falling from tlic scaf- 
fold in his barn. By wife Lucy, he had the following 
children : — 

I. Jefferson., b. Feb. 26, 1803. 
II. Julia, b. Sept. 7, 18U4; m. Asa Butler, q.v. 

4 I III. Luci/, b. Dec. 14, 1806. 

5 IV. Anna, b. Apr. 9, 1809. 

6 ' V. ASimeon, b. Jan. 16, 1814. 

7 VI. Emerson, b. Nov. 18, 1818. 



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8 I Joseph Butler, a brother of Simeon, b. probably in 

Bolton, Mass., June 2, 1767 ; m. Parna Tem]»le, b. Nov. 

22, 1770, d. in Troy, May 22, 1832. He settled first in 
I Bolton ; came to Marl, about 1806, and located in the 
; south-east part of the town, — now Troy, — and, after 

residing there several years, removed to the farm since 

owned by Moses Putney; d. March 28, 1844. 

9 I. Betsey, b. Sept. 28, 1791 ;m. EliasManu; d. in 

Jaffrey. 
H» II. Amos, b". Dec. 13, 1793.+ 

11 III. Joseph, b. March 10, 1794; m. Polly Mason of 

Swanzey. 

12 IV. Olive, b. Oct. 11, 1795 ; m. Simon Butler, q.o. 
18 V. Abif/ail, b. June 3, 1798 ; m. Levi Daggett. 

14 VI. Liict/, b. .June 8, 1800 ; m. Elijah Bemis, Avho d. 

in'Trov, 1852. 

15 VII. Asa, b. june"15, 1802.+ 
Hi VIII. JaJ}ez, b. Nov. 14, 1808.+ 

IX. Levi, b. July 7, 1809; m., Nov. 11, 1827, Saphire 
Sargent of Lancaster ; removed to Oxford, 
Mass. 



(H>) I Aaios Butler, son of Joseph, m. Mary Sargent, b. in 
Lancaster, Mass., Dec. 18, 1801; came to Marl, in 1820, 
j where they resided until 1884 ; sul)sequently removed to 
! Plymouth, Vt., where lie d. March 19, 1862. 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



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I. IIfihij)7eton M'win,h. in Lancaster, May 0, 1817; 
m., Dec, 1855, Mary Williams of Readino-, Vt. 
He was a macliiuist; d. in Plvmoutli, Vt., in 
1865. 
II. Amos Orson, h. in Troy, Aug. 28, 1818 ; d. in 
Shrewsbury, Mass., July 28, 1829. 

III. Ehnim, 1). in Troy, Fd). 16, 1820 ; nt., 1840, 

Amos W. Dike. She d. in Plynioutli, Vt., Dec. 
8, 1844. 

IV. Cordelia, b. in Marl., Dec. 10, 1822; d. in Ply- 

mouth, Vt., Dec. 8, 1869. 
V. George Appleton, b. in Marl., Marcli 22, 1825; d. 

Sept. 28, 1826. 
VI. /Susan Ahu/ail, b. in Marl., Apr. 14, 1827; m., 
Oct. 4, 1854, David Boyd, formerly of Antrim; 
resides in Plymouth, Vt. 
VII. StepJien MerricA\ b. in Shre\ysbury, Mass., Feb. 
21, 18,31 ; m., Oct. 29, 1860, Ellen A. Williams, 
Ayho d. Noy., 1874. 
VIII. FrederlcJx Austin, b. in Lancaster, Mass., March 
11, 1834; m., March 26, 1860, Julia Pollard of 
Bridge water, Vt. ; is a carpenter; resides in 
Plymouth. He has a son who, at four years of 
age, weighed one hundred pounds, and could 
lift as inuch. 

IX. /S*. 31. Webster-, b. in Lancaster, Mass., Dee. 27, 

1836; resides in Plymouth, Vt. 

X. FitzharJan H., b. in Plymouth, Vt., Fel). 4, 1840; 

m., Feb, 4, 1863, Angie Johnson of Plymouth; 
remoyed to Stratton, Vt., Avhcre he was or- 
dained a Freewill Bajitist minister, Dec. 12, 
1865. 



(15) Asa Butler, son of Joseph, m., Apr. 2, 1826, Julia, 
dan. of Simeon and Lucy Butler; resides in St. Augus- 
tine, 111. 

28 I. FJi IL, b. July 7, 1827 ; resides in Worcester, 

Mass. 

29 , II. Fannie, b. Ai)r. 8, 1833; m. A. O. Wheeler of 

Troy; resides in Illinois. 

30 III. 3Iarif, b. Aug. 22, 1834 ; m. Nathaniel Bourn of 

Richmond ; resides in Illinois. 

(16) Jahkz Butlkr, son of Joseph, ni. Betsey Boydeu of 
Chesterfield. She d., and he m. (2d) Mary A.,*dau. of 
Luke and Polly (Whitney) Harris, b. in Troy, Oct. 30, 
1813; resides in Plymouth, Vt. Children by lirst wife: — 

31 I. (Mis I*., resides in Rindge. 



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II. Jai^o?}, <1, young. 

III. Atnbrose, servc'd in the ir.S. army; since <l. 

IV. A}t[/ie, ni. W. Guild of Sliro\vsl)ui-y, Vt. 
V. Onuir D.^ d. in U.S. service. 



SiMOx BuTLKK, a native of Lancaster, Mass., m,, 
Marcli 5, 1817, Olive, dau. of Jose]tl) and Parna (Teni- 
])le) Butler; resided in Marl, and Troy; d. March 2U, 
1869. His Avife d. Jan. 8, 1860. 

I. Lovell Parker, b. Nov. 14, 1817; resides in Troy, 

um. 
II. Simon Oliver, b. Marcli 30, 1810.+ 

III. Algernon Sidney, b. Se]it. 23, 1822; ni., March 4, 

1847, Harriet Goddard of Kindo-e; shed. May 
22, 1861; m. (2d) Mary Darlino- ; resides ili 
Jaffrey. 

IV. Charles, b. .Jan. 25, 1826 ; m. Sarah P. Haskell, 

who d. Sept. 13, 1856; and he m. (2d), Nov. 
19, 1857, Maria L. Haskell; resides in Wor- 
cester, Mass. 

V. Ira Melvin Broad, b. Dec. 5, 1829 ; ni., Se])t. 25, 

1854, Eliza J. White of Fitzwilliani. She d. 
Aug. 29, 1867 ; and he m. (2d), March 29, 1869, 
Rebecca Jane lioss of Dublin. She d. Mav 28, 
1873; m. (3d), Aug. 19, 1873, Louisa W'ilder 
of Winchendon ; resides in Troy. 
VI. Mary Jane, b. Nov. 9, 1835 ; in. Edward F. Star- 
key, who d. ; and she m. (2d) Dickernian. 



Simon Oliver Butler, son of Simon, m., Apr. 12, 
1854, Ruth E. Haskell of Oakham, Mass. He moved 
from Troy to Marl., March 2, 1858, and resided on the 
Bezaleel Baker farm. Apr. 1, 1861, he removed to 
Holden, Mass., and thence to Oakham, where he now 
resides, 

I. Clara P., b. in Trov, June 7, 1856; d. Feb. 8, 

1857. 
II. Henry N'., b. in Marl., May 27, 1858. 

III. Olive Maria, b. in Marl., Dec. 19, 1859. 

IV. George S., 1). in Oakham, Dec. 4, 1863. 

V. Sarah E. N., b. in Oakham, Oct. 5, 1867. 



Erasmus Butterfield from Chesterfield came to 
Marl, about 18nO; m., July 17, 1803, Esther, dau. of 
Phillips an<l Persis (.Toslin) Sweetser. He is said to haA e 
been educated for a lawyer; but, being of indolent 
habits, he chose rather to gain a livelihood by other 
means than his profession. He d. in Westmoreland, 
Dec. 31, 1828. 



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HISTORY or MARLBOROUGH. 



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I. Maria, h. in Marl., Oct. 2, 1S03. 
II. Charles Sweetsei\h. in Fllzwilliam, .Fan. G, 18(l(i; 
(1. Mareli 5, 18U8. 

III. Harriet, b. in Fitzwilliani, .Tunc '28, 1808. 

IV. ASVf% SiveeUer, 1). in Marl., Ani;-. 20, 1810. 
V. John, 1). in Kecne, 8e])t. 6, 1812. 

VI. Geor(/e IFi, b. in Marl., Oct. 8, 1814; ni., Juno 4, 
1848, Pamolia Kin;.-. Ho A. Ayr. 2!), 18(57. 

Charles, b. in Marl., Marcli 27, 1810; d. .Alarch, 
18G7. 

Faiviie, b. in Marl., Feb. 11, 1820. 

Eoeline, b. in Marl., March 30, 1825. 



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IX 



Daxiel Buttrick, son of Daniel and Eunice But- 
trick, Avas b. in Wincliendon, Jan. 23, 1783; m., Dec. 23^ 
1810, Mary, dan. of William Kniglit of Fitzwilliani; 
came to Marl, about 1819, and for several years tended 
the toll-gate on the south turnpike. In 1831, lie removed 
to Troy, where he d. Marcli 31, 1860. His Avidow d. 
Oct. 7, 1879, te. 90. 

I. Eiudce, b. Sept. 26, 1811 ; m. Stillman Wood- 

Avard, q.o. 
II. Edwin, b. June 18, 1813; m., March 31, 1835, 
Lucy Wetherbee of Swanzey; resides in Troy; 
is a niainifacturer of tubs and ])ails. 

III. Daniel, b. Oct. 4, 1814; d. March 25, 1815. 

IV. 3Iarii Ann, b. Jan. 11, 1816; m., Nov. 9, 1837, 

Alton Blodgett ; resides, a AvidoAA^, in Fitchburg. 
Martha C, b. Jan. 18, 1818 ; m., Fel). 15, 
1837, Osgood Collester, avIio d. Fel). 28, 
1873; an^l she m. (2d) Lucius Aldrich; 
Twins.' resides in Fitchburg. 
VI. 3Iaria K., b. Jan. 18^,1818; m., Feb. 16, 

1837, Hari'ington .Sibley of Troy ; re- 
sides in Fitc]d)urg. 
VII. Zijdia IL, b. Feb. 4, 1820 ; n^i. Walter Hay ward ; 
resides in Fitchburo-, 



Charles H. Caldavell, b. in Wobnrn, Mass., May 10, 
1848; m., Feb. 7, 1871, Frances C. Wynian, a native of 
Webster, Me. He removed from Lynn, j\[ass., to Marl., 
where lie noAV resides. 

I. Alice B., b. in Lynn, Dec. 6, 1871. 
II. Lila May, b. in Lynn, Apr. 12, 1874. 



CAPRON. 

The iiuiuei-ous families in New England bearing the name of Capron, 
are the descendants of Banliekl Capron, wlio is supposed to ha\'e been a 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 



437 



unlive of Chester, ;i large seaport town in the iiortli of iMinlaiid. We 
iia\e not learned the preeise time of his iinmigralion to this eountry, Imt 
it was not J'ar from KiUO, when he ami three otiier yoiitiis, eaeh altonl 
fourteen years of age, uiutnally agreed to leave their native land and "o 
to America. They knew of a ship that was going to New* England; and 
the night before it sailed they privately concealed themselves in the hold 
of the vessel, with a. small (quantity of pro\isions to live on a few tlays. 
The vessel sailed the next morning. When they had been to sea a iew 
days, a strange noise was heard in the hold : the liatchways were opened, 
and these four lads came on deck, to the surprise of all the ship's crew. 
The captain said he must return with them, for it was against the law 
for the captain of a vessel to transport any of the inliabitanls of En<'land 
to America, except they obtained license to go there. But both of the 
mates ami all the ship's crew thought it best to proceed, and the captain 
finally fell in with their opinion, and brought them all safe to New Enoland. 
Soon after young Capron's arrival in this country, a family by the name 
of C'allender, with whom he was actpuainted in England, came over and 
settled in Kehoboth, Mass. They are said to have been a very respecta- 
ble family, and in affluent circumstances. Young Capron renewed his 
aciiuaintance with them, and afterwards married one of the daiii'hters 
and settled in the adjoining town of Barrington, where he li\ed about 
twenty years, and then removed to Attleborough, where he resided till his 
death, which took place, Aug. 2U, 17o"J, being nearly ninety years old. 
lie is described as being of medium stature, \\ell built, of a light com- 
plexion, blue eyes, and reddish hair. He w^as thrice married, and had 
twelve cliildren, eleven of whom lived to marry and have families : 
Bantield, Joseph, Edward, Walter, John, Jonathan, Betsey, Mary, Han- 
nah. Margaret, Sarah, and a daughter who died young. Jonathan was 
b. March 11, 1705; he m. Rebecca Morse, who d. Aug. 29, 1772. He 
was a farmer, and resided with his father at Attleborough. 



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Jonathan Caprok, second son of Jonathan and Re- 
becca plorse) Capron, ni. Alice Alden, b. July 12, 1783. 
She was a great-granddaughter of Hon. John and 
Priscilla (Mullens) Al(h'n, who came over iji tlie "]\lav- 
flower." He came to Marl, at an early date, and settled 
on the farm afterw^ards owned by Benjanun Whitney. 

T. Jonatlian.-\- 

n. Tlicnil-ftil^ b. June 12, 1762; ]>ublished to Jose])h 
Fulluni. 

III. Marynrtt., 1). June 18, 1764; ni. Levi Porter, q v. 

IV. Wr/her, 1). March 6, 1766.+ 
V. Charles, h. Feb. 24, 1768. 

Yi. JJavid, b. Apr. 19, 1770. 
Yii. John, h. March 2, 1772. 
VIII. J^utiiam, b. Aug. 8, 1774. 
IX. Rebecca, b. Aug. 28, 1777. 



JoxATHAX Caprox, son of Jonathan, m. Lois Porter, 
a sister of Joel and Asa Porter. Settled on tlie farm 
noAv owned by George A. Porter. His house stood at 
the fork of the roads south-easterly of tlie ]>resent build- 
ings. He afterwards remox ed to Troy, where he worked 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



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at liis tnii^li' — l)lacksiuitliing — some ton or tittccii yo; 
and tlii-'n wont to Vermont. 

1. Zeruiah, b. Ajir. 10, 1781; m. (1st) Annisa C 

verso, (/.y., (2il) Enooli White, q.i\ 
II. Ell, 1). Jan. 14, 178o. 
HI. Z,ois, 1). Nov. 17, 1784; m. Josiali Ingalls of ¥ 

William ; d. Maroli 20, 1855. 
IV. /Stcjj/iat. 
V. Cyrus. 

VI. /Surah, in. Jolni Peak. 
VII. Alice, m. Shnbael I'lympton. 

VIII. Hcoinah, m. Martin. 

IX. jVanc'i/. 
X. Philinda. 
XI. Jonathan. 
XII. Patience, m. Chapin. 



irs, 



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Walter Capuox, son ot' Jonathan and Alice (Ahlen) 
Capron, ni. Hannah llomenway of Framingliani, jMass., 
b. Nov. 20, 1709. He was a Ijlaoksmith, and resided for 
many years in the house which formerly stood a little, 
south of the " old meeting-house," and since OAvned by 
Nathan E. Wild. In liis old age, he removed to Kox- 
bury to live with his son, where lie d. Jan. 31, 1836. 
His wddow d. Jan., 1852. 

I, Polly, b. Sei)t. 9, 1791 ; m., Oct. 24, 1810, Joseph 

B. Andrews of Jaffrey ; removed to Ohio. 
II. Walter, b. July 30, 1795.+ 

III. Ourtis, b. July 27, 1797; d. Nov. 30, 1820, uni. 

IV. Pebecca, b. July 23, 1801; d. in Koxbury, Jan. 3, 

1849, uni. 
V. Caroline, b. May 23, 1807 ; d. Nov. 29, 1807. 



Walter Capeox, son of Walter, m., March 20, 1822, 
Lucy Parker of Keeno, b. Apr. 20, 1801. He resided 
for many years in IJox^ury, on what is know'ii as the 
Capron jtlace. In his old age, he returned to Marl., and 
resided on the ]>lace now owned bv his son Curtis, Avliere 
he d. Nov. 22, 1866. His widow d. July 23, 1872. 

I. Curtis W., h. in Roxbury, Marcli 8, 1822.+ 
II. Charles W., b. in Roxbury, Feb. 8, 1827.+ 
III. Caroline M., b. in Roxbury, June 30, 1830 ; re- 
sides in Marl., um. 



CuKTis W. Caprox, son of Walter, m., jMay 7, 1845, 
Emelino B., dau. of Levi and Hannah (White) 
Thatcher. 



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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 439 

I. Hmma A., h. July 16, 1846; in., March 16, 1865, 

Edwin Fogfj ; resides in Concord, 
ir. ChiO'Jes ^.,'b. Aug. 5, 1S4S; ni., Nov. 2, 1808, 
Emma A. Mabury ; resides in Bellows Falls, 
Vt. 

III. Flora L.,\). June 28, 1852; m., March 16, 1870, 

Charles M. Fairbanks. 

IV. Jennie A., h. Auo-. 22, 1858; m., Sept. 3, 1878, 

Willie A. Russell. 
V. Cora 31., b. in Springfield, Mass., Jan. 8, 1870. 

CriAKLES W. Caprox, son of "Walter, m., Nov. 13, 
1849, Aurelia H., dau. of Levi and Hannah (White) 
Thatcher. Settled on the Tliatcher farm, where he now 
resides. 

I. Maria A., b. June 28, 1852; m., Jan. 20,1873, 
Henry H. Pease. 

1. Charles Henry, b. Sei)t. 18, 1875. 

11. men a, b. July 28, 1857; m., Oct. 23, 1876, Ed- 
ward B. Holt." 

III. Zizzie 31., b. Oct. 12, 1859 ; d. Jan. 11, 1860. 

IV. George X., b. May 3, 1866. 



Davis Carpenter, son of Willard and Serepta 
(Smith) Carpenter, b. in Surry, Oct. 17, 1827; in., June 
6, 1849, Livonia, dau. of Capt. Benjamin and Martha 
(Chapin) Ware. He came to Marl, to reside, Se])t., 
1876. 

I. 3Iartha Adelaide, b. in Surry, Nov. 17, 1859 ; m., 
NoA'. 3, 1878, William Swithin of Quincy, 
Mass. Slie d. in Keene, Dec. 8, 1874. 
8 I II. Amu -^^••' ^^- ii^ Surry, June 18, 1855 ; in., Jan. 19, 
1S77, Frank L. Adams ; resides in Winchester. 

4 III. 3fary Emma, b. in Surry, Jan., 1857 ; d. Apr. 12, 

1858. 

5 IV. Charles Edward, b. in Surry, Oct. 6, 1859. 

6 V. James Henry, b. in Surry, Aug. 12, 1862 ; d. in 

Keene, June 14, 1865. 

7 VI. JoJinie A., b. in Keene, 3Iay, 1865; d. Sept. 15, 

1867. 

8 VII. Ida 3Iay, b. in Keene, Sept. 1, 1S67. 

9 I VIII. Arthur Willie, b. in Keene, Dec. 25, 1870; 

drowned July 25, 1879. 
10 IX. Walter, 1). in "Keene, July 29, 1873; d. Sept., 

I 1 872. 

1 I Oliver Carter came to Marl, to reside about 1808, 
1 and lived in a snlall house which fornicrlv stood near 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 




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lilt' brifk oiu' ^'uwv ownod by Christoplicv Tultoii. Hav- 
ing t'omid no record of liis family, we have been obliged 
to rely on the memory of such elderly peo])le as remem- 
ber them. By his first Avife he had 

I. Oliver. 
II, Priscilla. 

III. J3etsey, m. Andrew Allison of Dublin. 

IV. Joseph., d. young. 
V. Davhl.-\- 

By a second wife, who d. June 9, 1816, he had 

VI. JosepJi, m., Feb. 9, 1800, Rebecca, dau. of Joscjili 

and Martha (Adams) Wellington. 
VII. Phebe. 
VIII. Nancy. 
IX. William, m., Aug. 23, 1812, Mary, dau. of Phillips 

and Persis (Joslin) SAveetser. 
X. /Sally, m. Ezra Emmerson, q.v. 



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David Caktkk, M.D., son of Oliver, settled in Marl. 
in 1795; m. Betsey, dau. of Samuel and Alice (Wilson) 
Twitclu'U of Dublin, and a sister of the late Dr. Amos 
TAvitclu'll of Keeue. She was b. in Duldin, Apr. 18, 
1778; d. .Jan. 20, 185-3. He removed to Peterboro in 
1812, and thence to Dul)lin in 1820, where he d. Jan. 9, 
1828 (see Chap. XII.). 

I. Eliza, b. March 5, 1792 ; d. in Keene, um. 



Maktix Chase, son of Stickney and Esther M. Chase, 
b. hi Unity, July 11, 1806; m., June 19, 1832, Betsey, 
<lau. of Dr. Xatlian and Betsev Wright, b. in Washing- 
ton, N.II., Oct. 8, 1 808. At' the age of 14 he com- 
menced to serve an apprenticeship at the boot and shoe 
trade, which busuiess lie followed over thirty years. 
He resided in Wasliington from 1880 to 1869, at Avhich 
time he came to Marl. During his residence in AYash- 
ington, he held the office of town clerk fourteen years, 
and was, for a number of years, one of the selectmen, 
collector, and treasurer of the town ; he also rej)iv- 
sented that town in the Legislature in 1837, 1839, and 
1840; was county treasurer two years, and road-coni- 
missioncr for the County of Sullivan two years. May 
12, 1853, he was appointed one of the judges of the 
Court of Common Pleas, which office lie held till the 
Court was abolislied. He was ait])ointed justice of tlie 
peace in 1837, and justice of the ])eace and quorum 
tliroughout the State in 1853, Avhich office lie still 
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2 I I. Helen, b. in Wasliino^tou, July 'i*i, I880 ; uin. 

3 II. Caroline, h. in W:isliin<,4on,' Oct. 27, 1840; ni., 
I Nov. 24, 1S(38, George 1.. Fairbanks, b. in 

Spriugiield, Vt., Jan. (j, 1840. 



Alvin B. Chase, son of Loren and Eliza (Bolton) 
Chase, b. in RovalstoTi, ]Mass., Fel). 7, 1880; ni., Nov. 
22, 1852, 8arah 'Bnnu-tt, b. in Wen. la 11, Oct. 1:5, 1835. 
He Avas a soldier in the war of the llebcilion, l)eing a 
member of Co. B, 53d liegt., JMass. A'ols. ; he also 
served in the 4th jMass. Heavy Artillery. He i-anie to 
Marl, to reside, in the sj)ring of 1S70. 

I. Sylvanus Eugene, b. in OranLfe, Mass., Nov. 12, 

1853; d. Oct. 12, 1855. 
n. Emma Jane, b. in West Fitchburg, June 1, 1856. 

III. Adah Elore}ice, b. in West Fitchburg, Sejit. 28, 

1858; m., Apr. 17, 1878, Edward I.. Hardy of 
West Harrisville. 

IV. Sarah N^elUe,h.m Fitchburo-. Jan. 21. 1800; m., 

Jan. 28, 1880, George F. Cla).].; resides in Or- 
ange, Mass. 
V. Effie Estella, b. in Fitchbui-g, Oct. 28, 1804. 
VI. Cora Mabel, b. in South Keene, May 14, 1807. 
VII. Clarence Adolphus, b. in South Keene, July 28, 

1871. 
VIII. Loren Bertie, b. in South Keene, .Jan. 2:!, 1S74. 



JoHx Cheevek, b. in Wrentham, Mass., 1777 ; m., 
Sei.t. 24, 1806, Dolly, dan. of Cai)t. David and llel)ecca 
(Hoar) Wheeler. In 1808, he removed to Newton Uj)- 
j>er Falls, where he ([. in 1855. 

I. Lyman, b. 1807; m. Lucy Gardner; she d., and 
he 111. (2d) Charlotte l^ening; resides in New- 
ton Upper Falls. 
II. Elvira, b. 1808; m. Stillniau Twitchell ; resides 
in Lowell, Mass. 

III. Warren, b. 1810; resides in the West. 

IV. Jliranda, b. 1812; resides in Newton Ujiper 

Falls. 



Stephen Church was in town as early as 1770. He 
appears to liave been a man of mueli intluence in the 
township, and was for some time iiroprietor's elerk. 
His writing, which is in a fair, bold hand, shows him to 
have been a man of some education. Being a carj»enter 
by trade, he was employed to take charge of tlie framing 
and raising of the old meeting-house. The eastern part 
of the house now owned by Ivory E. Gates was also 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



framed liy liiin, and is probably all that remains of his 
Avork in tOAvn. He is not mentioned on the town rec- 
ords after 1776. 



CLAPP. 

Thomas Clapp, son of Richard Clapp, was b. in Dorchester, England, 
1597. He came to this country in a ship which arrived July 24, 1633, 
and settled in Dorchester, Mass. He afterwards resided at 'VVeyniouth 
and Scituate. At the latter place, he was deacon of the church in 1(517. 
His wife was Abigail . Their eldest son, Thomas, b. in Wey- 
mouth, March 15, 1639; m.,' Xov. 10, 1662, ]\Iary Fisher, and settled in 
that part of Dedham afterwards incorporated as Walpole. Joshua, the 
third sou of Thomas and ^lary (Fisher) Clapp, b. in Walpole, 1667 ; m. 
Mary, dau. of Jonathan Boyden of Walpole, where he resided till his 
death in 1728. Joshua, eldest son of Joshua, b. 1707; d. May 6, 1802. 
He m., Dec. 12, 1728, Abigail BuDard, who d. Aug. 12, 1782. Tlieir 
eldest son, Joshua, b. Sept. 7, 1729, m. Margaret Guild, and settled in 
Walpole, Mass. 

Asa Clapp, son of Joshua and Margaret (Guild) 
Clapp, b. in Walpole, Mass., March 26, 1763 ; m., Sept. 
16, 1790, Esther Allen, b. in AValj.ole, Mass., Dec. 16, 
1771. He came to Marl, abont 1798, and settled in the 
north-easterly part of the town, near Avhat is now known 
as the "Clapp i)ond." He d. March 81, 1840; his wife 
d. May 29, 1889. 

I. Allen, b. in Walpole, Mass., Ai»r. 28, 1794.+ 
II. Asa, b. in Marl., Feb. 11, 1801 ; m., ]\[ay 5, 1825. 

Delina Bullard, who d. in Walpole, Mass., Nov. 

25, 1872. He now resides in Norwood, Mass. 

1. Harriet, b. in Roxbury, Mass., July 10, 
1827 ; m. Charles Robertson, resides in 
Waljjole, Mass. 

2. Frances, b. Dec. 1, 1829; m. William 
Allen ; resided in West Dedham ; d. 
abont 1860. 

8. Asa Elbridge, b. .Inno 22, 1?<34; m. Eliza- 
beth Annis of JMorrill, Me. ; resides in 
NorAvood, Mass. 

4. George A., b. IMav 7, 1888 ; d. Feb. 24, 
1850. 

in. Fi'iDiJdiiiy 1). in ^Marl., June 17, 1805.-|- 
IV. Daniel, b. in Marl., July 16, 1810; m. Fannie Snell 
of Roxbury, Mass.; d. July 31, 1846. 



(2) Allkn Clapp, son of Asa, ni., Feb. 10, 1819, Hannah 
jNeAVC<)mb of Roxbury; settled on home farm; <i. Feb. 
' 9, 1887. His widow d. March 26, 1846. 



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II. Esther, b. So].t. 1, 1822; m. Mattlu'w Harr; re- 
sides in Nashua. 

III. Lura iV:, b. July 8, 1825; in. Edwin Piper of 

Nashua ; d. LStS. 

IV. Ly(l!(i Z?., b. Marcli 5, 1828; m., Jan. 1, 1861, 

Ell)ridge Cumniings ; resides in Fitzwilliam. 

V. Sarah, \). Nov. 17, 1830; in. Fiwlier; re- 
sides in Mancliester. 

VI. Allen JVeiccomb, h. Jan. 2, 1837 ; ni. Josie M. 
Mason, dan. of Ashley Mason of Sullivan ; re- 
sides in Manchester. 



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Fkanklin Clapp, son of Asa, m. Roxanna, dan. of 
Archie and Susannah (Jones) Tenney. Settled on that 
part of home farm since owned bv Abraham Corey. He 
d. Marcli 13, 1854. His wife d. Apr. 29, 1853. 

I. Sahrina E., b. May 31, 1830; m. (1st) William 

Guild, who d. in Worcester, Mass, Sept. 18, 

1855; and she m. (2d) William Dort of Keene. 

IT. Charles A., b. Sept. 27, 1831 ; m. Eugenia M. 

Smith of Fitzwilliam. 

1. George F., b. Dec. 30, 1854; m., Jan. 28, 
1880, Sarah Nellie, dan. of Alvin B. and 
Sarah (Burnett) Chase ; resides in Or- 
ange, Mass. 

HI. William M., b. Dec. 25, 1832; m. Elizabeth, dau. 
of Silas and Achsah (Holman) McCollester; she 
d. May 7, 1864, and he m. (2d), Jan. 9, 1879, 
Sarah M. Bryson of Watsontown, Pa. ; resides 
in Keene. 

IV. Elmer Augustus, b. Aug. 15, 1835. He went to 
California when twenty years of age ; remained 
there about three years, and thence to Chili, 
where he m. Damiana Corasco, a Spanish lady. 
He has had four children, one of whom, Will- 
iam, is now living in Valparaiso. 
V. JSlaria S., b. July 21, 1839 ; m. Solon W. Stone, q.v. 



CLARK. 

Thomas Clark, from Wrentham, Mass., settled in Fitzwilliam in 1779 ; 
d. 1818, at an advanced age. He had seven children. Thomas, the sec- 
ond son, m., 1801, Roena Phillips of liichmond; he d. in Troy, Oct. 14, 
1856. His wife d. 1^>57. Johnatlian, youngest son of Thomas Clark of 
Fitzwilliam, b. June 3, 1788 ; m., 181*2, Mary, dau. of James and Mary 
Brewer. He resided in Keene some twelve years, and then removed to 
Troy, where he d. Aug. 20, 1850. Asa, eldest son of Johnatlian and 
Mary (Brewer) Clark, b. Sept. 1, 1814 ;nn., 1837, Martha Howe of Fitz- 
william ; resided for many j-ears in Swanzey ; now resides in Oregon 
City, Oregon. His son, VVarreii H., resides in ^Nlarl., and is number 6 
in the following register. 



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1 i Fi'LLKR Clark, son of Thomas and Rocna (Philli])s) 
■ Clark, h. Oct. "JG, 1804; came to Marl, in 1825, and m., 

Feb., I80O, Adaline, dan. of Asa and Ennice (Williams) 
Porter; settleil on the Porter farm where he still re- 
: sides. Mrs. Clark d. Ki-b. 9, 1876. 

2 I 1. Asa Locelh b. Ansj. 2, \Xo\ ; d. Dec. 27, 1854; urn. 

3 I II. JosqjJiine E., b. Dec. 25, 1884; nm. 

4 ! 111. ('harks X., b. Feb. 9, 1889; m., Dec. 2, 1868, 
j Mai-y E., dan. of George V. K. and Nancy V. 
I (Webb) Farnnm. Slie d. Ajir. 17, 1864 ; and he 
I m. (2d), Jan. 9, 1S6S, Ellen L., dan. of John E. 

Whitney, b. in Westminster, Mass., Oct. 26, 
1847 ; resides in Dnblin. 

5 I IV. Alfred F., b. March 9, 1845 ; um. 

6 I Warrex H. Clark, son of Asa and Martha (Howe) 
Clark, b. in Fitzwilliam, Jnne 23, 1844; m., Feb. 27, 
1870, Fannie i\I. Wentworth, b. in Holliston. Mass., Oct. 
H, 1S51. 

1. Harry E., b. Sej.t. 24, 1871. 
IT. KateE., b. July 27, 1876. 



John P. Clemoxs, son of John L. and Joannah 
(Richardson) Clemons, b. in Hiram, Me., Oct. 18, 1850 ; 
came to Marl, to reside in 1872; m., May 29, 1873, Mar- 
tha E., dan. of Frederick and Sarah Hannaford, b. at 
Cape ?]li/.abeth. Me., June 1, 1853. Is by trade a black- 
smith. 

I. Lillian, b. Dee. 16, 1874. 
II. Jhlla, b. Jan. 9, 1877. 

Andrew Colburn, probably from Chesterfield, came 
into the townshi]) about 1770. He seems to liave been 
an active business man, and was not lonjj in gaining the 
respect and confidence of the jirojtrietors. He Avas fre- 
(juently moderator of tlieir meetings, and served on vari- 
ous committees for laying out roads, ]»roviding jireach- 
ing, etc., etc. At the commencement of the Revolution, 
lie entered the army, rose to tlie rank of l^ieut.-Col., and 
was killed at the battle of Stillwater. No record of his 
family lias been found. 



Lieut. Josiiph Collins came to this town in 1767. 
He is snp])osed to be a descendant of Henry Collins, who 
was b. in Fngland in the year 1606; came to America in 
the ship "•Al»igail" of J^ondon, 1685, and settled in that 
part oi Lyini now called Essex St. Joseph was prob- 
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20, 1749, Eunice Mnttliews, 1). Oct. 10, 1730. He came 
from Soiithborougli to Murl. on foot, taking with him 
three sons, and j»rovisions f*)r a limited time. Tradition 
says that each brought a pack on liis ])ack of as many 
pounds weiglit as he was years old. He settled lirst on 
the old Simeon Whitcond) place, near the ]>ine woods, 
on the old road leading past the lower mill of tlie Mai'l. 
M'f'g Co. He was an enterprising man, and )trol)al)ly 
did more towards bringing forward tlie settlement of 
the township than any other ))roprietor. He was ap- 
pointed the first Justice of the Peace in town, and held 
various town offices. He d. July 15, 1798; and his 
widow m. ("Jd) Theophilus Howard, f/.v., and d. March 
23, 1809. 

I. A daughter, b. in Southborough, Dec. 14, 1750; 

d. in infancy. 
II. Lucy, b. in Southborough, Kov. 1»), 1751; m. 
Daniel Kmmerson, <y.y. 

III. Daniel, b. in Southborough, Aj)r. 25, 1754; d. of 

small-pox, Sei>t. 17, 1776. 

IV. Samuel, b. in Southborough, Feb. 11, 1757.-|- 

V. Olire,h. in Soutld>orough, March 80, 1759; m. 

William Collins, y.c. 
VI. Jarih, b. in Southborough, June 12, 1701. 

VII. A daughter, b. in Southborough, July 27, 1763; 

d. the next day. 

VIII. Chedelorner, b. in Southborough, July 9, 1764; 

published to Sarah Severans, Jan 15, 1785 ; 
probably settled in Unadilla, N.Y. 
IX. Hannah, b. in Southborough, Oct. 20, 1766 ; m., 
June 1, 1785, Zacheus Farnsworth of Fitzwill- 
iam ; removed to Unadilla, N.Y. 

1. Solomon, b. in Marl., Dec. 12, 1785. 

2. Elizabeth, b. in Marl., May 21, 1787. 

X. Eunice, b. in Marl., May 20, 1769; m. Joseph 

Wilson, q.v. 
XI. A daughter, b. in Marl., Apr. 18, 1772; d. in in- 
fancy.* 
XII. Elijah, b. in Marl,, May 21S, 1776; d. Aug. 23, 
1777. 



Samuel Collixs, son of Lieut. Joseph, m. Lydia 
Matthews; he resided for some time on the joslin place, 
which ])e sold to William Lincoln in 1792; after which 
he settled on the farm lately owned by Henry T. Wis- 
wall, where he d. in 1831. His widow d. Jan. 7, 1851. 



*Lovina, an adopted dau. of Joseph Collins aad Eunice, his wife, was bap- 
Aug. 16, 1772. 



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ir. Arfe//ias, l». June 4, 1788.-|- 

iii. Jairu.^ 7?., b. A])!-. 21, 17iU ; m., M:\x 25, 1823, 
Sylvia Gibson. He was a pliysician, and re- 
sided in J^ondonderry, Vt., wliert' lie d. Feb. 3, 
1851. 

1. Nancy C. 

2. Jairus I. 

3. Euieline E. 

4. Henry H. 

iv. Lovina, ; ni. Charles Wilson, q.v. 



Joseph, b 1805.+ 



Artemas Collins, son of Samuel, m., Noy. 17, 1818, 
Lucy, dau. of William and Oliye (Collins) Collins ; set- 
tled on the farm nt)\y owned by lyorj' E. Gates, where 
he d. Feb. 14, 18«3. His widow d. Aug. 3, 1870. 

I. Eunice Almira, b. June 27, 1823; m., Dec. 22, 
1840, Sarel Whitcomb, b. in Swanzey, Feb. 27, 
1814. She d. Dec. 17, 1857. He now resides 
in Westmoreland. 

1. Eyeline A., b. in ]\Iarl., Apr. 24, 1841 ; m. 

Charles R. Collins, q.v. 

2. Oliye Ann, b. in Marl., Sej)!. 18, 1843; m. 

lyory E. Gates, q.v. 

3. Ella Viola, b. in Winchester, Dec. 1, 1847;' 

d. Sept. 25, 1849. 

4. William F., b. in Swanzey, June 10, 1850. 

5. Ella Viola, b. in Marl., Apr. 15, 1855 ; d. 

in SAvanzey, June, 18H3. 
0. Lucy Ellen, b. in Winchendon, Auo-. 18, 
l8o7; m., Sept. 18, 1878, Charles Calkins; 
resides in Winchendon. 



Joseph Collins, son of Samuel, m., June 18, 1829, 
Eunice, dau. of P^rancis and Lydia (Richardson) Lowell ; 
settled on the farm since owned by Henry T. Wiswall, 
where he d. Sept. 7, 1840. His wife d. July 23, 1854. 

I. EmeUne F., b. July 18, 1830; m. Austin G. Par- 

menter, q.v. 
II. JIarriet E., h. Aug. 20, 1832; m., Jan. 22, 1855, 
Alfred Richardson of Keene, by whom she had 
one child. 

1. Annie V., b. June 9, 1857. 

Mr. Richardson d. Jan. 17, 1802, and she m. 

(2d) Henry Raymond of South I^raintree, Mass. 

HI. Charles Ji., b. June 4, 1835; m., Jan. 24, 1806, 



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E\(.'line A., ilau. of Sard and Eunice Alniira 
(Collins) Whitcoinl). 

1. Cliarlcs B., 1.. Jan. 21, 1868. 

2. Willie D., b. Feb. 21, 1866. 

3. Ethel Eunice, b. Sei)t. 15, 1878. 

IV. Lucy E., b. Dec. — , 1838; d. Se])t. 80, 1856. 
V. J/ary 7>., b. Sept. 5, 1840; m. Edwin H. Mat- 
thews, (£.}}. 

\Vii,LiA>r CoT.Lixs, son of Mark and Sarah Collins, 
and a ne]»hew of Lieut. Joseph, b. in Southborouifh, 
Mass., Feb. 24, 1762; m., Feb. 13, 1783, Olive, dau.^of 
Lieut. Joseph and Eunice (Matthews) Collins; settled 
on the farm since owned by his <frandson, Asahel 
Collins, where he d. Apr. 15, 1809. His widow d. Oct. 
28, 1814. 

1. Elijah, b. Dec. 28, 1784.+ 
II. -SV/«.s, b. Dec. 26, 1786.+ 

III. Eunice, b. Oct. U, 1788; in., Jan. 27, 1814, Martin 

llenienway; settled in Unadilla, N.Y. ; she d. 
Feb. 28, 1868. 

IV. Lucy, b. Oct. 13, 1790; ni. Arteinas Collins, y./.'. 
V. Asdhd, b. Jan. 22, 1792; d. March 25, 1792. 

VI. ^aruh, b. Feb. 17, 1794; m., Jan. 12, 1815, Luther 
Poiul; removed to the State of Xcav York, 
where she d. June 16, 1843. 

vii. Olim, b. Oct. 27, 1800 ; d. Sept. 26, 1805. 



Eli.iaii Collins, son of William, m., March 9, 1808, 
Rhoda, dau. of Jonathan and Chloe (Wilson) Wheeler 
of Keene, b. June 16, 1791 ; settled on the home farm. 
He d. Feb. 13, 1847, and his Avidow d. Nov. 28, 1870. 

I. Jliram, b. Aui?. 7, 18 13.+ 

II. EJi.'^ha, b. Oct^ 29, 1820 ; m., Dec. 20, 1846, Abby 
Robbins ; resides in Chester, Vt. 

1. Charles E., b. July 17, 1849; m., June, 

1871, Julia M. Hemenway, b. June 26, 
1852; he d. June 27, 1874. 

2. Clinton A., b. Nov. 2, 1852; d. March 17, 

1854. 

3. Flora A., b. June 80, 1856; d. Aug. 9, 

1858. 

4. Cora L., b. Feb. 17, 1858; d. Nov. 7, 1860. 

m. .S/^s«/*, b. Feb. 1, 1824; m.. May 1, 1845, Frank- 
lin Wheeler ; resides in Acton, Mass. 



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Silas Collins, sou of William, ra., Jan. 10, 1808, 
Nabbv, dau. of Oliver and Lois (Jolnison) Wriglit ; set- 
tled on the westerly part of home farm ; d. Fel). 22, 
1868 ; his wife d. Nov. 15, 18GG. 

I. AsaheU b. Feb. 27, 1809 ; 
Caroline (Woodward) 
Lewis Cud worth. 



m., Apr. 22, 1841, Mrs. 
Cudworth, widow of 



1. 



Infant son, b. 
1856. 



Feb. 22, 185(3; d. Feb. 24, 



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IV. 



Jedediah Tayntor, b. Jau. 2, 1811.-|- 

Jairus, 1). Apr. 13, 1816.-f- 

Lois, ]). Oct. 30, 1824; m. (1st) Jonathan Bemis, 

q.v. ,' he d., and she m. (2(1) David ^Martin of 

Richmond; she d. Julv 22, 185G. 
WUliam, b. July 31, 1827.+ 



IIiKAM CoLLixs, son of Elijah, m., Feb. 10, 1841, Mrs. 
Maria (Stone) Bailey, widow of Almon Bailev ; she d. 
Jan. 21, 1873, and he m. (2d), Nov. 18, 1875, Lavhiia A. 
Tliompsou of Framingham, Mass. Children by first M'ife. 

I. Julia B. 71, b. Aug. 12, 1842; m., Oct. 11, 1866, 

Walter Clissold ; resides in Worcester, Mass. 
11. Perhy Elijah. l>. Feb. 26, 1844; ui., Sept. 15, 
1868, Lizzie Locke, dau. of W. 1). Locke of 
New Ipswich ; resides at Great Bend, Kansas. 

1. Laura Whittemore, b. Aug. 20, 1869. 



Jkoediaii T. Collixs, son of Silas, m., INIay 9, 1842, 
Martlia, dau. of John and Annie (Lewis) Sargent; he d. 
Nov. 28, 1877. 

I. J/d/wm //., b. March 20, 1843; m., Oct. 11, 1864, 
Emily E. Webber of Fitchburg; d. May 25, 

1867.^ 

1. Minnie Maria, b. Se])t. 29, 1805; d. Apr. 

29, 1868. 

2. Annie, b. Feb. 19, 1867. 

ji. JUaria X., b. Jau. 17, 1848; m. George G. 
Davis, q.v. 



Jaiiius Collixs, son of Silas, m., Aug. 30, 1842, 
Elmira, dau. of Joshua and Susannah (Babcock) Flint of 
Roxbury, b. in Dublin, Feb. 16, 1820. In early life he 
fitted himself for school-teachhig by attending academies 
in Jaffrey and Keene. In the winter of 1835 he taught 
his first school, in Swanzey, and since that time has 
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diligence, fidelity, and unswerving integrity, JNfr. Cillins 
has won the ennfidenco of tlioso witli wlioni he li:is had 
intercourse and dealiiiii's. Tlic cstiM-iu of his fellow-citi- 
zens lias but'U niaiiift'stcd in their sek'ctioii of him to (ill 
the various ofhces of honor and trust in the town, as 
clerk, selectman, meniher and chainnan of tlic school- 
commitee. He also rc'])resented the town in the Legislat- 
ure two years. He has held the office of Justice of the 
Peace since 185l). His services in Avriting wills and 
other legal docunients, an<l settling I'states, are fre- 
quently called into requisition, and he has ])rol»al)ly done 
more Pr(d)ate business tlian any other man in town. 
Possessed of excellent judgment, he has never engaged 
in hazardous speculations, but C(jnfined himself to the 
legitimate o]^erations of his vocation. By jiersonal ajipli- 
cation to business, perseverance, and economy, he has 
accpiired for the evening of life a competent estate. 
I. Clinton, b. May 29, 1858. 
II. Lester, b. Apr. 24, 1863 ; d. Apr. 26, 1863. 



William Collixs, son of Silas, m., 8ei)t. 7, 1848, 
Lucretia J,, dau. of Josejdi and Nancy (Linc(dn) Wood- 
ward. 

71 1, Elhm J/,, b, F'eb. 7, 1851 ; m. ^lartin Gay ; re- 
sides in Ac worth. 

72 it. Flora L.,\). Jan. 12, 1854; resides in Stirinsfield, 
Mass., mn. 

73 III. Eddie W., b. Aug. 10, 1850. 

74 IV. Frederick E., b. Jan. 15, 1858 ; d. P\4i. 17, 1858. 

75 V. Jennie A., b. Jan. 3, 18(iO ; m., Oct. 18, 1874, 
DuTee Knight. 

76 1. Jennie Maud, b. in Swanzev, Aug. 30, 
1876. 

77 2. Infant son, b. in Marl., Sept 1, 1880. 
VI. Battie >S., b. June 21, 1862; m., March 22, 1879, 

78 William A. Jk.oth. 

79 VII. Martin T., b. Bee. 15, 1867; d. June 24, 1870. 

80 I vm. Jeasie JI., b. Feb. 7, 1870 ; d. Aug. 10, 1870. 

81 ' IX. Frankie W., b. Ai)r. 30, 1871. 

82 ; X. ICati/ Bell, b. Feb. 6, 1874. 

1 William P. Coxant, b. in Topsfield, Mass., July 22, 
1831; m., Sept., 1865, Alice L., dau. of David S. and 
Marinda M. (Creed) Derby. He was a member of Co. A, 
23d Reg. Mass. Vols. Soon after the close of the war 
lie came to Marl., where he now resides. 

2 I. tlo/mie William Hider, b. June 29, 1866. 

3 n. Herbert Chaplin, b. May 9, 1873. 

4 in. N. Eulena, b. Feb. 25, 1878. 

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Robert Coxverse was in town as early as 1776. He 
settled on the farm known as the Converse place ; his 
honse was situated above S. H. McCollester's farm, and 
on the Avesterly side of the road leading to* the John 
Wiswall place. He m., 1762, Sarah Newton, who d. 
Sept. 17, 1820, re. 75. 

I. Dinah, b. Sept. 29, 1762; m. Daniel Wood- 

Avard, q.v. 
II. Jonas, b. Oct. 6, 1764; d. Apr. 29, 1778; was 

killed by the fall of a tree, 
in. John, b. Feb. 21, 1707.+ 
IV. JVabbi/, b. July 21, 1769 ; m., Nov. 13, 1799, James 

White ; settled in Boston; d. Sept. 28, 1803. 
v. Sally, b. Jan. 15, 1772; m. Ebenezer Rhodes, 

Jr., q.v. 
VI. Robert, b. Apr. 14, 1774 ; m. Ednah Hale ; d. 

Sept. 19, 1848. 
VII. Uriah, b. Nov. 22, 1776; d. Aug. 1, 1778. 
vm. Luther, b. Apr. 23, 1779 ; d. Jan. 20, 1780. 
IX. Amasa, b. March 1, 1782.-)- 
X. Lovisa, b. July 15, 1784 ; d. July 19, 1786. 



John CoisrvERSE, son of Robert, m., Dec. 10, 1789, 
Polly, dau. of Oliver and Lois (Johnson) Wright ; she d. 
Sept. 16, 1814, and he m. (2d) Mrs. Betsey Brabrook, a 
sister of his first wife. He d. Sept. 22, 1849, and his 
widow d. Feb. 11, 1866. He was a carjjenter, a good 
workman, a great thinker, and possessed a retentive 
memory. Although he never liad the advantages of a 
school education, and no knowledge of figures, he could 
mentally solve difficult problems quicker than most peo- 
ple could ])ei'form them on a slate. He settled on the 
farm now owned by Rev. S. H. McCollester. 

I. Polly, b. July 25, 1791 ; m. Charles Holman, q.v. 
11. Lovisa, b. June 9, 1794 ; m. John Buss, q.v. 

III. John Oilman, b. Nov. 22, 1802; d. in Wilkes- 

barre. Pa., Sej)!., 1872. 

IV. Betsey, b. Aug. 20, 18(J6; m. Salmon Buckmin- 

ster, q.v. 
V. Nelson, b. Oct. 10, 1810.-}- 



(10) I Amasa Converse, son of Robert, m., March 15, 1802, 
j Zeuriah, dau. of Jonathan and Lois (Porter) Capron; 
settled on the home farm, where he d. 1813. His widow 
j m. Enoch White, q.v., and d. March 23, 1862. 

17 i I. Esther, b. Nov. 19, 1802; m. Windsor Gates, q.v. 

18 I II. Abiyail, b. Oct. 2, 18U4; m., Feb. 28, 1827, Si- 
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III. Ira, b. Auc;. 9, 1806. 
iv. Luther, b. Feb. 2-2, 1809.-|- 
V. Wil/ard, b. May 27, 1811.+ 
VI. Arvilla, b. Apr. 25, 1814; m. Lorenzo White, q.v. 



Nelson Converse, son of John, m., Sept. 10, 1829, 
Sally M., clan, of William and Sallv (Merriam) Jones. 
She cl. Nov. 9, 1872, and he m. (2d), Jan. 10, 1873, 
Mrs. Fannie JNI. Everett. His mother dying when lie 
was but four years of age, he was placed in the 
family of his sister, Mrs. Charles Holman, where he 
remained until grown to manhood. Soon after his mar- 
riage, Avhich occurred at the early age of nineteen, lie 
moved to the town of Newport in the northern ])art of 
Vermont, and located on a farm. After residing there 
two years, he returned to Marl., andengaged in the mill- 
business in company with his brother Oilman. Losing 
their mill by fire, soon after commencing business, the 
Colonel then turned liis attention to boot-making for a 
short time; but, finding that the business returned but a 
moderate income for the lalior ]ierformed, he soon gave 
it up, and became interested in the manufacture and sale 
of trusses and supporters, Avhicli business he continued 
until the com})letion of the Cheshire Ifailroad, Avhen he 
was apjiointed station agent at the Marl, station. Sub- 
secpiently he was transferred to the station at Bellows 
Falls. After an experience there sufhcient to satisfy him 
that it was not a desirable position for him to occupy, 
he resigned it, and returned to Marl., and purchased the 
residence in the village, which he now occupies. He then 
engaged in the stone-quarrying business, which he con- 
tinued on his own account, and as agent for others, for 
many years; in the mean time ])urcliat>ing and improving 
considerable real estate. 

Being a person of an active and sanguine tempera- 
ment in his early life, lie naturally took the lead in all 
enterprises of a ]>ublic character. His military career 
commenced at the age of sixteen. In 1838, through his 
instrumentality jirobably more than that of any other 
individual, the Marl. Cadet Comjtany was organized, 
uniformed, and equipped. He soon became its com- 
mander, and from thence rose to the command of the 
12th Regiment of the N.H. Militia. Ke-entering the 
ranks again, he attained the ])Ositi()n of Major-General 
of the 3d Division of the N.H. State Militia. 

Soon after the breaking out of the Rebellion in the 
spring of 1861, he commenced a weekly military drill of 
all citizens of the town who chose to assemble for that 
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27 



28 
29 



stTviee, in case they were called for. In the a\itunin of 
that year, lie was a])i>ointe<l Colonel of the 6th Keginient 
of N.H. Volunteers. The rei^inient was orijanized at 
Iveene, and left there in Dt'ceniher for Washin<rt»)n, and 
from tliere was sent t<i C'a]>e Hatteras. In eonsi'cjuence 
of seven' and chronie indisjiosition, he was ohiigrd to 
ri'lin(|uish tin- active duties t>f the field ; and, instead of 
asking for a furlough and continuing uiuler ]>ay from 
the government, lie ado]>ted the less scltisli coui-sc, and 
ri'signed his commission at once. 

In civil jtuhlic oHice, the Colonel 'has officiated as 
moderator in town meetings for niany years, has held 
the office of selectman for three years, declining to serve 
again when afterwards elected, represented the town in 
the Legislature two years, was County Commissioner for 
three years, and one of the huilding committee for erect- 
ing the ])resent court house at Keene. He has also held 
the office of r)e])uty Sheriff for six years, and was twice 
unanimously nominated hy the county delegation for 
the office of Sheriff of the County, hut declined accept- 
ing it, and has held a Justice of the Peace commis- 
sion for over twenty years. In all these jiositions liis 
record has been an h()noraV)le one to himself, and credit- 
able to the town. 

As a citizen and neighhor, his sympathies are always 
activi' for those in trouVde, and, conse(|uently, his counsel 
and advice are oftener solicited, perhaps, tlian those of 
any other individual in town. 

I. T.,in N.,\^. Aj.r. 30, 1880; d. in Louisville, Kv., 

Oct. 3, 1870. 
11. Sarah JL, h. Aug. 13, 1834 ; d. A].r. 26, 1853. 
III. Joh)i. WlUiam, 1). July 3, 1848; m. Clara Wheeler 
of Mason. She d., and he m. (2d) Mrs. Georg- 
ianna Hiickins. He is a lawyer, and resides in 
Boston (see Chap. XIIL). 



LuTHEK Converse, son' of Amasa, m. Sojihia, dau. of 
Thomas and Rebecca (Metcalf) White; he d. :\[ay 18, 
1843; his widow m. Samuel Bloduett, and d. Feb. 5, 
1873. 

1. Lnulm, ; m., ,Iuly 16, 1848, Bradley E. 

Olmstead of St. Albans, Vt.; resides in Iowa. 
II. Uuirtj Mih.% b. Feb. 22, 1832; m., Sej.t. ;'), 1854, 
Kectina Louisa Ryder, b. al Hartley, Canada 
East, June 26, 1837. He now resides in Canada. 

1. Sophia, b. July 31, 1855. 

2, AVilliam Luther, b. in Keene, Aug. 18, 

1858. 



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3. Harriet L., b. in Orford, Sept. 5, 1860. 

4. E. Louisa, 1.. in Orford, A].r. 28, 1862. 

5. Wesley jNnies, 1>. in S|)rin<fHeld, Mass., 

Mav*22, 1SG4. 



III. A)nasa, h. 

IV. Wesley, — 



-, 1887 ; d. .lime Hi, 1842. 
-; removiMl to tlie West. 



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39 
40 
41 



WiLLABD CoNVKKSK, son of Ainasa, ni. Hannah Ellis 
of Grafton, Mass. She d. Jan. 9, 1887. 

I. St ill man Anios^ h. Jan. 24, 1882. 
11. Zcntidh Lufretui. I). Jiilv 6, 188^. 

III. WUhird Amasa, h. Der. 28, 1886; d. Oet. 28, 

1887. 
^Nfr. Converse ni.- (2d), A]tr. 18, 1S87, Hannah, dau. 
of Enoch and Hannah (Hale) White. She d. in 1851, 
and he ni. (3d) ]\rary, dau. of William and ]Mary (Sweet- 
ser) Carter, and settled in Kew Oregon, Iowa. Children 
by second wife b. in Marl. 

IV. Wif/ard Enodi, b. Dec. 2, 1840. 
V. Sainitel Atnbrose, b. Jan. 8, 1848. 

VI. Cynthia Abhif, b. Feb. 5, 1845. 
VII. George Washington, b. Dec. 17, 1847. 



COOLIDGE. 

The ancestor of the Coolidge family in this country was John Cool- 
idge, who was one of the earliest proprietors of Watertown, ]\Iass., in 
1030-7. His eldest son, John, who \\as probably b. in England, ni., Nov. 
11, 165.5, Hannah Livermore. His third son, fJolm, 1). Feb. 19, 1002, set- 
tled in Sherburne. He was a carpenter by trade, and was a soldier in 
King riiillip's war. Isaac, eldest son of John last named, b. Apr. 21, 
1085; m., Apr. 20, 1710, Hannah, dau. of Capt. Joseph ^lorse of Sher- 
burne. John, the eldest son of Isaac, b. June 21, 1711; m. Annie, who 
d. Jan. 18. 1782. They were the parents of Samuel, who is numbered 1 
in the following register. 

Joseph, another son of Isaac, b. Apr. 22, 1720 ; m., -Jan. 20, 1746. Eliza- 
beth Frost. They had twelve children, among whom were Abraham and 
Hezekiah, who settled in this town, and are numbered 7 and 15, respec- 
tively, in the following register. 



1 



Samuel Coolidge, son of John and Annie Coolidoe, 
was b. in Sherburne, Any:. 13, 1753. His wife was Han- 
nah . They settled first in Slierburne, wliere his 

two eldest cliildren were l)orn. Tlie family resided for 
many years in Marl.-, but iii> record has l)een found of 
their di-atli or removal from town. 

I. liihccca, b. Marcli 1, 1779; m. (1st) Keuben 

Ward, </.t"., and (2d) Jolni Stone, (j.v. 
11. Zaicson, b. Apr. 4, 1782 ; d. May 26, 1806. 
ill. Persis, ; d. um. 



464 



HISTOKY OF MAELBOHOUGH. 



IV. Cin'tis ; removed to St. Louis. 
V. Henry ; d. in Keene. 



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10 
11 

12 
13 
14 

15 



16 
17 



18 



Abraham Coolidge, son of Jose])li and Elizabeth 
(Frost) Coolidge, was b. in Slierlmnie, Jan. 1, 1704. 
In conij)any witli his brother, Iley.ekiali, lie eanie to 
Marl, in 17S7, and purehascd of l^eiiben Ward one hun- 
dred acres of land, lyin-o- in the soutli jiart <>f the town, 
in Mhat is now Troy. They resided touether for several 
years, and then divided the farm. Abraham afti-rwards 
resided in various localities in town. He was quite an 
active man, and durinij: the early part of his life traded 
considerably in cattle and sheep, whicli he dis))osed of 
in Brighton market. He d. July 26, 1843. His wife, 
wliose name we have not learned, d. Oct. 8, 1830. 

I. Baral; b. Dec. 80, 1789 ; m. Nancy Harris ; d. 
March, 1851. 

II. As/ter, b. Ausf. 8, 1791; m. Olive Starkev; d. 
Nov. 15, 1837. 

III. JJorcas, b. May 24, 171(4; m. Charles Farrar; re- 
moved to the West, where she d. May 29, 1855. 

IV. Orlando, b. Jan. 14, 1790; m. (1st) C-. Rock- 

wood ; she d. and he ni. (2d) Mrs. Louisa 
(Woodward) Eaton ; removed to Keene. 

V. Oscar, b. July 22, 1698; m. Lovina Rockwood;j 

removed to Chesterfield. 
VI. Cosby, h. June 11, 18U0; m. Moses F. Perkins; 

removed to Jaffrey. 
VII. Charles, b. March 28, 1804; m. Sarah Cari)enter; 
resides in Troy. 

Hezekiah Coolidge, brother of Abraham, was b. in 
Sherlnirne, Feb. 13, 1766. His wife Avas Esther — 
He continued to reside in INIarl. till the fall of 1805, when, 
on his way to Swanzey with an ox team after a load of] 
cider, he fell from the cart-tongue u]»on which he wasi 
riding and one M'heel passed over his head killing him 
instantly. His widoAv m. Jonathan Frost, q.v. 

I. Harriet, b. Jan. 0, 1792 ; m. Asa Frost, q.v. 
II. ElUot, b. Dec. 8, 1794; m. Jan. 22, 1818, Nancy, 

dau. of Levi and Hannah (Brigham) Gates; re- 

mo\ ed to Canada. 
III. IIarloic,\). Oct. 21, ,1698; d. young. 



Jedediah Cooper was a native of Westminster,' 
Mass., and the son of Jedediah. Of his ancestry we 
have learned but little, excejit that his mother was b. of 
Djitch parents Avhile on their way from Holland to this 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 455 

country. His fatlier purchased tlic Tluirst<»n farm, — 
wliicli is now kuoMii as the Cooper ])lacc, — on tlie old 
roa<l leading from Marl, to Pottersville, and gave it to 
liini and his brother Henry. After residing here many 
years, he removed to Winchester, where he engaged in 
store-keeping, and thence to Swanzey, whei'e he d. um. 



Hkn'rv Coopek, brother of Jedediah, resided in town 
for several years, and then removed to Swanzey, where 
he d, uni. 



1 Nathaniel Cokbix, from Chesterfield, settled in 
! town about 1804, on the farm now OAvned by the widow 

of Dea. Augustus Smith. After a residence here of a 
fcAV years, he returned to Cliesterfield. 

2 I. Aret/tusa, ; ni. Ste]»hen llodgkins. 

3 II. Joseph /Sawyer, b. in Chesterfield, Oct. 4, 177G ; 
j m., Oct. 5, 1815, Lydia, dau. of Hezekiah and 
I Lvdia (Cumniings) Hodgkins. She d., and he 

ui. (2d), Feb. 22,^ 1822, Sally, dau. of Thaddeus 
and Ruth (ToAver) Parmeiiter ; removed to 
Rochester, N.Y., Avhere she d. Dec. 19, 1826. 
. I He d. Sept., 1869. 

4 i 1. Joseph, b. Dec. 19, 1822 ; resides in Roch- 
ester, N.Y. 



1 Abraham Corea", b. in Richmond, May 10, 1798 ; m., 
June 1, 1824, Hannah W. Perkins, b. in Jatfrey, Nov. 
26, 1806. After residing in P^itzwilliam, Jaffrey, and 
Troy, he came to Marl., Avhere he now resides. For sev- 
eral years he resided on the P^ranklin Cla]>p place, Avhere 
he had the misfortune to lose his house by lire. May 1, 
1870, since Avhich time he has resided Avith his son, 
Edward C, on the SaAvyer place. 

2 I. Louisa A., b. in FitzAvilliam, Mai'ch 8, 1826 ; m., 

1847, Henry S. Ajjplin of SAvanzey; he d., and 
she m. (2d) Wesson Applin; resides in SAvan- 
zey. 

3 II. Phehe E., b. in Jaffrey, Jan. 31, 1828; m., March 

30, 1852, Charles Hunt of SAvauzey ; resides in 
Peru, Vt. 

4 III. Marij Jane, b. in Troy, June 21, 1830; m., Oct. 5, 

1852, George Perkins of Jaffrey; resides in 
Newport, R.I. 

5 lY. Eihcard Clark, b. in Fitzwilliam, Dec. 8, 1831.-|- 

6 V. rynthia, b. in JaffVey, Dec. 20, 1834; m., Oct. 11, 
I 1853, John Kimball of Troy; resides in Winch- 
I en don. 



456 



HISTORY OF MARLBOROFGH. 



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12 

13 
14 



VI. 
VII. 



VIII 



Amos Z., b. in FitzAvilliain, Aug. 1, 1837.-|- 
Alf>ed G., h. in Fit/.williani, Apr. 1:}, 1840; d. 

Sq.t. '2-1, 187(1. 
J'^-a/icis A., 1). in Ti-oy, Feb. i), 1848; ni., March 

16, 1871, Rebecca Doudes of Canton, Oliio. 

She d., and he m. (2d), Apr. 2(», 1874, Nellie 

Medill of CautDii, \vhere he now resides. 
Clara A., b. in Troy, July 3, 1845 ; m. Joel S. 

Knig'ht, fj.v. 
X. Ilen.ri) (7., b. in Marl., Mav 22, 1848; d. Aug. 23, 

18o2. 



IX 



Edward Ct.ark Cokey, son of Abraham, in., Nov. 
27, 18G0, Mary A. Da\is of Spriiigfield, Vt., b. in 
Chester, Vt., March 4, 1836. 

I. Florence E.^ b. in Jaffrey, Se]»t. 7, 1861 ; d. Nov. 

27, 1863. 
II. Htnry C, b. in Dublin, Oct. 8, 1868. 
111. Emma Z, b. in Marl., May 7, 1872; d. June 15, 

1872. 



(7) I Amos L. Corey, son of Abraham, m., Feb. 13, 18<i3, 
I Ellen Sperry of Cavendish, Vt. He is a car})enter l)y 
trade, and has also been a successful teacher of penman- 
ship. He resided in town for several years, and then re- 
moved to Swanzey, where he now resides. 

15 I I. Clara Adella, b. in Cavendish, Vt., Dec. 8, 1863. 

16 II. Charles X., b. in Marl., Sept. 24, 1866. 

17 I III. Man/ I., b. in Marl., May 80, 1869. 

18 I IV, Byron, b. in Marl., Sept. 28, 1871. 



EzEKiEL CuDWORTH, 1). in Greenfield, N.H., Marchj 
14, 1784; m. Lydia Lewis, b. Feb. 17, 1783. He 
came to Marl, about 1817, and resided for some time 
in the house south of the Common, since owned bj 
Squire Wild. He afterwards lived in the Wriglit house, sol 
called, a few rods south of the William Tenney place. Hej 
was a blacksmith, and worked in a shop which formerlyj 
stood at the fork of the roads, a feAV rods south of tliej 
last-mentioned ]»lace, hence the name " Cud's Corner."i 
He i-emoved to Kindge about 1843, where he d. Sept. 15, 
1866. His widow d.'jan. 5, 18(i9. 

I. Lewis, b. Jan. 15, 1814; m., Sept. 28, 1837, Care 
line, dau. of Jonas and Phebe (Parmenter)^ 
W^oodward; he d. Aug. 16, 1839, and his] 
widoAV m. Asahel Collins, q.v. 

II. Emery, b. Aug. 2, 1815.-}- 

m. Timotliy, b. Sept. 6, 1818; m., Dec. 23, 1841,' 



GENKALOCH'AI. i; i:(;is TKi;. 






Kiitli 8., (l;ui. of Ann. II mid K'utl, ( Mdralf) 
8:i\vti-ll('; resides in Iv'iiid<.-e. 

IV. Ez.l,kl h. Auo;. s, isiio; ,n., A]..-. 8, 1844, Aeli- 

sa 1 d:iu. „t K'eulHMi aii.l Jjealriee (Board) Tar- 
I'oll; reside.l in Kiiidu-e until 1S72, wlieii lie re- 
niuved to [.ittleton, N.IT., where lie is eii- 
pi--e(i ni tlie Jinnber Inisiiiess. While in 
liiud,o;e, lie was seleetnian three years, an.l held 
other loeal offices. 

V. J/.w., b. Apr 27, 1827; ni. Lavilla .Moore, wlio 

<l. Jan. 5 18.% and he ni. (2d) ]\[ary A., dau. of 
Joseid. Kendall of Troy, I.. Dec. 23, 1831 • re- 
sides in IJludo-e. " ' 



(3) 



Emkry Cudwoktii, son of Ezekiel, ni., Oct 8 1837 

Wizn dmi ,,t-AamnandAnnie(Pratt)(Lawrence)w'illard; 
M^ie d. July 31, 1800 and ho m. (2d) Roxana Farwcdl of 
NeLson b Juno 11, 1817. He resided for several vear« 
on tlie C alvm 1 enney place, Avhere he d. Jan. 17, 1864. 
I. MiJ^ 7-:, 1). Sept. 3, 1852; ni., i\ov. 30, 1876, 
llamet L., dau. of Georg-e A. .ind P:iizahetli V 
(llartslioru) Lovering. 



7 ?^i" J«-;';^f V^ V'''""^^' ''^'''' ^'- "^ '"^^^V^^^^^X Mass., Jan. 
/, i/4b. l:>ut little IS known of his Iiistory, exeent that 
ho graduated at Harvard ITniversitv in 1768 after 
Mluch he taught school f,)r a short time, and studied 
jdivniity in las native town. He came to Marl, in 1778 
I preached for a short time as a candidate, and finally ac- 
t-epted a call to become the first settled pastor of the 
I Congregational Church (see Ecclesiastical History) 
At the close of his labors here, he returned to Topsfiold' 
and soon after went to Ohio as land agent for a com- 
pany in Mass. While on his way homo, he was taken 
suddenly ill, returned to Marl, to the house of his 
brother Amos, where he d. Se])t. 24, 1788. He was bur- 
ied m the cemetery near the old meeting-house, a few 
feet from the wall, at the right of the gate. A white 
marble stone was erected to mark the si.ot; but this 
mysteriously disappeared a few years since. His wife 
was Anna Gove. 

I. Cliarhx, b. Sojit. 23, 1777.-f 
II. Mary, b. Aug. 31, 177!) ; m. Jacob IJalcheller : 

dosceiKlants live in Lynn, Mass 
HI. ('urn. b. .Inly 30, USii ; m. Susan Wil.ler; set- 
llod 111 To].sfield, Mass. 

^^' r„ . \ ^'!/'>ff<'>((^ h. Apr. 5, 1785; m. Simon Lane 

1 wins. •' of Sanbornton, N.H. 
V. ( SwHiUil, Apr. 5, 17S5; d. al I he age of I7. 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



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18 



VI. Sophia; m. Joseph Sperry of Portisinoutli, wliere 
they settled. 



Charles Cummix(;s (known as Elder Cumniino's), 
son of Rev. Joseph, nu, Oct. 9, 1798, Polly, dau. of Dea. 
Elias and Mollv (Patterson) Henienwav (see Chaj). 
XIII.). He d. Dee. 27, 1849. His widmt^ d. July 8, 

1857. 

I. Charles, b. June 28, 1799; ni. (1st) Lydia Iligby 
of Alstead ; m. (2d) Ruth Smart ; settled in 
West Windsor, Ohio ; d. Dec. 7, 1870. 
II. Elias Patterson, b. A])r. 18, 1802; d. A])r. 12, 
1813. 

III. Mary, b. Aug. 22, 1807 ; ni. laike Ilenienway. 

She now resides in Plorence, Italy. 

IV. Joseph Elliot, b. June 15, 1811 ; ni. Daphne 

Wright of Washington, N.IT. ; settled in Lex- 
ington, Mich., where he d. June 20, 1855. 
V. Enoch Patterson, b. March 28, 1815 ; ni. (1st) 
Dolly Pillsbury of Sutton ; ni. (2d) IMary Rus- 
sell of Sutton ; resides in Couccn'd. 
VI. Cyrus, b. Sept. 5, 1817 ; m. Harriet Condon ; re- 
sides in Charlotte, Mich. 
VII. Anna Gove, b. in Sullivan, Nov. 22, 1820; ni. 
Elijah Boyden, q.v. 

Amos Cummi^tgs, a brother of Rev. Joseph, was b. in 
Toj.slield, Mass., Dec. 15, 1765. He came to INfarl. in the 
spring of 1782, and purchased a lot of wild land in the 
north part of the town, still known as the Cunnnings 
place. In the autumn, young Cummings, having exi)ei"i- 
enced something of the hardshi]»s and privations of the 
pioneer-life, returned to Topsfield. The A])ril following, 
on his return to Marl., he Avas obliged to travel on snow- 
shoes, guided by trees marked by him the autumn before. 
He m., 1785, Mercy Knowlton of Beverly, JMass., b. May 
16, 1761, d. June 21, 1819. Mr. Ciunmings was a 
strong man, possessed of an iron constitution and great 
powers of endurance. He was a good neighbor, a con- 
scientious Christian, and d. Aug. 8, 1848. 

I. Betsey, b. Oct. 4, 1785 ; m. Luther Hemenway, </.v. 

II. Amos, b. Nov. 1, 1792 ; m., Jan. 21, 1817, Nancy, 
dau. of Tliaddeus and Asenath (Rice) Hastings; 
settled on tlie home farm. Late in life, lie re- 
moveil to llic \ill:ig(' to tlie stone house since 
owned by Samuel Allison, Avhere lie d. Aug. 28, 
1862. liis widow .1. .luly 2, 1866. 

1. Kliza, b. Dec. 15, 1817 ; m., Mav 15, 1889, 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTEll. 4r)9 

C'liai-lt's Slurtr\;iiit of Kct'iic; d. Aul;-. 
5, 187G. 

•2. Xauey, b. Apr. 4, is-Jl ; »,., July 1:5, ls47, 
Froderiek JNI. IJallou of niackstoiuN 
j\Iass. ; resides in l*ro\ ideiice, K.I. 

8. Elhridov, I). Alio-. 0, 1,S27; in., Jan. 1, 
ISGl, Lydia H., dan. of Allen and Han- 
nah (Newconib) Clap]). He is ])ostnias- 
ter and station-agent at Fitzwilliani De- 
pot ; he also represented that 1(»\vn i)i 
the Legislature in 1879. 

4. E. Jennie, b, Aug. 12, 1881; ni., Dec. 2(5, 

1860, J, Reynolds Beal of Keene, casliiei- 
of Keene Nat. Bank. 

5, Maria, 1). Feb. 3, 1834; resides in Keene, 

iini. 



Pelatiah Cummings, another brother of Rev. Josepli, 
pnrchased of tlie Latter in 1786 the farm since known as 
the Cuniniings tavern phice, a few rods south of tlie old 
meeting-house, where he d. in 1803. His widow d. May 
1, 1808. His chiklren were all born in Topsfiekl, Mass," 

I. John, b. July 12, 1755 ; m., and settled in Barn- 
ard, Vt. 

II. Pelatiah, b. March 6, 1758. 

III. Lydia, b. Apr. 24, 1760; m. Hezekiah Ilodg- 

kins, q.v. 

IV. Mehitable, b. Oct. 26, 1762; m. Stephen Adams 

of Jaffrey. 
V. Sarah, b. Nov. 28, 1764; d. um. 
VI. Isaac, b. Jan. 23, 1767.-(- 
VII. Abigail, b. March 25, 1769; d. young. 
VIII. Ahigail, b. Oct. 8, 1771 ; d, nni. 
ix. Oliver, b. June 4, 1773 ; d. in the war of 1812. 
X. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 17, 1775; m. Stephen Benja- 
min of Ashby, Mass. 
XI. Betty, b. March 24, 1778. 

Isaac Cummixgs, son of Pelatiah, m.. May 20, 1800, 
Betsey Emery of Winchendon ; settled on the home 
farm, where he kei)t a ]iublic house for several years. 
In 1817, he removed to Winchendon, where lie d., Feb. 
24, 1843. His widow d. Jan. 23, 1862, at the advanced 
age of 92. 

I. George, b. Jan. 2, 1803 ; d. the same year. 
II. Eliza, 1). Aug. 31, 1804; m. Levi Prentiss of 
Winchendon; removed to Acworth in 1859, 
where thev still reside. 



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52 



III. <T<or(/(\ 1). Juno 22, 180(3; in. ]\rir;ui(la IMoove of 

i^owcll ; ix'si<lL'S in Wnu-lu'ndon. 

IV. AJzhia, h. Dw. 17, 1807; d. ^v\A. 17, lS-i4. 

V. Charles J^'naiklii), 1>. Auu. 30, 1809; d. A).r. 30, 

1812. 
VI. /:saar, b. Dec. 13, 1810; ni. Eliza Wood ; settled 

in Wineliendon. 
VII. Lydia^ 1). Nov. 17, 1813; ni. Andrew Beard; set- 
'tled in Palmer, Mass.; d. Maroli 16, 18G1. 

Dea. Daniel Cummixgs, the fifth son of Capt. Tliomas 
Cuniniinfi's of Toj)stield, INfass., was 1). in that town, Apr. 
U, 17:)S." He in., Feb. 26, 1782, ^lary, the fifth dan. of 
Samuel l)()dL>-e of Ipswieh, Mass., b. Apr. 13, 1756. lie 
came to Marl, in 17S7, and soon after settled on what is 
known as the Stillman Fifield jdace, now included in the 
town of Roxl)ury. His wife d. March 10, 1824, and he 
m, (2d), ]May 12, 1825, Lydia, dan. of Isaac and Hannah 
(Cxoddard) McAllister. He Avas for niany years deacon 
of the Ba])tist Cluirch in Pottersville. He d. Nov. 26, 
1S36, and his widow d. Dec. 29, 1856. Children by first 
wife: — 

DanhJ, 1). Feb. 26, 1783; d. Jan. 13, 1784. 

Daxu'J, b. Dec. 13, 1784; in., Dec. 5, 1815, Eliza- 
beth Daiiu'et; d. in Chelsea, Mass., Dec. 30, 
1852. 

Marq, b. Feb. 10, 1787; d. Jan. 21, 1834. 

John, b. Oct. 29, 1789; in., Feb. 16, 1815, Eliza- 
beth Emerson; removed to Warren, N.A'.; 
d. June 5, 1852. 

Thoinas.h. May 22, 1792; m., Dec. 5, 1820, Sa- 
rah Harvey; d. in Indiana, Feb. 8, 1844. 

Anna, b. Jan. 21, 1795; m., Nov. 6, 1821, llobert 
Fay of Wal]»ole; m. (2d), Mav, 1834, Alonzo 
Hubbard of Walj.ole ; d. Jan. 31, 1841. 

,/o.svy>//, b. June 19, 1798.-f 

Ahrahani, b. May 15, 1801 ; in., March 20, 1817, 
Da))hne Carter of Roxbury; d. Aug. 31, 1827. 

Joseph Cumjmings, son of Daniel, m., 1819, Ilep- 
zibah lJol)bins, b. in Nelson, Jan. 17, 1799. He settled 
lirst in Ivoxbiiry, but came to Marl, in 1821. He was a 
blacksmith by trade, and worked for many years in the 
sho]» which formerly stood on Library Square. He now 
resides in Ti'oy. His wife d. Aug. 12, 1880. 

I. Asa, b. in Roxbury, Aui>-. 12, 1819; d. in Provi- 
dence, R.I., Nov'. 13, 1844, urn. 

H. Caroline E., b. in Marl., June 12, 1821 ; m. Eli 
Dort, <i.r. 



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,I(»si;rii CiwiMiMis ;iih1 wife Il;inii;ili wnriicd tu Icinc 
town, ill ITS;'), witli tlicii- cliildix'ii, Molly, Kuiiico, Natli.-tii, 
and Jolin. The warrant, states that tlicy were from Jaf- 
fvev. Tlie folio wiiiii' is from tlic town records: "Second 
wall Pew to the right of the fore Door Bid off IJy Mr. 
Josei)h Cumniiugs, for three jjounds," 1785. 



(TTTTING. 

The ancestor of the Catting family of ^larl. was Kichavd Cutting, 
who, at the age of eleven years, with liis brotlier AVilliam, embarked 
on the ship "Elizabeth" at Ipswich, England, lor America, April, lO;]!. 
Kichard was a wheelwright, and settled in AVatertown, Mass., where he 
was admitted freeman, Apr. 18, 1G!)0. He (h in AVatertown, March 21, 
lG9o-9(J. His son James, b. Jan. 2G, 1017-48; m., Jnne 16, 1079, Han- 
nah Cutler. Jonathan, the fonrtli son of James, was b. Jan. 12, 
1687-88; m., Jan. 5. 1709-10, Sarah Elagg; d. May 29, 1754. Moses, 
son of Jonathan and Sarah (Flagg) Cutting, b. Feb. 14, 1711-12; 
ni.. May 2.5, 1736, Mary Stratton, and settled in Framingham. They 
had eight children, among whom were Daniel, Joseph, and Moses, 
who settled in Marl. 



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Daxiel Cutttn'g, son of Moses and Mary (Stratton) 
Cutting, bap. 1749; m., 1771, Submit Ball. He came to 
this town from Framingham in 1773, and located on tlie 
fai-m since owned by Timothy Fife, in Troy. In 1779, 
he ])urchased of Jonah Harrington the Lemuel Brown 
place, in the nortli part of what is now Troy; he built a 
saw-mill on the s])ot afterwards occuided by Amos Sib- 
ley's ])eg-mill. Pie resided liere some sixteen years, his 
time being divided between his farm and mill. Possess- 
ing more than ordinary business-capacity, he managed 
botli to good advantage. He seems to have been a man 
of considerable energy and ])ublic s])irit, deserving the 
confidence of liis fellow-men, but, having been called to 
experience severe afiiiction in the loss of his Avife, and 
his family-circle being broken up, in 1795 he returned to 
Framingham, wdiere lie m. JNIrs. Martha Brown. He d. 
in 181-2," a'. G3. 

I. /Sarahs b. Aug. 1"), 1772; m. >\bner Smith ot> 

Dublin; d. Sej.t. 11, 1830. 
II. DanhU b. dan. 17, 1775.-|- 
m. 'To.-<('j>h, b. Mni-ch 15, 1777; removed t<» Framing- 

liani. 
IV. Rebecca^ b. June 5, 1779; ni. Reuben (lonld ; 

settled in Vermont. 
V. Levi^ b. ]March 2, 1782; ri'inoved to Fi-amingham. 
VI. Xo/.s-, b. A]ir. 25, 1785. 
vii. Axiiha, b. Se].t. 22, 1787. , 
VIII. Sulmiit^ b. March 5, 1792. 



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Danikl Cutting, son of Daniel, ni., Fi'l>. 22, 1807, 
Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Lawrenc'c, and settled on the 
farm east of the school-house hi Dist. No. 3, in Troy, 
which he purchased of the hoii'S of Hezekiah Coolidge. 
He inherited much of his father's business-ca] tacit y, was 
an ujn-ight man, took a deep interest in the affairs of the 
town, and Avas elected to numerous othces of trust and 
responsiliility. He d. Nov. 16, 1855. His wife d. A])r. 
30, 1847. 

I. Permelia^ b. Apr. 17, 1807 ; m. Abner Stanley. 
II. Caroline, b. Dec. 5, 1808 ; m. Chester Lyman. 

III. Adaline^h. Sept. 10, 1810; m. Samuel Garey. 

IV. Albert, b. Aug. 20, 1812; d. Oct. 30, 1838. 
V. Sarah, b. June 12, 1814; d. Sept. 29, 1815. 

VI. Daniel Wise, b. March 7, 1816 ; removed to 

Vermont. 
VII. Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1818; m. Charles Coolidge. 
VIII. Clarissa, b. Feb. 23, 1820; m. Hale Wetherbee. 
IX. Abigail, b. Jan. 4, 1822 ; m. .Tames R. Stanley. 
X. Armlla, b. Nov. 25, 1823. 



Joseph Cuttixg, brother of Daniel, bap. in Franiing- 
ham, Feb. 3, 1754; came to this town in 1775. Fromj 
the manner in which he left Framingham, we shouldl 
sn])pose he had but little idea of devoting himself to the 
service of his country, or that he possessed little of the , 
spirit of the Revolution, On receiving intelligence that i 
he had been drafted to enter the army, he fled from his 
native town, and, after wandering about for some time 
in disguise, directed his steps toward Monadnock. 
When he had advanced so far as to be relieved from the 
fear of being recognized, he pursued a more open course ; 
and, on one occasion, seeing a grouj* of men in the dis- 
tance, he A'cntured among them to learn the subject of' 
their deliberations. But what was his surjtrise to see 
posted on the walls of a building a large bill, offering a 
reward of twenty pounds for the arrest of Joseph Cut- 
ting. His self-j)ossession did not desert him, but he 
simply remarked that, as lie was nearly destitute of 
money, he would like to capture the fugitive and obtain 
the proffered reward. As he excited no suspicion, he 
was jtermitted to })ursue his journey, and soon reached 
the place of his destination, where he was safe from his 
[)ursuers. He built a house in the southerly part of the 
town, on the lot since owned by William Whitcomb, now 
situated in Troy. He m., Dec. 1, 1795, Anna Ball of 
Bolton. On that day commenced the most violent 
snow-storm of tlie 17th century. The snow fell so deep 
that Mr. Cutting could not return with his bride for five 
weeks. He resided in Troy until his death in 1823. 



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I. Mas, I). Dec. 18, 1796. 

II. Joseph, h. Oct. 30, 1798. 

III. iSfi'phen, b. Nov. 23, 1800. 

IV. JjiK'inda, b. A])r. 2, 1803. 
V. Gihnan, b. Apr. 22, 1805. 

VI. Anna, b. Aupj. 6, 1807. 
VII. Lxtheria, h. Feb. 5, 1810. 
VIII. Submita, b. June 27, 1812. 

IX. Elias, b. Jan. 25, 1815. 



Moses Cutttxg, another brother of Daniel, came to 
Marh at an early date. In 1778, he ])urchased of Moses 
Kenney the Abel Garfield farm in what is now Troy, 
and moved his family to that ])lace. After a residence 
here of tweh'e years, he sold his farm to John Colburn 
and removed to Fitzwilliam. He seldom took part in 
])ublic affairs, l)ut emjtloyed his time mostly in culti- 
vating his farm, although he is said to have possessed 
great mechanical ingenuity and could make almost any- 
thing that had ever l)een accom])lished bv human skill. 
He m., 1770, Mary Whitcomb. He d. in 1834. 

I. Jjxicy, : m. Bailey *, lived in West- 



moreland. 
II. Dorothy, — 

II r. Moses, 

IV. Delia, 

v. Lydia, 

VI. Dolly, 

VII. Aaron, 

VIII. Nancii, 

N.Y. 
IX. Asa. 



m. Jonathan Lawrence. 



d. fe. 30. 

m. Piper; d. in Maine. 

; lu. Samuel Farrar. 

m. Bolster ; removed to X.Y. 

; m. Fanny Harvey. 

; 111. Rufus RaiKlall ; removed to 



DAGGETT. 

John Dagget, settled in Attleborough, ]Mass., about the year 16G6 ; 
and was one of the proprietors of that township. Ilis sou, Josei^h, built 
the first corn-mill iu Attleborough. Ebenezer, son of Joseph, settled in 
Attlelioi'ougli, and had two sons, — Xaphtali, who was President of Yale 
College from 1706 to 1777, and John, who was one of the leading men 
iu Attleborough during the period of the Revolution. Joab, sou of John", 
was the father of Levi, who m. Abigail, dau. of Joseph and Paruae 
(Temple) Butler, and settled in Troy, and Marcus, who settled in Marl. 



Marcus Daggett, son of Joab, b. in Attleborough, in 
1793 ; m., 1817, Martha Xye of Falmouth, :\rass. They 
came to Marl, in 1818, and located on the farm since 
owned by Noah Porter. After residing here eight 
years, he removed to Rindge, where lie remained one 
year, ami then retunu'il to his native town. His wife d. 
^Farcli 21. 1>>()1. Hi' now ri'^iilcs in Fislicrx illc. X.H. 



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I. Martha Ann^ b. Nov. 29, 1818; m. David A. 

Brown. 
II. Marcus X., 1). Juik" l.'i, 18-20. 

III. Fanny B., b. .June 2, 1822; resides in P^islier- 

villc, N.ll. 

IV. Fliza M., 1). Jan. 14, 1825; ri'sides in Attk'bor- 

ough, Mass. 
V. Josepli J!f., b. Nov. 14, 1828; ivsidcs iii California. 
.VI. Ebenezer, b. in At tk'bo rough, June 14, 1832; 

d. aj. 31. 
VII. Ellen ^4., b. in Attleborougli, May 1,1835; resides 

in Boston. 



JoxAii Davis, son of Ricliard and Lois (Wliitnev) 
Davis, b. in Jaffrey, Oet. 5, 1788; ni., Aug. 20, 1818, Sa- 
rali, dan. of David and Ruth (Allen) Wilkinsoji, and 
located in the village, in the house now owned by his 
widow. He was a shoemaker, and learned his trade of 
Mr. Walter Gates in this town, ha^'ing "bought his 
time " of his father, at the age of eighteen. On reaching 
the age of twenty-one, he found himself in debt to the 
amount of two hundred dollars, on account of sickness. 
Having in a few years mastered his trade, he ]iaid off 
this indebtedness by his earnings, and, with only a small 
sum in his 2^urse, made his way on foot, seeking em])loy- 
meiit, with his tools and all his earthly goods sti-ajijjed 
np in his leather apron, to Cambridge, Mass. Here he 
engaged to Avork at his trade three months for one 
Enoch Train, a custom boot and shoe manufacturer of! 
that toAvn-. At the expiration of the sj)ecified time, Mr. 
Train engaged him for the term of three years. Before 
the three years expired, Mr. Train was appointed High 
Sheriff of Middlesex Co., and the charge of the county : 
jail located in Cand^ridge devolved upon him ; but, on 
account of his frc(|uent calls to other otiicial duties, he 
intrusted this cliarge to Mr. Davis, who served him in' 
this caj)acity during the remainder of the three years for 
which he Avas engaged. 

At tlie expiration of tliat time, he rt'turni'd to Marl- 
boro, and entered into j)artiiershi]) Avith his former mas- 
ter in the business of custom l>oot and shoemaking. 

About 1815, they erected the "little red shop " now 
standing on the corner near the Liltrary Building; and 
here, for more than forty years, JMr. Davis Avorked faith- 
fidly at liis humble calling. 

His habits of industry, economy, and order, were, 
remarkable, and exerted a marked and salutary influence 
in the coiiiniiiiiil v. 



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He WMs a mail ol' (Iceidcd coiiviclious, and licld liis 
jjolitical and ]-i'liL>ious opinions with no uncertain grasji. 
He was uneomproniising in Ids adlierenee to jirinciple 
and right, and Avas true to his religious, jxditieal, and 
tcnijierance principles, when it cost alienation of friends 
to be so. 

As a citizen, he was always interested in the cause 
of education, temperance, and whatever jiertained to the 
welfare of the town and village, often suggesting general 
im])rovements, and aiding in their consunnnation. He 
first suggested the location of the present village ceme- 
tery, and was active in having that tract of land set 
apart for its present purpose. 

Previous to his marriage, lie purchased the house now 
occuj^ied by his surviving companion. On the day of 
his marriage, he moved into it ; and it continued liis 
home during the remainder of his earthly life. He d. 
March 24, 1856. 

I. Edwin {Bev.), b. May 8, 1821 ; m., July 2, 1845, 
Nancy Sophia Cliase of Guilford, Vt. He is 
pastor of the Universalist Church- at Canton, 
Mass. (see Chap. XIII). 



JoHjf Merpjll Davis, b. in SiilliA-an, Aug. 29, 1821; 
m., Sept. 16, 1845, Maria L., dan. of Nathan and Eunice 
(Porter) Wild. After his marriage, he resided in Marl, 
until 1879, Avhen he removed to Troy. 

1. Martin Z., b. Apr. 6, 1846; m., Se].t. 15, 1866, 
Victoria L. Harris ; resides at South Keene. 

11. Henry A., b. June 1, 1850; m., Aug. 28, 1873, 
Annie M. Bowker. 

in. Cm-rie M., b. Sept. 5, 1855. 
IV. JIatfie E., b. Jnly 27, 1860. 
V. Eunice C, b. Nov. 28, 1862; d. March 7, 1864. 



Isaac A. Davis, son of Isaac and Fanny (Esty) Davis 
of Roxbury, was b. in that town, June 20, 1826 ; in., Sept. 
5, 1852, Melissa D., dan. of Clark and Lucy (Adams) 
Stockwell, b. in Dayton, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1835.' He came 
to Marl, to reside, Sept., 1859. He enlisted in Co. C, 
14th Pteg. N.II. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862, from Koxbury, to 
which ]»lace he liad moved his family but a short time 
preA'ious. He received an honorable discharge May 30, 
1865, ha\ing served nearly tlirei' years. Hi' relurni'd to 
I Marl. Nov. 21, ISO!), where he has since resided. 

10 1 1. Siihiey (.'., b, in Barnard, Vt., Oct . 21, 1855 ; m. 

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Sarah, dan. of George Seaver of Ilarrisville. 
He <1. Apr. 14, 1875, and his widoAv m. ("Jd) 
Harry Reed. 

1. Albert Sidney, b. Feb. 24, 1874. 

II. Inn i., b. Feb. 24, 1866; m., Feb. 24, 188<», Her- 
bert T. Wiswall. 



George G. Davis, son of Joshua and Eliza (Rice) 
Davis, b. in Roxbury, Auo-. 28, 1842, He was a member 
of Co. A, 2d Reg. N.H. Vols. He was severely 
wounded in the arm at the liattle of Williamslmrg, and 
at the end of eighteen months received an honorable dis- 
charge. He came to jNIarl. soon after, and m., Jan. 1, 
1866, Maria L., dau. of Jedediah T., and jMartha (Sargent) 
Gollins. He has for several years held the office of town 
clerk and treasurer; also re]tresented the town in the 
Legislature, in 1879. 

T. EvncM Mdmn, b. Mav 12, 1867; d. Dec. 5, 1868. 
II. Lemr Grant, b. Aug! 6, 1868. 
III. Clifton Collins, b. May 31, 1877 ; d. Jan. 2, 1880. 

John Day, from Walpole, Mass., settled, in 1791, on 
the farm known as the Day place ; the house being sit- 
uated in the orchard north-easterly of the residence of 
Fliram Collins. After a residence here of nearly twenty 
years, he removed to Londonderry, Vt., where he died. 
^Ir. Day was said to be the strongest man in town. It 
is remembered of him that, on one occasion, at the rais- 
ing of a barn in Roxbury, he easily lifted, witli mie hand, 
a weight which none present could with botli. 

I. Clarissa, ; m., JMay 4, 1813, Philander Ware 

of Franklin, Mass. 

II. John, ; m. Roxana Aldricli of Londonderry, 

Yt., and removed to the West. 

III. Hannah, b. IMay 5, 1794; m. Edward Aiken of 

Londonderi'v, Vt. He d., and she removed to 
Triangle, Rroom Co., N.Y., where she m. (2d) 
Cliester Osborn ; she d. at Glen Arbor, IMich. 

IV. Betsey, b. Jan. 27, 1796; m., Dec. 25, 1816, James 

Wiswall ; d. at Triangle, N.Y., Feb. 26, 1841. 



Ciiai;ij:s Dkmmini; kept the "olil reel 
several years, comiiK-ncing in 1804. He 
Brighton, Mass., 1810. 

I. William, ba]). June 10, ]S(l4. 
II. Isaac, 1)ap. jAfai-cli 23, 1806. 
III. Jonathan, 



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IV. Annie. 
V. Charles. 



David S. Dkrijv, 1). in Loominster, Mass., Nov. IG, 
1809; m., Nov. 25, 18;U, Mai-inda M. Creed, b. in P^itcli- 
burg, Se]>t. 11, ISl'J. Settled first, in Ijeoniinster, wlieic 
all their ehildreu were born. He came to ]\Iai-l. No\ ., 
1S6H, and located on tJie JonadaI» Baker ]»lac(', where he 
now resides. 

1. Dorotht/ Maria, b. Nov. 24, 188G; d. Mav 27. 
185G.' 

ir. Charles Henry, b. Oct. 1), 1888; he was a soldier 
in the war of the Rebellion, a member of Co. A, 
86th Reg. Mass. Vols., and w\as killed at Han- 
over Court House, May 24, 1864. 

III. Alice i., b. Apr. 28, 1841 ; m. William J'. 

Conant, q.v. 

IV. Mari/ F., b. July 22, 1851 ; d. July 12, 1852. 
V. Ennna Jane, b. June 28, 1854. 

VI. Hannah L., b. May 8, 1858 ; m. Nov. 25, 1871), 

Rodney Cudw^orth; resides in West Rindge. 
VII. Francis '/S., b. Oct. 22, 1860. 



Rev. Demijstg S. Dexter, b. at Newark, Vt., June 
15, 1815; m., Sept. 19, 1836, Jerusha Humphrey of St. 
Johnsbury, Vt., b. in Boston, Nov. 18, 1811. (See 
Chap. VII.) Of their seven children, only the two 
youngest have resided in Marl. 

I. Jcimes D., b. in Craftsbury, Vt., June 16, 1858 ; 
m., Feb. 17, 1872, Carrie L. Taft, b. in Swan- 
zey, Dec. 31, 1852. 

1. James Deming, b. in Marl, May 4, 1873; 

d. Nov. 8, 1878. 

2. Abbie H.,b. in Keene, Aug. 9, 1874. 

3. Addie V., b. in Marl, March 11, 1877. 

II. Hattie D., b. in Sutton, Vt., Feb. 18, 1855 ; urn. 



Em Dort, b. in Surry, June 25, 1816; m., Nov. 19, 
1840, Caroline E., dau. of Joseph and Hepzibah (Rob- 
bins) Cummings ; settled in Marl., where he followed 
tlie occupation of house-})ainting and graining, until 
1865, when he removed to Keene, wdiere he still resides. 

I. Asa C, b. July 10, 1843 ; m., Dec. 27, 1865, Nel- 
lie A., dau. of Edwin and Lucy (Wetherbee) 
Buttriclc of Troy, wdiere he now resides, and is 
engaged in the manufacture of pails and tubs, 
under the iinu-iiame of E. Buttrick & Co. 



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HISTORY OF ]\IARr.I50i;orGH. 



II. 



IV. 



Eliza Ahnh'd, b. March 30, 1847; m., Jan. S, 

1807, Iloracc N. Irisli of Colcliostcr, Vt. 
(Jcor</e Gilnian, b. Aug. 27, 1850; in,. May 81, 

1877, Mary A. Wilson of Ntnv Bedford, Mass.; 

resides in Keene. Is a drui^'gist, 
Eim Julia, b. Aug. 10, 185l>^-^ m., July '23, 1871), 

T. Jewott Lock of Keene. 
Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 27, 1859. 



Fkaxklin Due, son of Elliot and Lois Due, b. in 
ILnncock, Dec. 5, 1838; m., Oct. 12, 1S08, Martha J., 
lau. of Samuel and Lois D. Stearns, b. in Peterborough, 
May 14, 1850. He served three years in the late Avar, 
l>eing a member of Co. C, 4th Reg. N.II. Vols. 

I. Chm-ley F., 1). Jan. 1, 1870; d. July 24, 1871. 
3 ! II. Willie E., b. June 9, 1876. 

1 David Dufer came from Bolton, Mass., in 1773, and 
settled on land now owned by Ansel L, Nye. The re- 
mains of the cellar are still visible on the knoll near the 
spring, on the road leading from Charles RyanV to Ivory 
E. Gates's. He resided here but a few years, and then 
purchased laud and built a house in what is now called 
the Dufer orchard, north-easterly of the school-house, 
Dist. No. 1. No record of his (leath oi- removal from 
town has been found. 

2 I. David. 

3 II. Ilepsy. 

4 III. Silas. He was noted for his love of mischief, 
and there are those now living who can testify 
to the many mischievous acts committed by 
hiui while a resident of this town. 



JoxATiiAX DwiXELL Came from Keene, about 1818, 
and located on the farm now oecu])ied by (Tilman Wliit- 
coml). No record has been found, but the following are 
known to have belonged t<> his family. 
I. Ahiah. 
n. liacJiel. 
III. Liither. 



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John Eastebhrooks and Hannah, his wife, with 
their children, Samuel, Sarah, John, Elizabeth Tri]ihena, 
and Lena, from Packersfield, warned to leave town, Feb. 
23, 1787, i)y Jedediah Tayntor, constable. This family 
resided for a few years on the Alden place, so called, 
between where Josiah Parker now lives and the Cum- 
minu's ])ond. 



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Daniel Eaikksu-n, kiiuwn as '^JJr. Emersun," was b 
m INaisk.w, N.B.., Apr. 19, 1747. Of his ancestry, or his 
lite j.revious to Jus coming to Marl., we have no account 
He was in town as early as 1771, and was the first set- 
tler on the farm since owned by Darius liichardsoii 
He won the title of Dr. from his skill in the treatment 
of the diseases of domestic animals. Eccentric in char- 
acter, rapid in speech, and somewhat witty Avithal, he 
made for hhnself many friends. Possessing- an inquiriix.- 
nund, and ever ready to hear the news, his neighboi? 
often practised jokes upon him, which he failed not to 
take m good part, never harboring malice toward any 
one, but oftentimes, being quick at repartee, would pay 
them off m their own coin. Many humorous anecdotes 
are related of hhn for which we cannot find place in 
this volume. He m., Jan. 19, 1775, Lucy, dau. of Lieut. 
Joseph and Eunice (Matthews) Collins. This is the ear- 
liest marriage recorded in the town records. His court- 
ship Avas short, and peculiar to himself. He had but a 
slig-lit acquaintance witli the object-of his affections, and, 
without consulting the young lady or her parents in re- 
gard to the matter, went to the clerk and requested to 
be published the following Sabbath. On his return 
home, he met the young lady, and, stopping his horse, ad- 
dressed her as follows : '^ Well, Lucy, 1 have been to be 
imblished, been to be published, published to you, pub- 
hslied to you. You may forbid it or not, just as you 
please. If you don't want me, you must forbid it." The 
young lady, although surpi-ised, concluded not to forbid 
It, and m due time the marriage took ]dace. Mr. Emer- 
son d. July 11, 1829. We have found no date of the 
deatli of his widow, which occurred in Barry, 111. 

I. A'a%, ; m., Dec. 21, 1797, William Com- 

stock of Sullivan. 
II. Anna, b. May 27, 1782; m. Samuel Fife, q.v. 
HI. Ikiniel, b. Jan. 9, 179(J; m.. May 80, 1809, Kuth, 
dau. of William and Lydia (Goodale) White; 
settled on the home farm, where he resided 
some twenty years. About 1885, lie removed 
to Newfane, Erie Co., N.Y., and thence to 
Barry, 111., where he d. Nov., 1872. His wife 
d. Nov. 9, 1849. 

^ i 1- Asbury, b. Apr. 23, 1812 ; resides in Texas. 

o 2. Gilman, b. June 11, 1815; m. Orinda Saw- 

yer; settled in 111., where his widow now 
resides. 
8. Minot, b. Aug. 20, 1818; m. Eliza Wood- 
ward; was a cariK'iiter bv trade; d. in 
Illinois. 



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4. Luoy, 1). Sept. 20, 182U; in. William Dal- 

toii ; (1. ill Illinois. 

5. Im, 0. Auo-. 24, 1823; m. Sarali J. Hol)- 
"orls. He is a Methodist minister, now 

prcacliinu' in Illinois. 
0. Amos, 1». .luly 12, 1S25; m. Jane Taylor; 
resides in Texas. He and liis Orotlier 
Asbiiry are carriage-makers. 



Lieut. Caleb Emeuson', })rol»abiy not related to the 
))recediug family, Avas b. in IIam])stead, N.I I., about 
1741; m. Abagnil French., He settled in Marl., on the 
]>lace now owned l)v Tliaddens Metcalf, where he d. 
Apr. 15, 1811. 

I. Jlannah, ; in. Johnson ; remoA-eil to 



White of Bri<lgewater, 



Vermont. 

II. Af/CK/ail, ; m. ■ 

Vt. 

III. /SW/y, ; m., March Kl, 18(>2, Francis Curti- 

of Woodstock, Vt. 

IV. jRohert, b. Apr. 13, 1778.+ 

V. Caleb, ; m., July 22, 1813, Mary Farns- 

worth; settled in Keene. 

VI. Joseph, ; d. A})!-. 28, 1810, re. 30. 

VII. Lydia, ; d. Nov. 18, 1804, re. 23. 

VIII. Ezra.-\- 

KoisEKT Emeksox, son of Lieut. Caleb, in., Nov. 14, 
18(15, Rachel Howard, b. Apr. 20, 1780. Mr. Emerson 
d. in Marl., Apr. 1, 1824. The familj^ left towji soon 
after the death of the father. Mrs. Emerson d. Feb. 27, 
1868. 

I. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 22, 1806; m., June 6, 1830, 

Augustus French; d. May 15, 1860. 
n. Ahiyail F., b. Jan. 25, 1808 ; d. Jan. 12, 1863. 

III. Lydla, b. Nov. 26, 1809 ; m., Nov. 9, 1843, George 

"a. Nutt. 

IV. Caroline, b. Dec. 15, 1811 ; m., June 19, 1834, 

Albert Marshall. 

V. Sophia Maria, h. Jan. 23, 1814; in., June 14, 

1836, Henrv C. Dodge. 

VI. Joseph JL, h. Dec. 28, 1815; m., Feb. 21, 1844, 

Sophronia Pierce of Holliston, Mass.; d. May 
20, 1851. 

VII. Fanny L., b. June 14, 1818; d. Oct. 27, 1836. 

VIM. William li., h. Sept. 18, 1820; m., July 18, 1855, 
Lizzie M. Hall. 
IX. llobert, b. June 1, 1824 ; m., Sept. 30, 1847, Fran- 
ces Vaughn of Amherst, who d. ; and he m. 
(2d), June 23, 18(i2, Mrs. Ilannali . 



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GENEALOGKJAL lIKOrSTKR. 471 

(19) ; Ezra Emiciisox, son of Lieut. C.-ik'b, in., May 7, 1815, 
Sally, (laii. of Oliver Carter. Me was a inilhvriglit, and 
resided in Marl, and Swanzey. The first two children 
h. in Marl., the others in Swanzey. 

29 I. Fniul-lln Carter, h. Aug. 19, 1815. 

30 II. Laurlnda A., h. May 21^ 1817. 

31 ' III. ]>hebe Carter, b. Nov. 18, 1820. 

32 IV. j\fm-ietta, h. A]n\ 21, 1822. 

33 V. Infant, b. June 1, 1824; d. 

34 VI. Jose2)h French, h. July 12, 1825. 

35 VII. Laura, b. Sept. 27, 1827. 

36 VIII. An infant son, b. June 24, 1829 ; d. 

37 IX. Sally' 3rar la, b. June 23, 1830. 

38 I X. Irina, b. March 6, 1836. 



A^fDREw J. E;mers().v, b. in Ware, N.II., March 6, 
1828; ni., July 4, 1852, Mary A. Crediford, b. in Abbot, 
Me., Se])t. 15^ 1833. lie lias resided in Charlestown 
and Canibridy-e, Mass., also Rind<;-e, N.IT., from which 
place lie came to this town in 1871, whei-e he still 
resides. 

40 i 1. Arthur II.,h.\\\ Charlestown, Mass., .Tan. 8, 1856; 
I resides in Minnesota. 

41 Ji. Fred C, b. in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 6, 1857 ; 

resides in Minnesota. 

42 III. Florence ./!, b. in Rindge, Nov. 13, 1862; d. Jan. 

21, 1879. 

43 , IV. Ida May. b. in llindge, Jan. 20, 1866. 

44 j V. Herman L., b. in Riiidge, March 28, 1869. 

1 j Hexry Estv, son of Aaron and Susannah (Davis) 
|Esty, b. in Roxbury, Ky^x. 21, 1818. He came to Marl, 
to reside, 1871 ; n"i., Feb. 4, 1874, S. Addie, dau. of 
James C. and Elizabeth R. (Brown) Breed, b. in Antrim, 
Sept. 18, 1842. 

I. Minetta L., b. July 22, 1879. 



TiMOTHV M. Faikb.vxks, b. in Wrentham, Mass., 
Feb. 18, 1760 ; m. Lucy Kendall, b. in Walpole, Mass., 
Aug. 23, 1764; settled first in Walpole, Mass. lie also 
resided for a short time in Wrentham. About 1799, he 
came to Marl., and located in the north ])art of the town, 
on what is now the Esty place in Roxbury. In 1816, 
he removed, with his family, to Cambridge, Vt., and sul)- 
secpientlv to Waterville, Vt., where he "d. Oct. 1, 1844. 
His widow d. March 16, 1846. 

I. Samuel, b. in Walpole, Mass., Oct. 28, 1788; m., 
1813, Lois Willey of Jericho, Vt. He resided 



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HISTORY OF IMAKI.P.OPvOrOIT. 



4 
5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 



in Lamoille Co., until 1820, when lie ri'moved 

to ColmnT)in, Bradford Co., Pa.; d. in 1840. 

She d. 1802. Descendants still living in Penn- 
sylvania. 
II. Benjamin, b. in Walpole, Mass., Jan. 12, 1791 ; 

ni., 1810, Hannah, dau. of James and Lois 

(Walkei-) Pemis. lie d. in Kiehmond, May 

29, 1871. 
111. Jo/in,h. in Waljtole, Mass., 8e])t. 17, 1794; d. 

Jan. 22, 1875, nni. 
jv. JjUCi/, 1). in Wrenthani, June 4, 1790 ; d. in Kox- 

l)ury, May 9, 1872, nm. 
V. ,SaU(/', h. in Wrentham, Mass., Feb. 10, 1798 ; d. 

in" Waterville, Vt., May 25, 1870, nm. 
VI. Thomas, b. Jan. 6, 1800 ; m. Arvilla Ilodskins of 

Belvidere, Vt. ; d. in Manchester, N.H. 
vir. Susan, b. Jan. 14, 1802 ; m., 1820, Pavid Willey 

of Waterville, Vt. 
VIII. Ranaj, b. Apr. 12, 1804 ; m. Russell 8. Many of 

Montgomerv, Vt. 
IX. Harriet,}). 1808; m., 1835, Silas Willey; resides 

in Waterville, Vt. 



Geoegk V. R. Far;n-um, b. in Chelsea, Vt., Sept. 5, 
1812; m., Dec. 2, 18-34, Nancy V. Webb, b. in Brook- 
line, Mass., March 17, 1818. He d. of disease contracted 
in the army, July 3, 1871. 

I. Oscar W., b. Nov. 12, 1835 ; d. Apr. 22, 1868, nm. 
II. John li., b. Jan. 13, 1839; m., Aug. 15, 1864, 

Ellen L. Wheeler, 
in. Jiehecca C, b. Sept. 12, 1842; m. L. A. Adams, 

q.v. 
IV. JT^yry E., 1). Oct. 15, 1845; m., iXx'. 2, 1863, 

Charles L. Clark; d. in JalTrey, Aj.r. 17, 1807. 
V. Ilattie M.,h. i\.\\^. 22, 1847; m., Aug. 22, 1867, 

J. Allen Greenwood; d. Xov, 7, 1871. 
VI. William C, b. Mav 22, 1849. 
viT. Charles E., b. March 5, 1852. 
VIII. Daniel E. J., b. A\n\ 7, 1855. 



FARRAR. 

The name of Farrur is said to have been derived from the Latin 
and French word signifying iron, and was, doubtless, first used to desig- 
nate a locality wliere that metal was found. As a family name, it was 
first known in Euglaud from Walki-liue de Ferrars, a Norman of dis- 
tinction, attached to William, Duke of Normandy, before the invasion 
of lOOO. From him all, of tlie name in PvUglaud and America, are de- 
scended. Jlis son. Henry de Ferrars, was the first of the family to seltle 
iu England, whicii he did soon after the Compiest. The family after- 



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wards became very numerous \n England. Among the original proprie- 
tors of Lancaster, Mass., were two brothers by the name ot" John anil Ja- 
cob Farrar. They were tliere as early as 1(35;}. Ti-adition tells us that 
^they came from Lancasliire. JCnglaiul. Jacob Farrar, the youngest of 
the two, was probalily thirty years old, or more, when he came to this 
country. His wife anil children remained in England till a new resi- 
dence was prepared for them in Lancaster, 1058. During King Philip's 
War, he had two sons killed. lie d. in Woburn, Aug. It, 1077. llis 
eldest son, Jacob, b. in England probably about 1012, m., I(i08, Hannah, 
dau. of George Ha>^vard. He was killed by the Indians, Aug. 22, 1075. 
George, second son of Jacob, Jr., b. Aug. 10, 1070, m., Sept. 9, 1092, 
Mary Howe, and settled in that part of Concord, now Lincoln. He was 
brought up a farmer. When he was twenty-one years of age, he had but 
a quarter of a dollar. Calling together his companions, he told them he 
would treat them with all he had, and begin the world square. He is 
said to have been a man of great energy and thrift. He d. May 15, 
1700. His wife d. Apr. 12, 1701. 

Daniel, the second son of George and Mary (Howe) Farrar, b. Nov. 
30, 1090; m. Hannah Fletcher; settled in Sudbury, and d. about 1755. 
Josiali, the eldest son of Daniel, b. Sept., 1722; m., 1745, Hannah, dau. 
of John Taylor, of Northborough, a man of considerable note and a 
Tory of the Revolution, whose name was borne l)y a former Governor of 
New Hampshire, John Taylor Gilman. Josiali Farrar d. in Marl., Nov. 
24, 1808. having come here to reside with his son Phinehas. His wife 
d. Feb. 10, 1810. 

Daniel Farrar, a brother of Josiah, b. 1724; m., 1748, ]Mary . 

They were the pai"ents of Daniel and George, who settled in this town, 
and are numbered 57 and 09 in the followinc^ register. 



1 



Phinehas Farrar, son of Josiali and Hannah (Tay- 
lor) Farrai-, b. in Sudbury, Ang. 20, 1747; m. Lovina 
Warren of Marl., Mass. In 1768, he came to this 
town, purchased several lots of land, and built a small 
house in the southerly part of the township, in what is 
now Troy, and near the spot where Jonas Bemis for- 
merly lived. In 1773 or 1774, he went to Ne^vfane, Vt., 
where he resided about two years, at the expiration of 
which time he returned to Marl. In 1788, he e.vchanged 
farms with Benoni Robbins, wlio tlien resided on the 
Artemas C^^llins place. He immediately sold the latter 
place, and bought the farm afterwards owned by his 
son James, where Ansel Nye now resides. He d. Apr. 
1, 1841, IB. 94. His widow d. Feb. 17, 1845, re. 92. 

I. Phinehas, b. Nov. 12, 1771.-|- 
II. John, b. Aug. 24, 1773 ; m. Cynthia Stone. 

III. Betset/, b. Jan. 18, 1776; m. Elijah Frost, q.o. 

IV. Calrin, b. Jan. 11, 1778; m. Belhsheba B. Bates 

of Brimficld, and residt-d in Waterford, Me., 
where lie d. Feb. 9, 1819. His eldest dan., 
Caroline Eliza, b. 18Ji>4, m. Levi Brown of 
Waterford, ]\Ie., and was the motlier of Charles 
Farrar Brown, Avhose nom da plum < was Arte- 
mas Ward. 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



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18 



V. Luther (twin to Calvin), b. Jan. 11, 1778; m. 
Mercy Wliiting of New Ii)swi(*h ; was a law- 
yer, and settled in Norway, Me. ; d. IMareh, 
1812 (see Chap. XTIT.). 
VI. Josiah, b. Apr. 1780; m. Betsey Prince of 
Waterford, Me., wliere he settled and d. 

VII. a ildad {yv\io on l)ee()niing" of age took the name 
of William), b. Oct. 21,' 1782.+ 

VIII. JJaniel W., 1). Feb. 22, 1786; m., May 24, 1812, 
Eliza, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Wright ; settled in 
Troy, where he Avas for more than fifty yeai'S 
one of the most enterprising men of the town. 
His name was identified with almost every j)nb- 
lic act; and, although his ])osition at times may 
have been violently assailed, yet all have been 
willing to give him the credit of acting from 
the best of motives. In some res])ects, he Avas 
a remarkable man. He possessed good native 
talent, an active mind, and Avas (piick of a]i])re- 
hension ; but his school advantages were very 
limited. But he had a mind for improvement, 
and an energy whicli enal)led him to overcome 
the most forun<lable obstacles, and to make u]) 
in good measure the deficiency of early school- 
advantages. He d. March 7, 1860. 

1. David Warren, b. Jan. 80, 1817; m., June 
29, 1841, Hannah Wheeler ; resides in 
Troy. 
. 2. Eliza Wright, b. Sept. 26, 1818; m., Aug. 
17, 1844"; Kev. Alfred Stevens; d. Dec. 
8, 1844. 

3. Helen Maria, b. June 15, 1820; m., June 

7, 1848, Rev. A. Jenkins; d. IMay 22, 
1851. 

4. Edward, b. Nov. 14, 1822; m., Aug. 23, 

1858, Caroline Brainard. He graduated 
at Harvard LaAV School 1847 ; resides in 
Keene; is clerk of the Court for Chesli- 
ire Co., and has also been mayor of the 
city. 

5. Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1824; d. Maroii 27, 

1888. 

6. Dauiel, 1). May 2<), 1886; Avas a physi- 

cian ; d. in Leominster, Mass. 

IX. David, b. July 5, 1788 ; d. at Waterford, Me., 

May, 1S17. ^ 
X. (Rancf.h. Marcli 16, 1792; d. Mav 14, 

Twins.- 1795. 
XI. ( James, h, March 16, 1792.-|- 



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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 475 

Phineiias Fakkak, soil of I'liiiR'lias, m., M.-iy, 17<J4, 
Abigail, dan. of Elipliulct and J.ydia (Goddaid) Stone- 
settled ill Dublin on Sect. '2-2, liangc 1, which l.y an act 
of the Legislature was annexed to Marl, in 181^8. His 
wife d. Jan. 24, 1840. He afterwards removed to Michi- 
gan, where he d. Sej.t. 24, 1855. . 

I. Cynthia, b. Apr. 20, 1795. She was a successful 
teacher in Boston, l^ut was led to think of be- 
coming a missionary in connection with matri- 
monial i)rosi)ects. Just hei-e is an element of 
romance in her history, which may not be dwelt 
uj.on at length. Suffice it to say those pros- 
pects were not realized, though it was no fault 
of her own. The i>aths of the parties lay 
widely a])art. Having put her hand to the 
]. lough, Miss Farrar was not one to look l)ack, 
and^so she went alone. She left America in 
1827, and was the first single lady to go as a 
teacher from this country to India. 

As has been said, her field was in India, and 
she had for her associates such men and women 
as the Graveses, Burgesses, and others whose 
names are venerated in missionary annals. By 
them she was held in high regard, her counsels 
were often sought, and her judgment Avas 
much respected. She was not only a teacher, 
but a housekeeper also, and in this position 
commanded the respect and esteem of both na- 
tive and English residents among whom she re- 
sided. In reply to some unfriendly criticisms 
on the keeping of servants by missionary fam- 
ilies, she once said, after stating circumstances 
in vindication of the custom, that, "of sixteen 
girls who had lived with her at different times, 
she had reason to believe all or nearly all were 
no longer idolaters, and several gave evidence 
of true change of heart." Testimonials of re- 
gard were at different times sent her by her 
friends at the English residency in both Bom- 
l)ay and Calcutta; and once, Avhen her horse fell 
with her and was killed, another and more val- 
ual)le animal, with e(]ui])ments complete, was 
presented to her by some of them, with most 
flattering exi>ressions of the esteem in which 
they held both her and her work. 

Although of different church relations from 
lierself, they yet recognized and thus acknoAvl- 
edged her worth and the value of her labors. 
To her more immediate associates, she also 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



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24 

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29 
30 

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33 



greatly endeared herself by her comforting 
ininistriitions in times of sickness and sorrow, 
as may be learned from lier letters, still in pos- 
session of relatives. Of her death, which oe- 
cnrred Jan. 24, 1862, we have no particulars; 
but she was full of days, and had tinished her 
work, fler name shall be held in everlasting 
i*emembrance. Her record is on high. 

II. Charles, b.'Nov. 16, 1796; m., March 12, 1822, 
Dorcas, dau. of Abraham Coolidge ; removed 
to Michigan. 

III. Nancy, b. Oct. 20, 1798 ; m. Asa Holman, (j.v. 

IV. Philbida, b. Feb. 24, 1801 ; m. George H. Lane, 

q.V. 

V. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1802 ; resided in Romeo, 

Mich.; d. Aug. 24, 1873, um. 
VI. Edmund AV., b. Nov. 16, 1804; m., June 6, 1838, 

Harriet Kerchdale of Columbia, Tenn. ; resided 

in Nashville. 
VII. lintli, b. Aug. 8, 1807; m., Nov. 16, 1829, Minot 

T. Lane ; removed to Detroit, Mich. ; d. Jan. 9, 

1863. 
VIII. Minot, b. Sept. 22, 1810; m., Nov. 24, 1834, 

Mabel Barns of Whitesborough, N.Y. ; settled 

in Romeo, Mich. In Nov., 1837, he returned to 

Marl., where he resided until Marcli, 1858, 

when he removed to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 

where he d. Apr. 18, 1874. 

1. Caroline E., b. Sept. 8, 1836; m., Apr. 21, 

1875, Samuel T. Bird ; resides in Boston. 

2. George H., b. Jan. 14, 1840; m., July, 

1870, Meta M. Macarty of Philadelphia. 

IX. Caroline, b. March 24, 1813; d. Dec. 17, 1834. 
X. Eather, b. Sept. 14, 1817 ; d. in Michigan, Feb., 

1870. 

William Farkae, sixth son of Phinehas, ; m., Nov. 
27, 1812, Nancy, dau. of Levi and Hannah (J3aker) 
VVhitcomb; settled on the eastern half of home farm; 
d. Dec. 28, 1863. His wife d. Sept. 3, 1861. 

I. Eliza, b. Dee. 12, 1815 ; d. Sept. 21, 1846, um. 
II. Alonzo, b. Aug. 6, 1818; ni., Sei)t. 16, 1845, 
Nancy S. Bailey of J a ft re y ; she d., and he m. 
(2d), Dec. 20, 1852, Louisa Stone of Nelson ; 
resides in Sullivan. 
III. Arvilla, b. June 7, 1820; m.. May 25, 1848, 
Charles Ryan, q.v. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 477 

84 IV. II7///(//y^ 1.. Mairli 14, 1822; in., Apr. '20, 1851, 

Aliuir:i B. T:iL!;g;ir(l, 1). in Ilillsboro, Oct. Hi, 
1825. lie a. M:vy ll», 18(i9; iuid liis widow lu. 
(2(1) Moses tS. Deetli, ivsidcs in Kindgo. 

1. Enunii Eliza, h. Sept. 1, 185G; d. Jnly 2G, 
ISGI. 

2. Sarah I/izzit', b, Sept. 12, 1859. 

3. Ida Florence, b. June 4, 1867. 

V. Calvin, b. March 21, 1824; ni.. May 1, 1849, 
Atossa F., (bin. of Charles and Emily (Frost) 
Gilbert ; resides on the farm formerly ownccl 
by Charles Gilbert. 

1. Charles Edwin, b. Feb. 8, 1850; resides in 
Fitchburg. 

VI. Myron, b. Aug. 2, 182G; d. Dec. 21, 1826. 
VII. JIarkt A., b. Sept. 3, 1829; d, June 2G, 1861, um. 
VIII. JEdwln,h. Sept. 18, 1832; m., Oct. 4, 1855, Lou- 
isa C. Bailey of Jaffrey ; is a machinist ; resides 
in Springfield, Mass., c. 



Deacon James Farrae, youngest son of Phinehas, 
m., Feb. 22, 1816, Roxanna, dau. of Col. Joseph and Zil- 
pha (Roberts) Frost ; settled on the home farm. He 
was for more than thirty years a deacon of the Congre- 
gationalist C'hurch. jNIrs. Farrar d. Nov. 6, 1845 ; and 
he m. (2d), Juncco, 1846, Zoa Noyes of Westmoreland, 
who d. Jan. 26, 1876. He d. Nov. 3, 1861. Children by 
first wife. 

I. JVanci/, b. July 29, 1817 ; d. June 5, 1840, um. 
II. Harriet, b. Nov. 18, 1818 ; m. Henry T. WisAvall, 
q.V. 

III. Caroline, b. Apr. 13, 1820; d. Dec. 12, 1825. 

IV. Orinda, b. Apr. 22, 1822; d. July 4, 1840. 
V. Warren, b. Dec. 26, 1823; m., Dec. 31, 1857, 

Mrs. Louisa J. Woodward ; d. Jan. 25, 1867. 

1. Anna, 1). Oct. 2, 1858; d. March 25, 1864. 

VI. Sumner, b. March 6, 1826; d. Feb. 28, 1854, um. 
VII. Elvira, b. Nov. 22, 1827 ; m. Albert Whitcomb, 

q.V. 
VIII. Cyrus S., b. Sept. 29, 1829 ; m., Dec, 1849, 
Sarah Jane S])aulding, who d. Feb. 8, 1851; m. 
(2d), Aug., 1851, Mary E. Pratt of Lowell, 
Mass. He was a member of a Wisconsin Reg. 
in the war of the Rebellion. 

52 IX. Jliron W., b. Feb. 9, 1832; d. May 10, 1832. 

53 I X. Emily F., b. June 24, 1833; m. Loren L. Moors, 

q.V. 



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xr. CiiroUne A., h. July 11), 183;') ; lu. Cyrus S. 
Moors, q.v. 

xir. Miiiot, 1). Oct. 29, 1837 ; m;is a Cor|»oral in the 5tli 
Wisconsin Reg. ; was in the battles before 
Riclimoncl, and soon after "vvas taken sick and 
d. in the hospital at Philadelpliia, Sejjt. 18, 
18G2, uni. 

:iii. Francis JL, h. Nov. 26, 1842; m., Sept. 16, 1867, 
Mrs. Harriet M. Rust, Avidow of Xatlianiel 
Rust; resided in Keene, where he d. iJec. 31, 
1871, c. 



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Daniel Farrar, son of Daniel and Mary Farrar of 
Lincoln, Mass., was 1). March 25, 1755. He served for a 
short thue in the war of the Revolution. Soon after 
his return from the iirniy, he ni. a dau. of John Bruce of 
Sudbury, and settled in Lincoln, where he resided until 
1799, when he purchased a lot of land in the southerly 
part of Marl, and now included in Troy. Early in the 
following s]>ring, he built a log house, to which lie re- 
moved his family, and devoted his time to clearing and 
cultivating his land. He possessed a strong constitution, 
and was able to jierform more labor than most men. 
He d. Nov. 13, 1837. His wife d. Aug. 20, 1838. 

I. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1776; m. (1st) Nathan 

Platts, (2d) S. Rockwood. 
11. Umtiel, b. March 24, 1778 ; d. vc. 3 years, 
in. I^ucij, b. Oct. 31, 1780 ; m. Caleb Winch ; d. 
1848. 
Uaniel, h. Nov. 10, 1782; m., 1806, Lucena, dau. 
of Daniel Millin of Fitzwilliam ; settled in 
Troy. 
/Samuel, b. Apr. 15, 1785; m. Lydia, a dau. of 

Moses Cutting ; settled in Vermont. 
John jB., b. Dec. 17, 1787.+ 
Mari/, b. Apr. 14, 1790 ; m. William Winch ; 
removed to the West. 

VIII. /Sal/i/, b. Feb. 16, 1792 ; m. Collins ; d. 

1843. 
IX. William, b. Feb. 18, 1794; m. Betsey Whit- 

temore ; removed to the West. 
X. Nancy, b. Jan. 5, 1797 ; m. A. Rawson ; d. in 

Vermont. 
XI. Trij2>hena, b. Oct. 21, 1799; m. Robert Fitz; d. 
in New Ipswich, 1842. 



IV. 



VI. 
VII. 



69 Geokgk Fakkar, a brother of Daniel, came to Marl. 
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sold his farm to Hezekiah Cooliflcfc; and after a resi- 
dence of two years in Tem])leton, Mass., lie ])urcliased a 
farm on Avliat'is now called "West ITill " in Troy, where 
he d. Nov. 1, 1824. His Avidow d. March 26, 1825. 

I. Georr/e, h. Dec. 8, 1784; m. (1st) Naomi Starkey, 
who d. Sc])t. 2, 1842; m. (2d) Sally, dau. of 
.John Whitney. 
TT. Nrrhnm., h. Nov. 7, 1786; d. 1812. 

III. Stephen, h. .Tan. 1, 1780 ; m., Dec. 7, 1815, Delila, 

dau. of Jonathan and Delila (Rhodes) Bemis. 
She d. .Tulv 31, 1838. 

IV. Pattn, 1). A{n: 21, 1793; d. 1810. 

V. Sally, b. Sept. 11, 1797 ; m. Luther Bemis, q.v. 

JoHX B. Farrak, son of Daniel, m., Aug. 15, 1810, 
Ainia, dau. of Timothy and Martha (Long) Harvey ; 
settled fii'st in Hinsdale, afterward in Marl., on the farm 
of Timothy Harvey, since owned by Elienezer Green- 
wood. He d. Oct. 14, 1854. His widow removed to 
Carthage, Jefferson Co., N.Y., where she d. Jan. 14, 
1870. 

T. Samnnthii, b. June 1, 1811 ; m. Worcester ; 

removed to Canada, and thence to Illinois. 
II. Adaline, h. A\)V. 20, 1813; resides in Carthage, 
N.Y., um. 

III. Emily.h. Feb. 1, 1815 ; m.. May 9, 1835, William 

Jones ; removed to Carthage, N.Y. 

IV. Amanda, b. Apr. 18, 1817; m. Loren C. Frost; 

d. June 27, 1845. 
V. Sarah, b. Sei)t. 15, 1810; d. Apr. 8, 1833. 
VI. Martha, b. Sept. 11, 1821. 
VII. J. EJ(7ri(7(/e, b. Aug. 11, 1823; m., and settled in 

Denmark, N.y. ' 
VIII. Harvey D., b. March 2, 1828; m., June 1, 1853, 
Caroline R., dau. of Silas and Achsah (Holman) 
McCoUester, who d. Oct. 8, 1854; and he m. 
(2d), Jan. 1, 1862, Ellen A. McColl ester, sister 
of his first wife ; resides in Carthage, N.Y. 



FELTON. 

Nathaniel Feltox, b. in England, 1(116; was in Salem, Mass., in 
lOo;]. The following year he went back to England, and returned to 
this country in 1():}.5. with his motlicr and brother Heujaiuin, and set- 
tled in .Salem, wliere he d. iu 1705. He had, among otlier children, John, 
who m., 1(370. Mary Tompkins. Samuel, son of John, m., 1709, Sarah 
Goodale, and had nine children. Jacob, the third child, b. 1712, re- 
moved to Marl., Mass., 17;}8, and soon after m. Sarah, dan. of Tliomas 
and Elizabeth Barrett. She d. 1742,35. 27; and he m. (2d), July 27, 
1719. llezadiah, dau. of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Rice) Howe, who d. 
Feb. 25, 1819, fe. 93. He d. Nov. 20, 1789. 



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John Felton, son of Samuel and Snrali (Barrett) 
Felton, 1). in Marl., Mass., Nov. 9, 1741 ; m., Jan. 23, 
1766, Persis Rogers, a sister of John Rogers of this 
town. He is first mentioned in the j)roi)rietors' records 
in 1767, when he was chosen one of a committee of three 
to serve as trustees of the school-money. He was the 
first to make a clearing, and Ijring into a state of culti- 
vation the farm now owned by Rufus S. Fi'ost. He re- 
moved to Cooperstown, X.Y., i)revious to 1800. Chil- 
dren born in Marl. 

John, b. Sept. 17, 1766. 

Sarah, 1). Aug. 10, 1768. 

Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1770. 

Jedediah, b. Fel)". 2, 1773. 

Jacob, b. Dec. 6, 1774 ; d. Nov. 23, 1776. 

ietv*, b. July 22, 1776. 

I'ersis, b. Jan. 16, 1770. 

Anna >Sophia, b. Aj)r. 5, 1782. 

Sylva7ius^ b. Aug. 22, 1785. 



James Field was in town as early a.s 1770, and was 
that year allowed £2 13.s. \\)d. for work done about 
the meeting-house. He i-esided ou tlu' place near the 
Curamings pond, afterwards owned by Moses Alden. 
About 1787, he removed to Nelson, .})robably exchanging 
farms with John Esterbrook. 



Dextek Field, b. in Leverett, Fraid<lin Co., Mass., 
Aug. 9, 1812; m., March, 1836, Celinda, dan. of I)ea. 
Andrew and Sally (Adams) Spooner of Oakham, Mass., 
b. Oct. 7, 1814. He resided ten years or more, after 
marriage, in Leverett, and then removed to Montague, 
where he lived seven years. In 1854, he came to Marl., 
and located on the Eber Tenuey ]»lace, now owned by 
Amos A. Mason, where he d. Sejit. 3, 1867. His widow 
now resides in Jalfrey. ' 

I, Charles Allen, b. in Leverett, Mass., June 24, 

1837; resides in Jaffrey, um. 
ir. Daniel Adams, b. in Leverett, Mass., July 17, 

1S39; m., Aug., 1866, Mary E., dau. of George 

W. and Mary (Bemis) Brown of Troy; resides 

in Jaffrey. 

III. Arthur Wells, b. in Leverett, Mass., Oct. 2, 1816; 

m., Nov. 19, 1868, S. Delia, dau. of Mirick aud 
Charlotte E. D. Stimpsou of Ashburnham ; 
resides in Leominster, Mass. 

IV. IdeJIa Celi)ida, b. ui Montague, Aug. 30, 1849; 

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FIFE. 

'• The surname Fife claims to be descended from a younger son of Fife 
Macduif, Earl of Fife, from whicli title they have the name and carry 
the arms." — Lorcer's Family Names of the United Kingdom. " It is not 
doubted that those of the name of Fife are descendants of Fife Macduif. 
They have the paternal arms of Macduff." — Old Manuscript furnished hy 
Joseph Bainhridffe Fife, M.D. While it is true that the name had its ori- 
gin in the foregoing manner, it is believed to have also been assumed by 
natives of the county of Fife, Scotland, other than descendants of Fife 
Macduff, and, as applied to their descendants, is a local surname. The 
county is spelled Fife, but in Scotland the surname is most often spelled 

This is one of the oldest families in Scotland, as is shown by its fre- 
([uent and honorable mention in Scotland's history from the very com- 
mencement of the use of surnames, and by traditions handed down in 
the family from generation to generation. James and William were the 
ancestors of the Fife family in this country. They were natives of Fife- 
shire, Scotland, and were among the early settlers of Bolton, Mass. 
James m. Patience Butler, a native of Bolton. They had twelve children, 
among whom were Silas, and Robert, who is number 24 in the following 
register. 



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Dea. Silas Fife, son of James and Patience (Butler) 
Fife, b. in Bolton, Mass., Oct. 4, 1743; m., Aug. 15, 
1772, Abigail Houghton, a native of Bolton, He was 
one of the earliest settlers of this toAvn, and located on 
the farm, now in Troy, since owned by Dea. Abel Baker 
(see Chap. II.). In 1779, Mr. Fife united with the Con- 
gregational Church in Marl., of which he was made one 
of the deacons June 22, 1791, and continued to hold 
that offict until Sept. 3, 1815, when he withdrew from 
the Marl. Church in order to unite with the Congrega- 
tional Church in Troy, on account of the latter being 
much nearer his residence. He also held various posi- 
tions of honor and trust in town, with credit to himself 
and advantage to his fellow-citizens. He d. in Troy, 
May 23, 1836. His wife d, March 25, 1823, ffi. 72. 

I. Samuel, b. June 27, 1773.-]- 

II. Betsey, b. May 3, 1775 ; m, William Tenney, q.v. 

III. Silas, 1^ Apr. 21, 1777 ; m, Abigail Johnson, 
For a number of years, he was engaged in teach- 
ing school in the vicinity of Marl., and was 
afterward associated with his brother Samuel 
in merchandising. He finally removed to Hali- 
fax, Vt., where he d, Apr. 12, 1834. 



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1. Otis, b. July 17, 1810; m., Oct. 15, 1832, 
Tem])ei'auce Pearce ; cl. in Oswego, N.Y., 
May 2, 1843. 

IV. John, b. Feb. 6, 1779.+ 
V. James, b. Nov. 14, 1780; m. Mrs. Coy; d. in 

Troy, 1840. 
VI. Abigail, b. Dec. 2, 1782 ; d. in childhood. 
VII. Benjamin, b. March 24, 1786 ; m. Betsev Newton ; 

d. in Troy, Nov. 24, 1842. 
VIII. Araos, b. Oct. 14, 1790 ; m. Nancy, dau. of Reu- 
ben Ward. He d. in Boston, Dec. 18, 1830. 
IX. Timothy, b. Apr. 24, 1792; m., Jan. 24, 1821, 

Mary Jones ; d. in Troy, Dec. 12, 1871. 
X. Nathan, b. Feb. 22, 1795 ; m. Margaret Bird ; d. 
at Isle-au-Haute, Me., Oct., 1834. 

Samuel Fife, eldest son of Dea. Silas, in., Sept. 6, 
1806, Anna, dau. of Daniel and Lucv (Collins) Emerson, 
b. in Marl., Mav 27, 1782, and d. 'in Jaffrey, July 28, 
1818. He m. (2d), Apr. 1, 1819, Sarah Thayer, 'l). in 
Richmond, Aug. 15, 1776, and d, in Elmore, Vt., June 
20, 1847. In early life, he taught school for several 
years, and afterward engaged in mercantile business, in 
company with his brother Silas. Late in life, he re- 
moved to Chelsea, Vt., where he was successfully 
engaged in farming for a number of years, and from 
thence to Elmore, Vt., where he d. Oct. 15, 1851. Chil- 
dren by first wife : — 

I. Almond, b. March 4, 1811 ; m., Jan. 5, 1841, 

Marinda Peck ; d. Sept. 3, 1868. 
II. Ahha, b. July 5, 1814; m., Jan. 28, 1836, Char- 
lotte Courser ; lives in Irvington, Iowa. 

III. Mira, b. Apr. 19, 1818; m. Jason M. Kendrick of 

Wilmington, N.Y. ; d. Apr. 5, 1848. 
Children by second wife : — 

IV. Emerson, b. Nov. 13, 1819; d. Nov., 1853, um. 

V. Silas, b. Apr. 20, 1825; m., Jan. 1, 1857, Sarah 
Allen ; resides in Chicago, 111. 



John Fife, third son of Dea. Silas ; m. Sarah Seward, 
b. March 27, 1774; d. in Peterboro, Aug. 24, 1858. He 
remained in town but a few years after his marriage, 
then removed to Jaffrey, where he was engaged in farm- 
ing for many years, and thence to Peterboi-o, where 
he d. May 7, 1843. 

I. Abigail, b. July 29, 1800; ra., Oct. 12, 1823, 

Samuel Stratton ; resides in Jaffrey. 
II. William, 1). Nov. 23, 1803; m., Apr. 27, 1833, 



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Ruth Gott ; m. ('2d), Dee. 22, 1847, Sarali Sel- 
lers; d. at Ellsworth, Me., June 2, 1857. 
in. John, b. Jan. 81, 1807; m., Nov. 4, 1880, Carolin(t 

Stone ; resides in Charlotte, N.Y. 
IV. Mary, b. June 27, 1808; d. 1828, urn. 
V. { Elmira, b. Aug. 11, 1811; resides in 

rp • j Peterboro, uni. 

^^^■'"^- j ^/mm, b. Ai;o-. 11, 1811; resides in 
VI. [ Peterboro, um. 



Robert Fife, a brother of Dea. Silas Fife, b. in Bol- 
ton, Mass., March 11, 1747 ; m., July 11, 1776, Hep/ibah 
Bash of Marl., Mass. He resided for a few years in this 
town on a lot of land near his brother, and then returned 
to Mass., where he d. in Apr., 1785. He had children 
as follows, all of whom, except Jesse, were b. in Bolton. 

I. Zivcij, b. Jan. 1, 1777 ; d. in infancy. 
II. Hannah, b. July 29, 1778 ; m. Solomon Moore ; 
d. hi Hillsboro', Feb. 21, 1841. 

III. Lucy, b. Mav 18, 1780; m. Curtis Pollard; d. in 

Bolton, Sept. 26, 1846. 

IV. Hepzibah, b. Nov. 30, 1781; m. Asa Goss; d. in 

Sterling, Mass., 1871. 
V. Robert, b. Sept. 27, 1783 ; m. Larhuhannah Nel- 
son ; removed to Florida, Mass., where he was 
deacon of the Congregational Church, and 
held nearly all the responsible offices within 
the gift of his fellow-townsmen. He d. Nov. 
24, 1846. 

VI. Jesse, ; removed to Florida, Mass., where 

he m. Lydia Kemp; d. Sept. 22, 1839. 



Paul Fifield, b. in Concord, N.H., Aug. 6, 1763; 
m. Temperance Furber, a native of Portsmouth. She 
was a sister of Nathaniel Furber, a potter who resided 
for some time in this town and Dublin. Mr. Fiiield 
came to Marl, previous to 1800, and settled in that part 
of Roxbury set off from Marlboro', being the first settler 
on what is known as the "old Fifield place." He d. 
July 22, 1840. His widow d. in 1855. 

I. Samuel, b. Nov. 27, 1791 ; m. Almira Allen of 

Walpole ; removed to Otselic, N.Y. 
II. Asa, b. Apr. 11, 1794 ; d. in Painsville, Ohio. 

III. Gardner,}). San. 15, 1796; m. Hepsibeth Green- 

lief of Medford, Mass., where he settled, and d. 
in 1850. 

IV. Ira, b. Jan. 11, 1798 ; m. Irena Allen of "Walpole ; 

removed to Otselic, N.Y. 



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Betsey, b. March 21, 1800; m. Elias Tozer; 
resides in Illinois. 

StiUman, b. June 12, 1802 ; m., Sept. 28, 1828, 
Jnlia Robbins of Nelson ; resided for many 
years in Roxbury, then removed to Marl., and 
thence to Swanzey, where he d. Dec. 15, 1878. 

Cynthia, h. Feb., 1800 ; m. Alvah Foster ; re- 
moved to Wheatland, Mich., where she d. 
March 28, 1875. 
VIII. Lxicina, b. Jan., 1808 ; m. Nahnm Nims ; resides 
in Sullivan. 



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VII. 



Rev. Hallow at Fish, son of Rev. Elisha Fish, was 
b. in Upton, Mass., Aug. 2, 1762 ; graduated at Dart- 
mouth College 1790, and was ordained pastor of the 
Congregational Church, Sept. 25, 1793 (see Chap. YL). 
His wife was Hannah, dau. of Jonas and Persis (Baker) 
Brigham of Westborough, Mass. He d. Sept. 1, 1824. 
She d. Sept. 1, 1824. He adopted two children, a niece 
and nephew of his wife. 

I. Hannah, b. in Westborough, 1790 ; \\\. Silas 

Paine of Randolph, Mass. 
II. Halloxoay, b. in Westborough, Mass., Sept. 2, 
1801 (see Brigham family). 



FITCH. 

John Fitch, with his wife and two children, removed in 1739 from 
Bradford, Mass., to that part of Luneuburg now included in Ashby. 
His abode was several miles distant from liis nearest neighbors, and was 
described by him as " seven miles and a half above Luneuburg meeting- 
house, and three miles and a half above any of the inhabitants, on the 
road leading from Lunenburg to Northfield." The settlers in tliat vicin- 
ity, apprehensive of an attack from the Indians, assisted Mr. Fitch in 
fortifying his house; and early in the year 1748 four soldiers were sta- 
tioned within the garrison. Mr. Fitch was a man of considerable dis- 
tinction. He had traded much with the Indians, and his frontier posi- 
tion was well known. It appears that they had resolved ujion his capt- 
ure ; and a party of them, not far from eighty in number, stealthily 
approached his abode during the absence of two of the soldiers, and, on 
the morning of July 5, 1748, suddenly fell upon him and his two remain- 
ing co^npanions, who were a short distance from the garrison. One of 
the soldiers, named Zaccheus Blodgett, was instantly killed. Mr. Fitch 
and the other soldier, named Jennings, escaped within the enclosure, 
where they made a stout resistance for an hour aud a half, when Jen- 
nings received a fatal wound in the neck, from a shot through a port-hole. 
The wife of Mr. Fitch loaded the guns, while her husband continued his 
efforts to repel the assault. The Indians at last assvu'ed liim that, if he 
persisted in firing, he and his family should perish in the flames of the 
building ; but, if he would surrender, they promised to spare the lives of 
all within his house. A surrender was then made, and the house and 
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wife and five children, was conducted to Montreal. The ages of the chil- 
di'en were, respectively, five montlis, four, five and one half, eleven, and 
thirteen years. A company of men from Lunenburg and vicinity, under 
command of Major Hartwell, started in pursuit, early the following morn- 
ing. The Indians proceeded along the south side of Watatic Mountain, 
and made their first stop at the meeting-house in Ashhurnham, the inhab- 
itants of which town had abandoned their settlement but a short time 
previous. It is probable that they continued their course through the 
eastern portion of Rindge, and thence by way of Spoiford Gap in a more 
northern direction. Somewhere in the township of Ashburnham, the 
pm-suing party discovered a piece of paper fastened to a tree, containing 
a few lines written by Fitch, imploring his friends not to attempt his 
rescue, as the Indians had promised to spare their lives, if unmolested, 
but threatened instant death to himself and family, if his friends at- 
tempted to deprive them of their captives. The pursuing party then 
returned. After enduring the severest hardships in their long journey 
through the wilderness and in captivity, the family were ransomed l)y 
their friends in Bradford. After bravely enduring the perils of captiv- 
ity, the wife of Mi\ Fitch sickened while returning, and died in Provi- 
dence, Dec. 2-i, 1748, nearly six months after the date of capture. The 
others returned to their former home in Ashby. 

JMi". Fitch used to relate that among the plunder taken from his prem- 
ises by the Indians, was a heavy draft chain, which one of them carried 
upon his shoulders to Canada, and there bartered it for a quart of rum. 
Paul, one of the children, then between five and six years of age, was 
strapped upon the back of an Indian, and performed the journey more 
easily than other members of the family. He alwaj^s remembered 
this experience of his childhood, and used to say that, brought into such 
close contact with his animated vehicle, the smell of the Indian made 
him sick, and that he cried so lustily the savage tm-ned him about and 
again bound him to his back. With his face toward his former home, 
and blindly entering the unknown future, the journey was continued. 
His new position was a truthful symbol of the uncertainty of his fort- 
unes. Jacob, another of the sons of Mi". Fitch, then four years of age, 
and who subsequently was one of the early school-masters in Rindge, 
suffered more severely. Though in other respects well formed, his lower 
limbs were of dwarfish size, on account of the rigor with which he was 
bound to the back of his Indian transport. John Fitch m. (2d), Feb. 
14, 1750-51, Elizabeth (Bowers) Peirce. He took an active part in secur- 
ing an act for the incorporation of Fitchburg, and from him that city 
received its name. He resided a few years in Rindge, after which he re- 
turned to Ashby, where he d. Apr. 8, 1795. 



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Paul Fitch, son of John, b. June 15, 1744 ; m., Apr., 
1767, Mary Jaquith of Billerica, Mass., b. June 25, 1744, 
who was the mother of his nine children, and d. Feb. 18, 
1800; and he m. (2d), in Rindge, Jan. 7, 1802, Joanna 
(Rice) Walker, widow of Samuel Walker. He settled 
first in Rindge, and entered the army from that town, 
being a member of Capt. Stone's Company in 1777. 
Soon after his discharge, he removed to Jaffrey, and 
subsequently came to MarJ., where he d. May 2, 1818. 

I. Hannah^ b. June 25, 1768 ; m. John Moore of 
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II. .Tohn, l». Oct. 1, 1770; in. TT:nin:ili ; d. in 

Olevelaiul, Ohio, 1841. 

III. Paul, b. June 21, 1773.+ 

IV. Mary, b. JNIarch 15, 1776; m., Ai>r. 15, 1799, 

William Moore of Sharon. He d. Oct. 6, 
1828 ; she d. Oct. 23, 1835, in Rindsje. 
V. Alice, b. Apr. 11, 1779; d., 1859, nm.^ 
VI. Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1782; ni. Joseph Pi])er of 

Jaffrev. 
VII. Jacob, h. Fob. 20, 1785; d. Auo-. 19, 1852, nm. 
VIII. Susannah,h. Oct. 2, 1789; ni. '(1st), Au<^. 7, 1808, 
David Blood. He was killed by tailing u]ion 
the water-wheel in tlie saw-mill at the outlet 
of Stone Pond, May 2, 1813. She m. (2d), 
Apr. 3, 1815, Josej)h Tolman, q.i\ By Mr. 
Blood, she had one child. 

1. David, b. Jan. 28, 1813. 

IX. Luther Jaqiiith,\). Sept. 8, 1792; m. Jane Hoyt; 
resided in Hopkinton, N.H. 

Paul Fitch, son of Paul, m., Nov. 25, 1802, Sarah 
Walker, dau. of Samuel and Joanna (Rice) Walker of 
Rindgo. She d. Xov. 14, 1814, and he m. (2d), Dec. 21, 
1815, Sarah Da^■is. He resided for many years in JNFarl., 
and subsequentlv removed to Claremont, Avhere he d. 
Dec. 18, 1843. Children by first wife :— 

\. Paul, ; m. (1st) Heard, (2d) Maria 

Gould of Bellows Falls ; resides in Claremont. 
II. Josiah, b. July 29, 1805.+ 

III. Sarah, ; m. Wan-en Batcheller of Lvnn, 

Mass.; d. Mav 8, 1868. 

IV. A chikl,h. 1810; d. Xov. 25, 1811, Ji^. 18 mos. 
V. Elijah, b. June 25, 1812.+ 

Children by second wife : — 

VI. Lucy, ; in. William Fletcher of Lempster. 

VII. L^uther, m. ; resides in Newport. 
VIII. Lovina, ; was drowned. 



JosiAH Fitch, son of Paul and Sarah (Walker) Fitch ; 
m., Dec. 2, 1830, Caroline, dau. of William and Betsey 
J. (Needham) Greenwood. She d. Apr. 4, 1839. 

I. E. Wall-er, b. Aug. 21, 1831 ; m., Nov. 19, 1853, 
Rachel C. Cox ; she d., and he m. (2d), Sept. 3, 
1857, Nancy J. Clark; resides iu Milford, N.H. 
II. Wilbur, —; d. June 11, 1843. 

Mr. Fitc-h in. (2d), June 14, 1839, Lucretia Herrick of 
Reading, Vt. He d. June 9, 1865. 



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III. Sarah, b. Oct., 1842 ; m., Apr., 1858, George 

Collester ; resides in West Harrisville. 

IV. [Martha, b. June 29, 1843; m., Dec. 11, 
1865, Roger Derby. He d., and she m. 
(2d) Ilulton Travis; resides in West 
Harrisville. 

Man/,h. June 29, 1843; m., June 14, 1865, 
Milan Derby; resides in West Har- 
risville. 
VI. Wi/birr^h. Oct. 13, 1847; m., Feb. 19, 1867, Lizzie 

Knight; resides in Swanzey. 
VII. Warren B., b. Feb. 9, 1850 ; m., June 2, 1870, 
Isadore Bowker; resides in Keene. 



(16) Elijah Fitch, son of Paul and Sarah (Walker) 
Fitch; m., May 19, 1839, Eliza, dau. of David and Lucy 
(Knight) Joslin. He was a blacksmith by trade, and 
worked for several vears at that business in the village. 
He d. Aug. 4, 1876.' 

I. Murray, b. Feb. 23, 1841 ; m., Sept. 3, 1868, 
Carrie L. Allen of Troy. 

II. Emmett, b. Dec. 22, 1845 ; m., , Abbie A. 

(Priest) Capron, dau. of Silas and N^ancy M. 
(Wilder) Priest. 

1. Frank E., b. March 27, 1871. 

2. Walter Scott, b. Oct. 24, 1875. 

3. F. Carl E., b. Mav 31, 1879. 



IvEKS Flint, son of Joshua and Susanna (Babcock) 
Flint, b. in Ashbv, Mass., Aug. 27, 1814; m., Dec. 29, 
1840, Harriet, dau. of David and Dolly (Fisher) To\viis- 
end, b. in Dublin, Feb. 26, 1817. He resided in Roxbury, 
on the farm now owned by Josiah Parker, from 1838 to 
1870, in which year he came to Marl, to reside. 

I. Josephine ^manda, b. Oct. 19, 1841 ; ra., March 

13, 1865, Myron C. Wilder of Ashby, Mass. 

She d. Sept.'20, 1876. 
II. Lavater Mnnroe, b. Mav 4, 1846 ; m., Oct. 31, 

1867, Clara E., dau. of* Oliver and Eliza (Hem- 

enway) Jewett. 

1. Ernest Frederick, b. Apr. 22, 1872. 



Dea. James Flood was b. probably in Bolton, Mass., 
1730 ; m. Betsey Whitcomb. He was a resident of 
Marl, in 1776, being the first settler on the Daniel Priest 
place, lately occupied by Dea. A. M. Smith. He was ac- 
tive in forming the Congregational Church, was one of 
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the church, being chosen to that office July 5, 1779. 
He was killed by the fall of a tree, June 24, 1790. His 
widoAv m. (2d), Apr. 20, 1797, Benjamin Spaulding of 
Jaffrey, who d. Oct. 4, 1806, 83. 68. She probably d. 
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m., Aug. 23, 1785, Lois Hunt of 



Dublin ; removed to Canada, where he raised 
u]) a family of four boys and four girls. 
II. J3etsey^ d. um. 

III. /Sarah, ; m. Henry Hunt. 

IV. Israel, b. Jan. 24, 1776.+ 
V. Josep/i, b. Oct. 10, 1779.+ 

VI. Abigail,}). July 27, 1782; m. Daniel Priest, q.v. 

VII. Jiufus, b. March 4, 1784.-}- 

VIII. Azubah, b. March 3, 1786; m., March 8, 1807, 
Abijah Ruggles; settled in Brighton, Mass., 
where he d. Dec. 1, 1839. She d. at Hudson, 
Mass., Nov. 28, 1866. Descendants living in 
Holliston, and Westboro, Mass. 



Israel Flood, son of Dea. James, m., 1810, Lydia, 
dau. of Asa and Eunice (Williams) Porter. He d. Jan. 
4, 1829. 

I. Emeline, b. May 30, 1811 ; d. Oct. 30, 1828. 
II. Israel Whitcomb, b. Jan. 27, 1813; d. Oct. 11, 
1828. 

III. Mary Ann, b. Jan. 6, 1815; m., June, 1831, 

William Putnam of Jaffrey, where they resided 
until 1837, when they removed to Marilla, 
N.Y., where they now reside. 

IV. Louisa, b. Apr. 15, 1817; m. Calvin Winch; 

resides in Marilla, N.Y. 
V. Lydia, b. Feb. 6, 1820; d. Aug. 31, 1828. 
VI. James Addison, b. June 26, 1822. 
VII. Adaline, b. Dec. 31, 1827. 



Joseph Flood, son of Dea. James, m.. May 5, 1802, 
Betsey Priest of Jaffrey ; resided in Marl, until 1806, 
when they removed to Londonderry, Vt., where all the 
children, except the two oldest, were born. 

I. Azubah, b. Jan. 23, 1803 ; m. Jan. 7, 1827, Luke 
Bennett ; settled in Alden, Erie Co., N.Y., and 
d. March 1, 1872. 
II. Letseij, b. Jan. 11, 1805 ; m., May 5, 1831, 
Samuel Rich of Alden, N.Y, ; resides in Ba- 
tavia, N.Y. 
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Luther Barrett ; resides in Ridgeway, Orleans 

Co., N.Y. 
IV. Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1810; m., July 4, 1832, Ira 

Cocliran of Londonderry, Vt. ; d. in Dorset, 

Vt., Oct. 11, 1841. 
V. Josejyh P., h. Feb. 10, 1813; m., Jan. 4, 1838, 

Caroline Battalpli ; resides in Marilla, Erie Co., 

N.Y. 



RuFus Flood, son of Dea. James, m., and resided for 
some time in Marl., and had the following children. 

I. Eufus, b. Jan. 3, 1808; d. March 20, 1808. 
II. Nathaniel Corbin, b. March 5, 1810. 

III. rp • 1 Mary, b. Oct.-24, 1812; d. Jan. 30, 1816. 

IV. -^^^'"^^- ( Josejyh, b. Oct. 24, 1812. 
V. Hufus Loring, b. Feb. 2, 1817. 



Joseph Follet came from Cumberland, R.I., in 
1780, and located near the granite quarry and on the 
spot where A. G. Mann's boarding-house now stands. 
He was a very intemperate man, and when under the 
influence of liquor was so abusive to his family they 
were frequently obliged to flee his presence for their own 
safety. Nov. i, 1806, he returned to his home so intoxi- 
cated that his wife, feeling that her life was in danger, 
took refuge in the chamber, drawing the ladder up after 
her, leaving him sitting before the fire. In the morning, 
she was horrified to find her husband lying in the fire- 
place with his head burned off. After the death of Mr. 
Follet, his widow lived alone for several years, with the 
excej^tion of a small dog for company, when her son 
Silas came and took her to his home in Thetford, Vt., 
where she d. at an advanced age. 

I. Silas, settled in Thetford, Vt. 

II. Sybel. 

III. Benjamin. 

IV. Otis. 



Ben.jamin Forbes from Oakham, Mass., came to 
Marl, about 1829, and located in the south part of the 
town, on the place which still bears his name. No 
record of his death has been foimd. 

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Hiram Forbitsh, b, in Harvard, Mass., Dec. 13, 
1812; 111. Lucinda L. Willis of Wiiu-lioster, 1). Jan. 27, 
1816. Ho resided foi' a munber of years in Cliestortield, 
where all his ehildren but the youngest were born. 
Mrs. Forbush d. Sept. 8, 1870. He now resides in 
Swanzey. 

I. milie M., b. Apr. 15, 1840; m., Oct. 11, 1864, 

George S. Ellis. 
II. Lucius M., b. Aug. 3, 1841 ; d. in Virginia City, 

Montaina Territory, Se])t. 20, 1860, um. 
in. I'm/ W., b. Sej.t. 5, "1848; d. Dec. 17, 1864, um. 
IV. Charles 11.^ b. Jan. 16, 1846; resides in Swanzey, 

um. 
V. Nettie i., b. July 29, 1848 ; ni., Aug. 7, 1872, Frank 
J. Perry of Saeo, Me. ; resides in Worcester, Mass. 
Emma E., b. July 28, 1850 ; m., June 9, 1873, 
Solon W. Nelson ; resides in Worcester, Mass. 
Anna L. /S., b. in Marl, Jan. 8, 1856; d. July 26, 
1857. 



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Joseph Foster, b. in Lunenburg, Mass., was prob- 
ably a descendant of Reginald Foster, who came to this 
country from England, about the year 1038, and settled 
in Ipswich, Mass., being one of the earliest inhal)itants 
of that town. Jose])h in., Jan. 17, 1760, Sarah, dau. of 
William and Sarah (Locke) Jones of Lunenl)urg. He 
first settled in Lunenl»urg, but in Ajtr., 1793, he came to 
this town and located on a lot of land now known as 
the John Houghton ])lace in Roxbury, then within the 
limits of Marl. His wife d., and he m. (2d) Rebecca 
Phelps. He d. Dec. 11, 1804. His widow m. Joseph 
Rollins of Dublin, and d. in Roxbury, about 1834. 
Children all by first wife, and b. in Mass. 

I. Jiebecca, b. Sept. 16, 1760 ; in. Isaac Whittemore 

of Ashburnhani, Mass.; d. in Sullivan. 
n. Enoch, b. Aug. 21, 1762.+ 

III. James, b. Apr. 24, 1764 ; was kilK'd l)y falling 

from a liorse. 

IV. /Stephen, b, Dec. 11, 1768 ; d. in Sullivan, Dec. 10, 

1855. 
V. Sarah, h. Oct. 19, 1770. 



Enoch Foster, son of Joseph ; m. Rebecca, dau. of 
John and Mary (Whitcomb) French of Dublin ; settled 
in Roxbury. 

I. Benjaynin, b. Jan. 23, 1793.-)- 
II. Sally, b. June 21, 1794 ; m.. May 7, 1813, Samuel 
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III. Step/itu^ 1). Fel). 5, 1790 ; iii. Sojdiia Briu'^s of 

Sullivan. 

IV. liehecca, b. Aug. 16, 1797 ; ni., March 10, 1814, 

Reuben Phillips of Koxbury ; d. Jan. 19, 1858. 
V. Enoch, b. ]May 10, 1799; ni. Eliza, rtau. of Levi 
and Hannah (Briiihani) Gates, He <\. in Som- 
erset, Mich., March 24, 1872. 
VI. Asa, b. Dec. 29, IHUO ; ni. Polly French; settled 

in Norwich, N.Y. 
VII. Alvah, 1). Dec. 20, 1802 ; m. Cynthia, dau. of 
Paul and Tenijierance (Furber) Fifield ; resides 
in Michigan. 
VIII. Eoxie, b. Aug. 17, LSO;'); ni., Aug. 17, 1825, Will- 
iam Merriam ; resides in Sterling, Mass. 
IX. J/ary, b. Mav 2, 1807; m., 1820, Abel Merriam. 

She d. in JaraestoAvn, N.Y., Feb. 23, 1851. 
X. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 28, 1810; m. Sarah Carpenter 
of Gilsum ; settled in Nelson; d. Jan. 27, 1867. 



Ben,jamix Foster, son of Enoch, m., Aug. 21, 1814, 
Barbary Phillijis, b. in Rutland, Mass., March 19, 1793; 
settled in Koxbury. In his old age, he removed to 
Peterboro, where he d. May 26, 1855. His wi<low d. 
July 12, 1873. Mr. Foster was an occasional contrib- 
utor to the weekly ])a])ers. He never attained nor 
as))ired to any great eminence as a writer, but, while 
earning his bread by the sweat of his brow, j»referred to 
j sj>end his leisure hours in a way that would imj)rove 
I himself and benefit others. The stories which he wrote 
j were ]»articularly calculated to drop useful hints along 
I the jjathway of the young. He was ever regarded as an 
j honest, industrious, and worthy man. 

17 I. Rebecca B., b. Feb. 16, 1816; m., Ai>r. 30, 1839, 

William Towns of Roxbury ; d. in Peterboro. 

18 ; II. Enoch, b. March 25, 1819.+ 

19 III. Mary Ann, b. March 3, 1824; ni., Nov. 15, 1848, 
Samuel Hardy of Dublin ; resides in Hillsboro. 

IV. I/Kcina F., b. Nov. 17, 1825; m., Oct. 11, 1846, 

John R. Forbush of Peterboro. He d. Jan. 30, 

1857 ; and she m. (2d), Oct. 15, 1857, Julius C. 

Pearl of DeKalb, 111. 
V. Samira Jane, b. Apr. 27, 1830 ; m., June 27, 

1847, Philip C. Wheeler of Peterboro ; she d. 

Apr. 10, 1861. 
VI. f^arah E., b. Jan. 23, 1832; ra., July 24, 1851, 

Orange P. Harris of Nelson ; d. in DeKalb, 111., 

Dec. 2, 1859. 



(18) j Enoch Foster, son of Benjamin and Barbary (Phil- 
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and Lucretia (Bemis) Lewis. He served three years in 
Company C, 14th Reg. N.H. Vols. 

I. Alma L. (adopted dau.), b. Apr. 17, 185.3 ; ni., 
June 10, 1873, Charles H. Rockwood of Swan- 
zey, b. Feb. 23, 1852. 

1. Claude Eugene, b. in Troy, March 2, 1877. 



Joseph French is supposed to have come from 
Attleboro, Mass., where his grandfather settled about 
the year 1720. He located on the farm since owned by 
Pelatiah Hodgkins, in what is now the north-east part of 
Troy. He resided here until 1808, then sold his farm 
and removed to Ludlow, Vt. 



I. Arethusa, 



Jr., of Dublin. 



II. Sarah, 
III. Bridget, 



June 23, 1803. 
Vryling, 



m., June 5, 1804, J(ise])li INLason, 

m. Samuel Thurston, q.v. 
■; m. Jonas Knight of Fitzwilliam, 

d. Nov. 14, 1804, 03. 25. 



FROST. 

Elder Edmuivd Frost, the ancestor of nearly all of that name in 
Marl., embarked at Ipswich, England, with his wife, Thoniasine, and son 
John, in the ship " Great Hope," in the autumn of 1G35. He settled at 
Cambridge, ]\lass., where he was elected ruling elder of the first church, 
which was established soon after his arrival. The town of Cambridge 
granted six acres of land to " Elder ifrost " Feb. G, 1636 (Candi. Rec), 
and iu 1646 " Edmixnd ffrost granted eight acres meddow to lie in com- 
mon for town's use ; and the 9tli, -1 mo. 1652, it was agreed by the cliurcli 
that Shawshine should be divided," being land that was granted by court 
to the first church at Cambridge. Elder Frost's share was two liundred 
acres, which was afterward inherited by his sons, Samuel and James, 
and by them deeded to Billerica. 

Feb. 8, 1668-69, Elder Frost was appointed to catechise the children of 
those families on east side of town. He d. July 12, 1()72, having nuide a 
will Apr. 16, 1672, proved Oct. 5, 1672, in which he mentions his wife 
Rena and all his eight children. His first and second wives' names not 

known, Thoniasine and Mary . His third wife was Kena, 

widow of Robert D;uiiels. 

Samuel, son of Elder Edmund Frost, b. Feb. 12, 1638, m. (1st), at 
Cambridge, Oct. 12, 1663, Mary Coale; m. (2d) Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. 
John and Lydia Miller. He moved to Billerica about 1670, where he 
had one-half of two hundred acres of land granted by the town of Cam- 
bridge to his fatlier. He d. Jan. 7, 1717. Joseph, son of Samuel, b. 
Dec. 23, 1680, m. (1st), Jan. 12, 1707-8, Sarah Whittemore. She d. Apr. 
1717, and he m. (2d), 1718, Hannah Easterbrook. He had fourteen chil- 
dren, maJiy of whom d. in infancy, .\bout 1710, he removed to Sherborn, 
where he d. in 1760. 



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m., in Sherborn, 1760, Martha Leiand. lie came to this 
town in March, 1775, having previously purchased of 
Isaac McAllester the farm now owned by Ansel Nye. 
He commanded a company of militia in Sherborn before 
his removal, and had sent in his resignation, but it was 
not granted. The month folloAving, the battle of Lex- 
ington took pLace. As soon as Capt. Frost heard of the 
battle, he buckled on his sword, and, mounting his horse, 
started for the scene of conflict. On arriving at Towns- 
end, he learned the ])articulars concerning the affray, 
and that the British soldiers had retreated to Boston. 
He then returned to his family. During the autumn of 
177(5, a discharged soldier on his way from Ticonderoga 
to Boston sto])ped with Capt. Frost over night, and from 
him all the family contracted the small-])OX, of which 
disease he d. Sept. 25, 1776. His widow d. March 15, 
1804, a3. 64. Of his eight children, seven lived to marry 
and settle in Marl. ; and both they and their descendants 
have taken an active part in shaping and sustaining the 
interests of the town. 

I. Hannah^ b. 1761 ; m. James Bemis, q.v, 
II. Joseph^ b. 1763.-|- 

III. Jonathan^ b. 1765. -[- 

IV. Benjamin^ b. 1767.--|- 

V. Martha^ b. 1769; m. (1st) Justus Perry, M.D., q.v.; 

m. (2d) David Wheeler, q.v. 
VI. Elijah, b. 1771.+ 
VII. Asa, b. 1773 ; d. in infancy. 
VIII. Jeremiah, b. 1776.-[- 



CoL. Joseph Frost, son of Capt. Jonathan, m., Sept. 
17, 1782, Zilpha, dan. of Col. Richard and Sybel (Goode- 
now) Roberts ; settled on the Stillman Woodward ])lace, 
where he d. Nov. 7, 1839. His wife d. Apr. 5, 1822. 
It may be truly said of Mr. Frost that he passed through 
a long life liighly respected and esteemed by all who 
were favored with his acquaintance. As a townsman, he 
was anxious for the promotion of peace, good order, the 
improvement of morals, and for the religious and moral 
educatiou of the rising generation. His townsmen gave 
ample testimony of their confidence by repeatedly elect- 
ing him to all the civil offices in tlieir gift. For a number 
of years, he was cliosen to ]-e])resent the town in the 
State Legishiture, in which capacity he never disap- 
pointed the expectation of his constituents. He was a 
professor of religion for nearly fifty years, and mani- 
fested the sincerity of his religious faith by practising 
through his whole life upon the principle of ])ure mo- 
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Hannah Rider ; removed to Granby, Canada. 
Jonathan, b. Feb. 17, 1785.-|- 
Joseph, b. Apr. 30, 1787.+ 
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 2, 1789; d. Feb. 5, 1792. 
Aaron, b. July 29, 1792 ; removed to Canada. 
Sylvester, b. June 5, 1794.-|- 
Moxanna, b. Dee. 14, 1796 ; m. Dea. James 

Farrar, q.v. 
Atossa, b. Dec. 1, 1798; ra., Aug. 21, 1826, Rev. 

Cyrus Stone, q.v. 
Emily, b. June 24, 1801 ; in. Cluirles Gilbert, q.v. 
Loicell, b. Oct. 31, 1803 ; d. in Boston. 
Benjaiyiin, \). March 11, 1806; settled first in 

Boston, afterward removed to Abini^ton. 



Lieut. Jonatha^t Frost, son of Capt. Jonathan, m. 
Beulah, dau. of Eliphalet and Lydia (Goddard) Stone; 
settled on the farm now owned by Russell Bixby. Mrs. 
Frost d. May 3, 1808; and hem. (2d), Dec. 21, 1808, 
Mrs. Esther Coolidge, widow of Hezekiah Coolidge. 
She d. March 15, 1848. He d. Oct. 20, 1851. 

I. Patty, b. March 12, 1787 ; m. Zephaniah Harvey ; 
removed to Shefford, Canada, where she d. 
March 17, 1835. 
II. Asa, b. Dec. 17, 1788.+ 

III. Hannah, b. June 19, 1791 ; m. Daniel Coolidge 

of Sherborn, Mass. ; d. Nov. 25, 1831. 

IV. Cyrus, b. Sept. 25, 1797.+ 

V. Lydia, b. June 24, 1800; m. Samuel Barrett; d. 

Sept, 6, 1831. 
VI. Almira, b. Sept. 1, 1803 ; d. Jan. 11, 1823. 



Bex.iamin Frost, son of Ca])t. Jonathan, m., 1789, 
Phebe, dau. of Col. Richard and Sybel (Goodenow) Rob- 
erts. He d. Feb. 27, IBOO. 

I. Charles, b. July 8, 1789; d. in Marl., Apr. 17, 

1866. 
11. Charlotte, b. Feb. 10, 1792; m. William Rider; 
lived in Swanzev. 

III. Bildad,h. Nov. 14, 1794; d. Apr. 16, 1795. 

IV. Phebe, b. June 25, 1796 ; m. Bishop of Troy. 

V. Persis, b. Apr. 13, 1798; d. young. 



Elijah Frost, son of Capt. Jonathan, m. Betsey, dau. 
of Phinelias and Lovina (Warren) Farrar. He resided 
for a few years in Marl., and then removed to Siilliv.in, 
nud thence to Thetford, Yx., wlicre he d. in 186U. 



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I. Lovina^ h. March 7, 1795 ; in. Aylswortli ITul)- 

bard; d. in Snlli\ an. 
II. Betsey, b. March 11, 1797; ni. Enoch Woods; d. 
in Snllivan. 

III. Selim, b. Oct. 2-2, 1799; ni,, 1824, Lydia Heald ; 

resided in Sullivan ; d. 1858. 

IV. Benjamin, b. Sept. 9, 1802; m., 1825, Mary C. 

Barrett; d. in 1858. 
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(9) j Jeremiah Frost, youngest son of Capt. Jonathan, m., 
{ Aug. 7, 1804, Eunice, dau. of Capt. David and Rebecca 
I (Hoar) Wheeler ; removed to Shefford, Canada. 

I. Bersis, b. Jan. 14, 1805. 
II. David, b. Aug. 31, 1806. 
III. /Selina. 

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42 [ V. Eunice. 

43 i VI. Jeremiah. 

(11) I JoTATHAx Frost, son of Col. Joseph, m.. May 23, 
j 1804, Sally, dau. of Capt. David and Rebecca (Hoar) 

: Wheeler ; removed to Shefford, Canada, and thence to 
Derby Centre, Vt. 

44 I. Charles, b. Oct. 26, 1805. 

45 II. Pinchney, settled in Wethersfield, Vt. 

46 m. Joseph. 

47 IV. Jonathan. 

48 i V. Alice. 

49 VI. Asa. 

(12) Joseph Frost, son of Col. Joseph, m., July, 1805, 
Lucy, dau. of Capt. David and Rebecca (Hoar) Wheeler; 
settled first in Shefford, Canada. In 1819, he returned 
to Marl., and settled on the farm now owned by his son 
Rufus S. Frost, where he d. Oct. 23, 1830. His widow 
afterward removed to Boston, where she d. July 23, 
1848. 

50 I. Caroline, b. May 13, 1806 ; d. Aug. 20, 1819. 

51 II. Sumner, b. Jan. 17, 1808.4- 

52 HI. Joseph P., b. Aug. 29, 1809 ; m., Apr. 8, 1830, 
Martha B., dau. of John and Mary (Livhigston) 
Lane ; resided for many years in Galesburg, 111., 
where he d. Apr. 19, 1880. 

53 IV. Loxoell, b. Jan. 17, 1813 ; d. Aug. 29, 1813. 

54 V. Lucy W., b. Oct. 13, 1814; m., Aug. 4, 1836, 
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1. Joseph, b. 1838 ; d. 1840. 

2. Emma F., b. 1848 ; m., 1867, Charles S. 

Dunuells. 

3. Lucy A., b. 1850 ; m., 1870, Charles H. 

Cutler. 

VI. Luther, b. May 12, 1817; um. 
VII. Emdine, b. Feb. 21, 1820; m., Nov. 30, 1853, 
Henry B. Swazey ; resides in Clielsea, Mass. 

1. George Henry, b. 1855. 

2. Emma Frost, b. 1857 ; d. 1872. 
8. Walter B., b. 1862 ; d. 1803. 

VIII. Bufu.^ S., b. July 18, 1820 ; m., Aug. 4, 1847, Ellen 
M. Hubbard. She d. Feb. 28, 1878; and he m. 
(2d), June 18, 1879, Mrs. Catherine Emily 
Willard of Tioga, Penn. ; resides in Chelsea, 
Mass. (See Chap. XIII.) 

1. Charles Hubbard, b. 1848; m., 1871, 

Emma H. Tripp. Children: Edith, b. 
1873; Gertrude, b. 1876, d. 1880; 
George T., b. 1878. 

2. Ellen A., b. 1849; m., 1869, Rufus Frost, 

" Greeley. Children : Marion, b. 1870 ; 
Norman, 1871 ; Russell, b. 1878. 

3. John Osgood, b. 1852 ; d. May 23, 1879. 

4. Emma Wheeler, b. 1856. 

5. Rufus H., b. 1857. 

6. Albert Plumb, b. 1859. 



Sylvester Frost, son of Col. Joseph, m., Nov. 4, 
1817, Damariss, dau. of Kimber and Polly (Hazleton) 
Harvey ; resided for some time in Troy, and afterward 
in Fitchburg. 

I. David, b. Aug. 11, 1818. 

II. Perley, b. July 12, 1821 ; d. Oct. 10, 1 844. 

m. Milton, b. Apr. 30, 1824. 

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Capt. Asa Frost, son of Lieut. Jonathan, ra., Nov. 21, 
1811, Harriet, dau. of Hezekiah Coolidge ; settled on the 
home farm. In his old age, he built the house now 
owned by Elisha O. Woodward, where he resided till 
after the death of his wife, Apr. 12, 1863, when he 
removed to Springfield, Mass., where he d. March 18, 
1868. 

I. Loring Coolidge, b. Feb. 8, 1813; m., Nov. 1, 
1838, Anuuida, dau. of John B. and Anna 
(Harvey) Farrar ; d. in Cleveland, Ohio. 





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II. Charles Milton, h. March 5, 1.S15; d. A]»r. 25, 
1867, uin. 

III. Harlow, h. Nov. 18, 1816; m. Eliza Wright of 

Koeiie; d. in Vermont. 

IV. Giiriis, b. June 18, 1821; d. Aug. U), 1845. 

V. Almira, h. June 18, 1825 ; m., Sei)t. 5, 1849, 
Warren H. Wilkinson ; resided in Springfield, 
Mass. ; <1. Oct. 12, 1874. 

VI. Daniel 6\, b. Sept. 12, 183l>; ni. Esther Merriain ; 
resides in Springfield, Mass. 



Col. Cyrus Frost, son of Lieut. Jonathan, ni., Nov. 
1, 1821, Caroline, dan. of Ebenezer and Rhoda (Cool- 
idge) Richardson of Dublin, b. May 22, 1797. 

I. Almira, b. July 20, 1823; d. Dec. 21, 1823. 
II. /Sarah Jane, li. A]»r. 20, 1825 ; d. Feb. 5, 1826. 

III. Ebenezer B., b. May 26, 1828; m. Rachel L. 

Clemons of Belgrade, Me., Dec. 8, 1853; resided 
in Boston, wliere he d. 

IV. Laura tSophia, b. Mav 16, 1830; ni. O. H. Perry 

of Springfield, Mass.; d. Feb. 6, 1872. 
V. Edvard Jonathan, b. June 17, 1833 ; m. Eliza- 
beth Mott of Peterboro ; resides in Philadel- 
phia. 
VI. /Sarah KlizabetJi, b. June 23, 1836 ; in., March 2, 
1862, Clark Farrar of Keene. He d. Apr. 20, 
1866; and she m. (2d), July 26, 1868, Hervey 
TJphani ; resides in Texas. 
VII. Harriet Coolidge, b. Dec. 31, 1838 ; ni. Rev. 

Charles E. Houghton, q.v. 
VIII. Amanda Caroline, b. A])r. 4, 1842; ni. Charles 
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Sumner Frost, son of Joseph, m., Oct. 14, 1828, 
Elizabeth, dau. of John and Mary (Tayntor) Wiswall ; 
resided first in Newport, and afterward in Derbv, Vt. 
She d. Jan. 3, 1835; and he m. (2d), Apr. 8, "1835, 
Lucinda Olive Field, b. Sept. 2, 1816, d. Aug. 7, 1849; 
and he m. (3d), Jan. 28, 1850, Lydia E. Blake, b. Nov. 
19, 1821. He d. Nov., 1876. Children by first Avife as 
follows : — 

I. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Aug. 23, 1829; m. Justus 
Lawrence of Roxbury. He d. in Yonkers, 
N.Y. His widow is now in Euro])e. 
II. Harriet A., b. Ai)r. 20, 1833; m. (1st) Fernando C. 
Harrington, by whom she had one child, and 
m. (2d) Cyrus S. Moors, q.v. 

1. George K. FTarrington, b. in West Charles- 
ton, Vt., June '23, 1853 ; m., Nov. 13, 
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iir. Lucinda Maria, b. Jan. 18, 1836; d. Auo-. 21, 

1864. 
IV. Sumner Webster, b. May 1, 1837 ; d. in Marl., 

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V. Luther Wesley, b. Sept. 14, 1838. 
VI. Henrxi Warren, b. Dec. 7, 1842 ; d. June 24, 

1844. 
VII. iMcia M, b. Ai)r. 18, 1844; d. Aug. 2G, 1871. 
VIII. Rufus Chester, b. Sept. 27, 1845. 



Ephraim K. Frost, M.D. (genealogy not traced), b. 
in Jaffrey, Dec. 17, 1790 ; came to Marl, and coninieneed 
the ])ractice of medicine, 1812. (See Cha]). XIL) He 
m., Nov. 11, 1S13, Persis, dau. of Jonadab and Tabatha 
(Wilson) Baker; removed to Swanzey in 1818; d. in 
Lincoln, Nebraska, Nov. 18, 1871. 

I. Charles, d. ae. 2 years. 

11. Feronia, b. Dec. 26, 1815 ; m., 1835, G. N. Sher- 
wood. 

III. Lyman, b. Feb. 10, 1820 ; m. ; resides at Lincoln, 

Nebraska. 

IV. Lafayette S., b. June 4, 1S24. 

V. ( Caroline, b. Jan., 1826; d. in her fifth 

Twins. X year. 
VI. i^JEmeline, b. Jan., 1826. 

VII. FranJclin, b. 1831; d. in Wisconsin, 1857. 



Abraham Frost, m., Nov. 24, 1796, Polly Woodbury, 
(Town records.) 



FULLER. 

John Fuller, the ancestor of the families in Marl, bearing this name, 
was one of the first settlers of Cambridge Village, now Xewton, IVIass. 
He was b. in 1611, and settled there about 1611, and was one of the 
largest land-owners in the village, owning upwards of one tliousand 
acres. This laud at his death was. divided among his five sons, who 
lived to the following ages: John, 75; Jonathan, 74; Joseph, 88; 
Joshua, 98 ; Jeremiah, 83. The History of Newton says that twenty-two 
of the descendants of John Fuller w^eut into the army of tlie Revolution. 
He d. Feb. 7, 1698-99 ; and his widow, Elizabeth, d. Apr. l;j, 1700. His 
son John, b. 1645, m., 168:^, Abigail Boylstou ; settled in Xewton, and 
had nine children, among whom was Isaac, b. Nov. 22, 1695, m. Abigail 
, and had, among others, Abijah, b. June 1, 1723, m. Lydia Rich- 
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Elijah Fuller, son of Abijah and Lydia (Ricliard- 
son) Fuller, was b. in Newton, Mass., Feb. 11, 1760. 
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Clark, of whom he learned the carpenter's trade. In 
1797, he came to Marl., and located on what is now 
" West ITill" in Troy, working at his trade a considera- 
ble portion of his time. Previons to his coming to this 
town, he m. Lucretia Smitli, b. in Holden, Mass., about 
1765. Soon after her birth, her father moved with his 
family to Pennsylvani:], and located at Wyoming on the 
Suscpiehanna River, where they remained until the fa- 
mous " Wyoming massacre," when two tliousand Tories 
and nine liuudred Indians came ui)on the ]>lace, and mur- 
dered the inhabitants without discrimination. Lucretia 
Smith was one of the few who escaped. She, being at 
that time thirteen years of age, remembered well the 
horrors of those distressing scenes which took place at 
that time, when so many fell a prey to savage warfare. 
The family after their escape retui-ned to Holden. Mr. 
Fuller d. 1822. His wife survived him, and d. 1863, at 
the ripe age of 97. Children, all but Isaac, born in Marl. 

I. Isaac^ b. in Hubbardston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1794 ; 
m., Feb. 7, 1818, Temperance Hinckley of Barn- 
stable, Mass., b. Nov. 11, 1792. He d. in Trov, 
Dec. 14, 1833. 
II. Martha, b. Dee. 14, 1797; m. Abel Garfield of 
Trov. 

lit. LydU'i, b. June 9, 1800 ; d. March 11, 1811. 

IV. Lucretia, b. Aug. 1, 1805; m. John E. Jackson ; 
removed to Vermont. 

V. JElyah,\). Apr. 6, 1808; fell into scalding water, 
and d. Jan. 19, 1812. 

VI. Harriet, b. Apr. 21, 1810. 

Capt. Isaac Fuller, a brother of Elijah, b. in New- 
ton, Mass., 1775; came to Marl, about 1797. He m. 
Patty Howe of Holden, Mass., at which place he resided 
a short time before his removal to this town. He first 
moved into the school-house in the south-west part of 
the town, in what is now Troy, where he resided for 
several months, and finally located on the William Barker 
farm. He was a carpenter, and a skilful workman. 
On returning home from Troy village one stormy night 
in the winter of 1819, he perished in the storm at the 
age of 44. His widow d. Aug. 16, 1836, a. 57. Chil- 
dren all but Amasa b. in Marl, 

I. Amasa, b. in Holden, Mass., Dec. 7, 1797.-f- 
II. Lucretia, b. .Tan. 11, 1800; m. Ezra Alexander of 

Troy; d. June 11, 1873. 
III. Patty, b. Sept. 6, 1802; m. David Jackson of 
Wallinofford, Vt. ; she was killed by lightning, 
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IV. Nancy, b. Jan. 11, 1805; ra., Aug. 17, 1823, 

Andrew Sherman, who d. May 26, 1871. Slie 

now resides in Keene. 
V. Dorothy, b. Apr. 5, 1807 ; d. June 22, 1807. 
VI. Stillmdn, b. July 22, 1808; d. March 16, 1809. 
VII. Lydia, b. Feb. 9, 1810; ni. Rufus Jackson; 

resides in Wallingford, Vt. 
viii. Tsaac, b. Aug. 1, 1812; d. July 3, 1814. 
IX. Harriet, b. Feb. 28, 1815; d. Sept. 14, 1818. 
.v. Eliza, b. June 28, 1817; ni. Shennan ; 

resides in Brooktield, Mass. 



Amasa Fuller, son of Capt. Isaac, m. (1st) Anna, 
dau. of Jonathan and Delilah (Rhodes) Beuiis. She d. 
June 19, 1826. 

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II. Elmira, b. Apr. 9, 1822; m., July 16, 1846, 

Stephen Harris of Trov; she d. in Swanzey, 
May, 1847. 

III. Anna, b. Feb. 14, 1826; d. Nov. 23, 1826. 

Mr. Fuller ni. (2d), Jan. 11, 1827, Ilaiuiah Jackson of 
Wallingford, Vt., b. Nov. 5, 1803. 

IV. A daughter, b. June 11, 1828; d. Julv 18,. 1828. 
V. A son, b. Apr. 29, 1829; d. Apr. 30, 1829. 
VI. Elvira, b. Sept. 21, 1830; d. March 14, 1832. 
VII. A daughter, b. March 1, 1832; d. March 6, 1833. 
VIII. Amasa, b. Sept. 28, 1833; m., Sept. 13, 1855, 
Georgianna D. Taylor of Winchendon, b. Sept. 
13, 1834. 

1. Edward S. (adopted son), b. in Winchen- 
don, June. 25, 1866. 

IX. Levi A., b. May 4, 1836.+ 
X. A son, b. July 1, 1838; d. same day. 

XI. Erroin J., b. Sept. 19, 1839; m., Sept. 16, 1865, 
Czarina W. Jacobs, 1>. in Royalston, June 8, 
1841 ; resides in Winchendon. During the 
Rebellion, he was in the army as hospital stew- 
ard eighteen months. 

1. Nettie C, b. June 16, 1866. 

2. Winfred E., b. Aug. 5, 1868. 

3. Herbert W., b. Dec. 22, 1870. 

Mrs. Hannah F'uller d. Apr. 5, 1845; and Mr. Fuller 
in. (3d), Oct. 2, 1845, Mrs. Mary (Knight) Ilager of 
Troy, b. Feb. 14, 1802. He m." (4th) 'Mrs. Lovey I*. 
Kidder, b. Oct. 6, 1813. He d. in Swanzev, Julv 18, 
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Isaac Fuller, son of Amasa, m., Dec. I'i, 1848, Ilep- 
zibah, ciau. of Abel and Martha (Fuller) Garfield, b. in 
Troy, March 2, 18-25. He d. Nov. 7, 1866; and she ni. 
(2d), Dec. 8, 1870, Asa B. Clark of Troy. She m. (3d) 
Samuel B. Aldrich, Dec. 2, 1875; residesin Keene. 

I. Julia 31., b. Feb. 4, 1847 ; ni., July 16, 1868, 
Edwin F. Stockwell of Keene; d. July 28, 
1868. Tie (1. Apr. 26, 1871. 
tr. Georr/e E., b. Dec. 18, 1850; lu., Jan. 24, 1872, 
Mattie A. Alexander of Swanzey, b. Dec. 24, 
1853; resides in Swanzey. 
ni. Frederick A., b. Sept. 2, 1853 ; ni., Apr. 8, 1874, 
Fannie M. Blanding, b. Apr. 24, 1853. 
1. Winfred T., b. Oct. 29, 1875. 
IV. Andrexc Z, b. Se])!. 22, 1858; m., Oct. 18, 1876, 
Bessie A. Gates ; resides in Troy. 
1. Julia M., b. March 14, 1879. 



Dea. Levi A. Fuller, son of Amasa, m., Feb. 22, 
1860, Elvira L., adopted dau. of Joseph Bemis of Ash- 
burnham, b. June 4, 1839 ; d. Nov. 15, 1865. He was 
elected deacon of the Congregational Clinrch Oct. 30, 
1874. 

1. Cora A., b. June 24, 1862 ; d. July 27, 1862. 
n. Elmer A., b. Dec. 27, 1863. 
Mr. Fuller m. (2d), Oct. 30, 1866, Emily L., dau. of 
Dr. Willard and Anstrice (Joslin) Adams of Swanzey, 
b. July 28, 1848. 

in. Ida E., b. Nov. 16, 1871. 
IV. Walter T., b. Jidy 6, 1876. 



Daniel Gage was b. Dec. 16, 1757. He came from 
Hubbardston, Mass., to Marl, some time previous to 1793, 
and located on the farm now owned by Daniel Towne, 
where he continued to reside till his death, Jan. 15, 1818. 
His wife, Sarah, who was b. March 14, 1763, d. Jan. 3(1, 
1818. 

I. Samuel, b. Marcli 7, 1782; m., Apr. 8, 1S05, 
Patty, dau. of William and Mehitable (Jones) 
Tenney. He d. in Templeton, Mass. 
II. Abigail, b. Aug. 9, 1784; m., Nov. 23, 1807, 

Jeremy Underwood of Jaffrey. 
ni. Daniel, b. March 28, 1787 ; removed to Jamaica, 

Vt. 
IV. Aaron, b. Aug. 8, 1791. 
V. Sally, b. July 30, 1793 ; d. Jan. 26, 1814. 
VI. Priscilla, b. Apr. 23, 1795; m., A])r. 2:'., 1815, 
John Simonds of Tem])leton, Mass. 



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GARFIELD. 

The Garfields of this country are mostly descendants of Edward Gar- 
field, one of the earliest proprietors of Watertown, INIass. He m. (1st) 

Rebecca , the mother of his children. She d. Apr. 10, 1601, a?. 55; 

and he m. (2d), Sept. 1, 1061. Johanna, widow of Thomas Buckminster 
of Brookline. He d. June 14, 1672. His youngest son, Benjamin, b. 
104o, m. (1st) JNIehitable Hawkins, who d. Dec. 9, 1075; and he m. (2d), 
Jan. 17, 1077-78, Elizabeth Bridge. He was representative of Watertown 
nine times between 1089 and 1717. He d. Xov. 28, 1717. Thomas, son 
of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bi'idge) (iarfield, b. Dec. 12, 1080, settled 
in Weston, Mass., where he m., Jan. 2, 1700-7, Mary, dau. of Joshua and 
Elizabeth (Flagg) Bigelow. who d. Feb. 28, 1744-45.' He d. Feb. 4, 1752. 
His son John, b. Dec. 3, 1718, m., 1744-45, Thankful Stowed. He d. 
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John Garfield, son of John and Thankful (Stowell) 
Garfield, b. in Weston, Mass., Oct. 11, 1751 ; m., 
July 6, 1775, Lucy Smith of Weston, and settled first in 
Lincoln, where ten of his children were born. About 
1792, he removed to Marl., and ])urchased the farm after- 
wards owned by his son Abel, now within the limits of 
Troy. He gained the reputation of being an industrious 
man and a 2:ood citizen. 



11, 1776; m. Richard Davis; d. 
d. in Lon- 



i. Sarah, b. Apr 
in Vermont. 
II. John, b. Oct., 1777 ; ni. Lucy Davis 
donderry, Vt. 

III. Abraham, b. June 12, 1779; m., Oct. 6, 1805, 

Eunice, dau. of David and Eunice (Whitney) 
Thurston ; settled in Troy. 

IV. Lucy, b. Feb. 19, 1781 ; ni. Easman Alexander, 

q.v. 
V. Samuel, b. Apr. 8, 1782 ; d. in New York. 
VI. James, b. Apr. 18, 1784; d. 1844. 
VII. Thomas, b. Sept. 29, 1785; m., Sept. 1, 1811, 
Lois Cobb of Jaffrev ; settled in Londonderry, 
Vt. 
VIII. Isaac, b. July 7, 1787 ; m. Submit Alexander. 
IX. Thankful, b. May 1, 1790; m. Israel Davis; set- 
tled in Montgomery, Vt. 
X. Abel, b. Apr. 20, 1792; m. Martha Fuller; settled 

in Troy. 
XI. Elijah, b. in Marl., June 14, 1794; m. Polly 
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XII. Enoch, h. in Marl., Oct. 26, 1796 ; m. Lucy Hodg- 
kins ; settled in Troy. 

XIII. { Ahigail.h.m. Marl., Nov. 10,1798; m. 
rp . J Newell Day: settled in Winchcndon. 

XIV. ^^'^^^^^•] Hepzibeth, h. in Marl., Nov. 10, 1798; 

[ m. Amos Ray ; settled in Gardner. 



George WAsniisrGTox Garfield, son of Abel and 
Martha (Fuller) Garfield, b. in Troy, 1825 ; m., Oct. 31, 
1852, Augusta L., dau. of George and Louisa (Jones) 
Harvey. He came to Marl, in 1851, and was for a short 
time in company with Isaac Fuller in the manufacture 
of boxes, after which he was station-agent at Marl, depot 
five years. He then moved to the village, and was asso- 
ciated with Elisha O. Woodward in the store, three 
years. He removed to Keene in 1862, where he was 
freight agent for Cheshire R.R. four years ; then removed 
to Lawrence, N.Y., in 1867, where he was for nine years 
engaged in the pail and butter-tub business ; returned to 
Keene in 1876, where he now resides. Mrs. Garfield d. 
May 27, 1878. 

I. Win/red G., b, Apr. 27, 1854; d. Ai)r. 4, 1859. 
II. Infant daughter, b. Nov. 26, 1859; d. Nov. 29, 
1859. 



Asa Garfield, probably not connected with the fore- 
going families, settled on land now known as the Pres- 
cott pasture, about 1802. He had previously resided in 
Orange and Chelsea, Vt. 

I. Cevy, b. in Orange, Yt., March 31, 1800. 
II. Phebe, b. in Chelsea, Vt., Julv 11, 1802. 

III. Hollis, b. in Marl., Oct. 17, 1804. 

IV. Frederick, b. in Marl., Apr. 7, 1807. 
V. Am, b. in Marl., June 28, 1809. 



Levi Gates came from Marl., Mass., about 1795, and 
settled on the farm now occu])ied by Ivers L. Richard- 
son. Mr. Gates was in some respects a self-made man : 
he stored his mind with considerable history, and was 
well versed in the affairs of the country. By close appli- 
cation to the branches of a common-school education, 
he qualified himself for teaching, which he followed for 
several Avinters, with good success. In 1807, he was 
appointed a Justice of the Peace, and was employed by 
the people of the town to draft deeds and other legal 
instruments. He also held courts for justice trials, when- 
ever it was necessary so to do. He held the office of 
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sented the town in the General Court two years. He 
was a man possessed of considerable natural ability, 
comj)aring favorably in that and other respects with the 
leading men of the town. His wife was Hannah, dau. 
of Caleb and Hannah (Barnes) Brigliam of Marlboro, 
Mass., b. A])r. 17, 1767, and d. Oct. 2, 1837. He d. Jan. 
3, 1832, X. 71. The first three children b. in Marlboro, 
Mass. 

I. Zevi\ b. June 26, 1780.-|- 
II. .Dol/>/, h. Feb. 12, 1791 ; d. Jan. 23, 1798. 

III. N'anci/, b. March 20, 1793; ra., Jan. 22, 1818, 

Elliott Coolidge. 

IV. Hannah, b. July"29, 1796 ; d. Bee. 3, 1814. 

V. TMhj, 1). Aug. 8, 1798; m., March 5, 1819, John 

Hai-ris of Fitchlnirg. 
vr. HepslbetJu b. Dec. 11, 1800; d. Dec. 2, 1807. 
VII. Eliza, b. Apr. 22, 1803; m. Enoch Foster; re- 
moved to Michigan. 
VIII. Josejyh, b. Apr. 19,^1805; d. March 2, 1806. 
IX. Joseph Brigham, b. Aug. 23, 1810; d. July 14, 
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Levi Gates, son of Levi, m. Permilla, dau. of Asa 
atid Eunice (Williams) Porter, and settled on home 
farm, where he d. Sept. 23, 1858. 

I. Austin Brigham, b. March 8, 1821; m., Sept. 19, 
1844, Samira, dau. of Joseph M. and Fannie 
(Brigham) Forristall of Troy, b. Oct. 31, 
1823 ; resides in Troy. 
II. Mmitia W., b. Oct. 31, 1822; m. Ivers L. Rich- 
ardson, q.v. 

III. Winsloio Zovell, b. Feb. 20, 1824; m., Jan. 20, 

1876, Sarah M. Derby of Harrisville. 

IV. Ann Jamiett, b. June 29, 1828; d. Dec. 13, 1836. 
V. Everett Eelton, b. Feb. 19, 1843; d. Aug. 30, 

1863. 

Elijah Gates, a brother of Levi, Sen., b. 1765; m. 
Dorcas Farnsworth, and settled first in Bolton, Mass. 
He came to Marl, in 1800, and purchased of Ebenezer 
Rhodes, Jr., the farm on which his son Elijah now 
resides. He d. Oct. 16, 1824. His widow d. Jan. 12, 
1857, ae. 87. 

I. Walter, b. in Bolton, July 25, 1791 ; d. um. 
II. Winsor, b. in Bolton, Sept. 26, 1794; m., June 
19, 1825,' Esther, dau. of Amasa, and Zeuriah 
(Capron) Converse; d. in Westmoreland. His 
wife d. Feb. 6, 1828. 



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1. Dorothy M,, b. March 27, 182r); ni. James 
TTarvey, q.th 

III. Avhsidi, 1). in Bolton, Jan. 0, 171)8; d, Sept. 8, 

1800. 

IV. Elijah, h. hi Marl., June 17, 1801.+ 

V. Galmn, b. in Marl., Feb. 23, 1804; d. um. 
VI. Rufiis, b. in Marl., Se])t. 12, 1807 ; m. Minerva 
Paffe of Swanzey; resides in Keene. 



Elijah Gates, son of Elijah, m., Oct. 20, 1831, 
Amoret, dan. of Nathan PI and Eunice (Porter) Wild ; 
settled on home farm, where lie now resides. 

I. Caroline Maria, b. Feb. 21, 1833; m., Apr. 14, 

1852, Bradley E. Wriglit ; d. Nov. 16, 1862. 
II. Achsah Amoret, b. Sept. 3, 1834; in. Granville 

Morse, (j.v. 
in. Ivory Elijah, b. Aug. 20, 1836.+ 
IV. Angelia Whitcoml), b. July 28, 1838 ; m., Jan. 
22, 1860, Charles W. flathaway; resides in 
East Boston. 
V. JIari/ Elizabeth, b. Ai)r. 29, 1840; in., Aug. 17, 

1850, Jose])h Wright; resides in Keene. 
VI. Ellen J)., b. Sept. 18, 1842; d. Aug. 7, 1843. 
vii. Emih/ Minerva, b. Aug. 21, 1847; m.. May 4, 
1870, Sawyer Porter ; resides in Leominster, 
Mass. 
viii. Alice Ellen, b. Oct. 9, 1850; resides in Marl., um. 

Ivo«RY E. Gatks, son of Elijah, m., Sept. 18, 1861, 
Olive Ann, dan. of Saril and Alraira (Collins) Whit- 
comb ; settled on the Artemas Collins farm, where he 
now resides. 

I. Jennie E., b. Aug. 7, 1862, 
II. John D., b. July 7, 1867. 

III. Katie 31., b. Dec. 23, 1869. 

IV. ffa'-ry If., b. June 20, 1872. 
V. Fred Ivor II, b. Apr. 12, 1875. 

VI. Leon W., b. Nov. 24, 1877. 



Oldham Gates, son of Amos and Mary (Trowbridge) 
Gates of Franiingham, Mass., !». July 27, 1759 ; m., June 
1783, Deborah, dau. of Nathan and Tliankful (Gil)bs) 
Winch of Franiingham, b. May 6, 1765. They settled in 
Dublin, June, 1784; removed to IMarl. in 1797; resided 
for some time on the Abner Russell place, also for a 
short time on the farm now owned by Ivory E. Gates. 
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II. N'ellie, b. Aiig. 30, 1785; in., 1807, Joshua ITar- 
rington of Troy ; removed to Alstead, where 
slie d. P>h. 7, 1847. 

III. Amos, b. Aug. 29, 17S7 ; m., and settled in Mid- 

dleburg, N.Y. 

IV. Buth, b. Nov. 2, 1789; ui. Etlian Hall of Grafton, 

N.Y.; d. Aug. 3, 1871. 
V. Oldham, b. March 12, 1792 ; ni., and settled in 
Middleburg, N.Y. 

VI. Anna, b. June 15, 1794; ni. Porter; 

removed to the West. 
VII. JSTatJuin, b. ]May 2, 1796 ; ni., and settled in New 

York. 
VIII. John, m., and settled in Middleburg, N.Y. 

IX. Clarissa, ni. • Porter ; lived in Athens, N.Y. 

X. Marrilla, ni. Wynian ; lived in Albany, 

N.Y. 
XI. Patty, in., and settled in New York. 
XII. Polly, removed to the West. 



John Gates, a brother of Oldham, bap. in Framing- 
ham, Mass., May 31, 1772 ; m., Jan. 5, 1795, Eunice, dau. 
of Joseph and Mary (Beals) Winch of Framingham, b. 
Oct. 26, 1770. He came to Marl, about 18'()1, and 
resided on the farm iioav owned by Ivory E. Gates. 
His wife d. Nov. 16, 1803 ; and he m. (2d) Jemima, dau. 
of Timothy and Martha (Long) Harvey, Oct. 21, 1805, 
and removed to New York. 

A child of John Gates d. June 23, 1809, a3. almost 3 
years. (Fisli- records.) 



GIBBS. 

Matthew Gibus was in Sudbury, Mass., in 1654. lie m. Mary, dau. 
of Robert Bradisli of Cambridge, who d. about 16.59. His second son, 
John, m. Anna Gleason of Sherboru ; settled in Sudbury, and had among 
others" Isaac, who m., 1725, Thankful Wheeler. 



Isaac Gibus, son of Isaac and Thankful (Wheeler) 
Gibbs, b. in Sudbury, Mass., Jan. 28, 1728; m., 1755, 
Lois Townsend. He first settled in Sudbury. About 
1759, he removed to Framingham, where he remained 
until 1787, wdien he came to Marl. Pie jn-obably resided 
on the Tem])le jdace, now owned by Elias A. Tliatclier. 
He d. Nov., 1799. Mrs. Gibbs d. in Gilsuni, June 23, 
1825. At that time, her children and grandchildren 
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I. Zois, h. Nov., 175G; in. Timolliy Walker of 

Ilopkinton. 
II. Olive, b. M:iy 18, 1758; ui. Eboiiezor Temple, </.o. 

III. Annie, b. Oct. 2G, 17G0; m. Jonatlian Ball, q.v. 

IV. Molly, b. Oct. 21, 1762; published to Abijah 

Woodward Aug. 27, 1786. 
V. Patty, b. June 8, 1765 ; m. John Stow of South- 

borougli. 
VI. Thankful, 1). June 2o, 1767; in. William Mofiit; 

settled in Shcftortl, Canada. 
VII. Eleanor. 

VIII. N'ahlni,\yA\>. March 4, 1770. 
IX. Eunice, m. Aaron Lombard, q.v. 

Charles Gilbert, b. in Sharon, Mass., Nov. 6, 1793 ; 
carpenter l)y trade ; came to Marl, in the S])ring of 1815 ; 
m., Jan., 1820, Emily, dau. of Col. Joseph and Zilpha 
(Roberts) Frost. She d. July 14, 1851 ; and he m. (2d), 
May 6, 1852, Emilv Lang of Concord, N.H., who d. Sejtt. 
30, 1874. He d. Feb. 9, 1863. 

I. Eliza, ; m., Apr. 11, 1844, Joseph Blanch- 

ard, q.ii. She resides, a Avidow, in Leominster, 

Mass. 
II. John, ; m., Dec. 17, 1848, Mai-y Lee; 

resides in Waltham, Mass. ; is a contractor 

and builder. 

III. Atossa, ; m. Calvin Farrar, q.v. 

IV. Zydia, ; d. Aug. 22, 1845. 

V. Caroline P., ; m., June 1, 1853, L. W. 

Porter ; resides in Leominster, Mass. 
VI. 3Iary Ann, ; d. Feb. 25, 1853. 



Moses Goddard was b. in Marlboro, Mass., Nov. 21, 
1742. He was a son of William, who m., Jan. 26, 1726, 
Keziah Cloys, and the fourth generation from William 
Goddard of London, England, who m. Elizabeth Miles 
about 1650, and came to this country in 1665, and set- 
tled in Watertown, Mass., where he was known as a 
teacher. 

Moses in. Milly Walker. He came to this town in 
1770, and purchased the lot of land afterward owned by 
his brother-in-law, Eliphalet Stone. He remained here 
but a few years, and then removed to Stukely, Conn. 

I. Eber, b. Apr. 5, 1766. 
II. Abel, b. Sei)t. 22, 1767. 

III. 3Ioses, b. P'eb. 23, 1771. 

IV. Elijah, b. March 15, 1773. 
V. Archelaus, b. May 13, 1775. 



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VI. Silas, h. :M:ircli 7, 1778. 
VII. Abraham, h. May 22, 1780. 
VIII. /Solomon, h. July IG, 1782. 
IX. Jlilley, b. Oct. iiO, 1785. 



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Daniel Goodenoav, or (Toodenough, Avas probably 
the third settler of the townshi]*. He was from Marl- 
boro, Mass., where he m., Dec. 29, 1746, Martha Banis- 
ter. For many years, he was one of the most intluential 
men in this town, holding many offices nnder the rule of 
the ])ro])rieto)"S, being cotemporar}- with Josejih Collins 
and Benjamin Tucker. In 1788, he sued the town for a 
sum of money, which he claimed was due him for the 
service of his son, Ebenezer, in the war; but, failing to 
gain tlie suit, he soon after removed from town, 
perhaps to Frainingham, Mass. He resided at different 
places in tOAvn, first locating on the road leading from 
George A. Porter's to "Butler Hill" in Troy. In 1780, 
we find him residing on the old Hunt road, which leads 
from the Hunt farm to the Alger place. Of his children, 
all but the two youngest were probably b. in jNIarlboro, 
Mass. The three youngest were among the first chil- 
dren baptized in Monadnock No. V. 

I. Sybil, b. May 31, 1747 ; in. Richard Roberts, y.w. 
II. Lovina, b. Feb. 19, 1749. 
in. John, b. Dec. 1, 1751 ; m., Aug. 19, 1765, Phebe 

Saunders. 
IV. Stephen, b. Apr. 29, 175;:). 
V. Adina, or Adino, b. July 15, 1755. 
VI. il/a?'?/, b. March 18, 1757; jjublished to Timothy 

Rogers July 31, 1783. 
VII. Martha, b. Apr. 22, 1759. 
VIII. Calvin, b. Feb. 15, 1762.-[- 
IX. A child, b. Jan. 3, 1764; d. Jan. 28, 1764. 
X. Ebenezer, b. July 13, 1765. 
XI. Lydia, bap. June 23, 1771 ; ]»robably m. Lawson 

Moore. 
XII. Daniel, baji. June 23, 1771. 

Calvin Goodenoav, son of Daniel, m. Elizabeth 
Parker of Braintree, Mass. After a ■ residence of a few 
years in this town, he removed to Vermont, and d. in 
Salisbury, July, 1853. His wife d. in Middlebury, Vt., 
1842, a^. 85. Chihlren all l>nt the two vonno'est b. in 
Marl. 



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III. 



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(yy)ithia, 

Calvin, b. A])r. 13, 1785; d. at the age of 3(1, um. 
Lnfher, b. July 25, 1787; m. Phelte Cushniaii ; 
d. in Ogdensburg, N.Y. 



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IV. Jesse^ b. March 12, 1789 (town records) ; ni. 
Ahnira KoMnsou of Hancock, Vt. ; resides in 
Middlebury, Vt. 
V. Asa^ b. Nov. 1, 171)2; ni. Patty Spofford of Han- 
cock, Vt. ; resides in Middlebnry, Vt. 
VI. lietsey^ ni. Tra Coo])er ; settled in Illinois. 
VII. Olive, d. in Hancock, Vt., se. 19. 



Jonathan Goodenoav, wliose name often appears on 
the early records, })robably resided at what has since 
been called " Goodenough knoll," near where J. Merrill 
Davis has since resided. He was, without doubt, from 
Marlboro, Mass., and returned to that ))lace about 17 ISO, 
with his wife Mary and children. 

I. Jonathan. 
II. David. 

III. Ephraim. 

IV. Stejjhen. 
V. Lucy. 

VI. Esther. 
VII. Eunice. 



Benjamin Goodenow was the first settler on the 
Shaker place, so called, at the foot of the Grand Monad- 
nock. His deed, which bears date of Nov. 28, 1771, 
represents him as from Marl., Mass. ; but his name is not 
found on the records of that town. His wife was Mary 
Tradition tells us that twenty-eight children 



were b. to them. Whether this be true or not, we have 
reason to believe there was a large family, but we find 
the names of only those who were b. in Marl. He d. 
March 16, 1825. His widow d. in 1838. 

I. Benjamin., b. June 9, 1772; m., Feb. 11, 1793, 

Eunice Hunt of Dublin. 
II. William, b. June 26, 1774; m., Apr. 19, 1798, 

Rachel Piper. 

III. Parney, b. May 7, 1776 ; m. Jonathan Blodgett, 

q.v. 

IV. John, b. Feb. 8, 1778; m., Jan. 1, 1799, Susanna, 

dau. of Theophilus and Bathsheba Howard, 
y. Samuel, b. Oct. 23, 1779. 
VI. George, b. March 18, 1781 ; m., Aug. 17, 1800, 

Be*tty Ilogei-s. 
VII. Henry, b. March 5, 1782. 



Daxiki, Gould came from Fitzwilliam in 1787, and 
settled in the south part of tlie town now included in 
Troy. He for several years owned the grist-mill built 
by Pliinehas Farrar. He left town about 1797. 



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I. Darnel. 
II. Joseph., 111., Aug. 14, 1790, Chloe Foster. 

III. Isaac. 

IV. jSallj/, m., Jnn. 1, 1799, John Sweetland of Fitz- 

willi:mi. 

v. mi. 

VI. Polly. 

VII. Reuben, in., FeL. ilo, 1799, Rebecca Cutting. 
VIII. Abigail, in. William Bruce. 



Hexry Gould, son of John and Eliza (Appleton) 
Gould, b. in New Ijiswich, Feb. 25, 1827; m., June 15, 
1852, Sarah C, dan. of Joshua and Susanna (Babcock) 
Flint, b. in Dublin, 'Sept. 30, 1825. She d. in Marl., 
Sept. 14, 1859. 

I. /Sarah Amelia, b. in New I})swich, June 22, 
1850; m., March 13, 1877, Charles L. Bemis. 



Geokge E. Gould, son of David and Lois (Dutton) 
Gould, b. in Greenfield, N.IT., Dec. 20, 1848; m., Sept. 
14, 1809, Lucy E., dau. of Artemas and Catharine 
(Thatcher) Bemis. 

I, JEva Lois, b. Jan. 15, 1871. 
II. Ada Bell, b. Oct. 9, 1874. 
III. Bertha mien, b. Feb. 24, 1878. 



Israel Greenleaf and Prudence, his wife, with 
their children, Elizabeth, John, Sarah, Tilley, Joshua, 
and Prudence, from Bolton, Mass. ; warned to leave 
toAvn Jan., 1781. 



GREENWOOD. 

William Greenwood from Sherborn, Mass., settled in Dublin in 
1765. He was a carpenter by trade, and was killed at the raising of a 
barn, June 28, 1782, te. (51. lie lu. Abigail Death of Sherborn, who d. 
Oct. 1, 1814, ic. 91. They had eight children,— Daniel, Waitstill, 
Elizabeth, Eli, Joshua, Ilepzibali, Alngall, and William. 

Elizabeth m., Aug. 27, 1772, Moses Greenwood from Newton, b. 1750; 
settled in Dublin, 1771, where he d. July 2, 1827. She d. Apr. 5, 1827. 
Their eldest son, Moses, b. June 29, 177G, m., 1792, Asenatli, dau. of 
Ebenezer and Esther (Pratt) Hill of Dublin, b. Aug. 17, 1778. He d. 
Sept. G, 1827. She d. JMay 31, 1851. They had ten children. Their 
eiglitii child, Ebenezer, is iiumhered 29 in the following records of the 
Greenwootl family. 

Eli. 1). in Sherborn. ^hlss., 1751, m., Dec. 12, 1770, Betsey, dau. of 
John French, 1). in Ilollis, 17()U, and d. in Dublin, Jan. 17, 1833. He 
d. Oct. 8, 1837. His eldest son, Eli, is numhered 1 in the following 
register. 

Joshua m., Aug. 22, 1779, Hannali, dau. of Gersiioui and Prudence 



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His soil Asa is nuinberod 8 in the fol- 



(Adams) Twitohell of Dnl. 
lowing" register. 

William ni. Az.ibali , and d. Ano-. .'50, IS-'iO, a;. 74. His sou Will- 
iam IS numbered 15 in the following register. 



Eli Greenwood, son of Eli and Betsey (French) 
Greenwood, h. in Duhlin, March 13, 1799; m., Sept. 25, 
1822, Roxanna, dan. of Luther Carlton of Lunenhurf', 
Mass., b. Jan. 20, 1801. They resided in Dublin unt^l 
March, 183(), when they came' to Marl., and resided in 
the brick house now owned by Artemas Richardson. 
He removed with his family to Nashua, Apr., 1842. 
He d. July 81, 1868. His widow now resides in Trov, 
N.Y. ^ 

I. Arvada Z, b. in Dublin, Oct. 30, 1824; d. Nov 

21, 1824. 
II. miza M, b. ill Dublin, Dec. 6, 1825; m., June 10, 
1846, John P. Wioht ; resides in Troy, N.Y. 

III. Zoa Ann, b. in Dublin, Oct. 14, 1829; d. March 

7, 1866. 

IV. Martha A., b, in Dublin, Au<.-. 24, 1832 ; d. Sept 

19, 1848. 
V. Charles I., b. in Marl., Nov. 12, 1837; d. Dec. 

14, 1858. 
VI. Sarah S., b. in Marl., Dec. 10, 1838; d. Sept. 10, 
1839. 



Asa Greenwood, son of Joshua and Hannah 
(Twitchell) Greenwood, b. in Dublin, July 1, 1797; m., 
Dec. 31, 1821, Mrs. Lucy Evens, widow of Heman 
Evens and dau. of Benjamin and Phebe (Norcross) 
Mason of Dublin, b. June 3, 1799. He settled first in 
Dublin, but moved to Marl., June, 1836. Mrs. Green- 
wood d. Feb. 20, 1852 ; and he m. (2d) Mary, dau. of 
John and Prudence (Twitchell) Minot, and renioved to 
Illinois in 1858. He resided for a short time in Peoria, 
Farmington, Yates City, and finally removed to Toulon, 
Stark Co., 111., where he continued to reside until the 
summer of 1877, when he returned to the East to visit 
j his friends, and d. at the house of his son in Dummers- 
ton, Vt., July 16, 1877. He was an extraordinary 
benevolent and public-spirited man. Marlboro is very 
much indebted to him for many of its former important 
improvements. It was through his generosity that the 
Universalist Society are now able to boast of their com- 
modious church-edifice. He also furnished the land, 
laid out and fenced Granitville cemetery almost exclu- 
sively at his own expense, and there his remains were 
interred. For many years he had expressed a great 



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desire to be buried there ; uud he arrived here from his 
Western home only a few days before his death. He, 
too, was the leadinsj s])irit, if not the prime mover, in 
the erection of nearly all of our ]>resi'nt substantial gran- 
ite dwi'llings, factories, etc. Probably, no one man ever 
lived in this town who did so much for the rajtid growth 
and permanent prosperity of the town as he did in the 
tune he resided here. 

I. Ileman JEvens, b. 18'22; m. Lucy, dau. of Eber 
and Lydia (Adams) Tenney; removed to Gales- 
burg, Til., in the spring of 1854, where lie d. 
1860. 
II. John, b. Dec, 18'24; m. Mary Ann, dau. of Geo. 
and Laura (Greenwood) Worslev ; removed to 
Galesburg, 111., in 1854, and while there estab- 
lished a machine-slio]) and foundry, of which he 
had control until 1870, when he moved to Den- 
ver, Col., where he now resides. 

in. Frederick R., b. Dec. 18, 1826 ; m., and resides 
in Toulon, 111. 

IV. Maria, b. 1829; in. J. Whitnev Tenney; d. 

March 20, 1855. 
V. William Henry, b. March 27, 1882; m. Eva D. 
Knight of Dummerston, Vt. He was chief 
engineer of the Sullivan Palmer International 
and Inter-Ocean Railroad in Mexico, and on 
the 29th of August, 1880, was murdered while 
in discharge of his duty near Rio Hondo. The 
Boston Morning Journal of Sept. 24, 1880, 
says : — 

"The death of Colonel W. H. Greenwood, 
Engineer in Chief of the Sullivan Palmer Rail- 
road enterprise, has thrown a gloom over the 
capital. Indignation against the crime, sympa- 
thy for the widow, and grief for the loss of a 
man honored and respected by all who knew 
him, have been manifested everywhere, in all 
grades of society. His funeral was attended 
by about one hundred and fifty persons, among 
whom were Americans, English, French, and 
Germans, and, Ave have to add, a very large 
number of distinguished Mexicans. The gov- 
ernment has resolutely taken the most active 
steps to discover the criminals, and already 
three men liaAC been caj)tured, against whom it 
is said the evidence is strong. C'olonel (irccu- 
wood was highly resjiectecl by all who knew 
him, and we trust foi- the honor of Mexico 
an<l in the mime of justice that due piinislmieiit 




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of the crimiiiMls will in-omptly follow, ^so that it 
will appear this was not an act of Mexico, but 
of vile wretclies wliom we all abhor. He was 
a member of the American Society of (Uvil 
Engineers, and had surveyed and su)»erin- 
tended the construction of over three thou- 
sftnd miles of railroad. It was his firm reso- 
lution to build the railroad to Toluca in five 
months." (See Chap. XIII.) 
VI. Mart/ Ann, ; d. Aug. 12, 1841, m. 17 mos. 



William Greexwood, son of William and Azubah 
Greenwood, b. Se]>t. 1, 1701 ; m.. May 11, 1813, Betsey J. 
Needham, b. March 23, 1789. He settled in Marl, soon 
after liis marriage, on the farm now owned by Milton J. 
White, where he d. Dec. 8, 1841. His widow m., Sei>t. 
9, 1849, Cai)t. John Lane, wdio d. Apr. 28, 1850, and 
she m. (3d) Samuel Jones, Sen., who d. May 23, 1860, 
and she m. (4th) C'apt. John Wight. She d. July 19, 
1870. 

I. Betsey Caroline, 1). Jan. 21, 1814; m. Josiah 

Fitch, q.v. 
II. Harriet, JV., b. Aug. 21, 1817 ; m. William Rich- 
ardson, q.v. 

III. Mlicin, b. Feb. 25, 1823.-f- 

IV. William Winslow, b. May 21, 1825.-|- 



Edwin Greexwooi), son of William, m. Esther A. 
Nims of Sullivan. He resided in Marl, several years, 
j and then removed to Sterling, Mass. He now resides 
1 in Keene. No record of this family has been received. 
i The following children were b. in Marl. : — 

20 I I. Eugene, m., and resides in Keene. 

21 I II. Orman Edwin, ni. ; resides in Boston. 

22 j III. Frank. 

(19) I William W. Greenwood, son of William, m., Apr. 
I 2, 1850, Sarah Hardy of Hollis; resided in Marl, until 
j Oct., 18G6, when he removed to Milford, N.H., where his 
j wife d. Jan. 23, 1877, and he m. (2d), June 27, 1878, 
' JNIrs. Abbie J. George. 

23 i I. 3Iinot W., b. in Marl., July 30, 1854; m., June 
I 23, 1878, Ida A. Wallace of Milford, where he 
} now resides. 

24 ' II. Mary Ellen, b. Oct. 2, 1861. 

25 Daniel Greenwood, another son of William and 
Azubah Greenwood, b. in Dublin, Feb. 14, 1794; m.. 



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1817, Polly Nt'edliaiii (.f Milford, X.H. Ih- \va,> a uiau- 
ufacturcr of brown earthen-ware, and settled on the 
old Pottersville road, a few rods above the school-house 
in District 'So. 7. 

I. Emily, b. Apr. 18, islU: m., Sept., 1S;K5, Xor- 
nian Hart of Dublin, wlio d. Dec, 1838, and 
she m. (2d), Oct., 1839, Charles Whitniore of 
Barry, 111. She d. Feb., ISOo. 

Mr. Greenwood's wife d. July 5, 1820; and he m. (2d), 
Jan. 2, 1821, Rebecca Ilardv of Tlollis. lie d. Mav 19, 
1833. She d. in Jaffrey, Jaii. 7, 1871. 

II. Mari/, b. Dec. 24, 1823; m., March 2(1, 1842, 

Alviii J. Beniis ; resides in Jaffrev. 
HI. Sylvia, b. A])r. 8, 1830; d. Apr. 26," 1837. 



EnENRZKK (4i:kkxwool), son of Moses and Asenath 
(Hill) (xreenwood, was b. Oct. 23, 1812, in a log house 
0}>])(>site the liider mill in Dublin. He m., Xov. 19, 
1835, Lucy, dau. of Ru^'gles and Lucy (Kingsbury) Smitli 
of Dublin, b. Nov. 5, 1816. Settled first hi Dul)lin, where 
he held the office of Town Clerk for nine successive 
years, and a portion of that time Town Treasurer. He 
was also Postmaster from 1849 to 1853. He came to 
this town to reside, June 1, 1858; d. March 20,1861. 
His Avidow now resides in Fitchburg. Children b. in 
Dublin, except the youngest. 

I. Lucy 3I((rreUa, h. Aug. 21, 1836; m. Sumner L. 

McCoUister, q.r. 
II. Mark True, b. Nov. 18, 1838; m., Jan. 22, 1868, 
Mary A. Chapin of Westmoreland. He enlisted 
in Co.. A, 2d N.H. Reg., Apr., 1861; Avas in the 
first battle of Bull Run, where lie Avas very 
much prostrated by the retreat, hardshi]>s, and 
exposure of that time, the effect of Avhich 
brought on a disease of the throat and lungs 
from which he never fully recovered. He Avas 
discharged Se]>t., 1861, and re-enlisted in Co. 
L, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, and Avas commis- 
sioned Quartermaster Sergeant Dec. 22, 1863. 
He remained in the service until the close of 
the Avar. Removed to Fitchburg, Mass., and 
was forem.MU of a machine-shop several years, 
and d. there Feb. 18, 1875. 

1. Walter, b. in Fitchburg, Apr. 8, 1869; d. 

Dec. 24, 1870. 

2. George True, b. in Fitchburg, A])i'. 11, 

1871. 



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in. Elx'neznr Ttil<:)\ 1>. Feb. 27, 1841. Ife was :i Cor- 
l.oviil in Co. A, I4tli Ilog. N.H. Vols.; was 
wouiKlcd in both liips at the battle of Win- 
chester, Se))t, 19, 18G4; discharged July 8, 
18G5. lie 111., Oct. 7, 1869, Abbie'A. llari-ing- 
ton of Fitchburg; removed to Akron, Ohio, 
where he was for some tune foreman in a ma- 
chine-shoit. He d. in Akron, Nov. 19, 1876. 
He suffeied to the close of liis life from the 
effects of his wounds and disease contracted in 
the army. 

1. Grace, b. in Akron, July 20, 1870. 

2. Gertrude Louisa, b. in Akron, Feb. 11, 

1873. 

IV. Jonathan Allen, b. Jan. 16, 1844; m., Aug. 22, 
1867, Hattie M., dan. of George V. R. and 
Nancy V. (Webb) Farnum. Tie d. May 18, 
1868." She d. Nov. 7, 1871. 
V. George Z,eonanl,h. July 16, 1849; m., Nov. 16, 
1871, Hattie E. Underwood of Swanzey, where 
they now reside. 

1. Edna Margaret, b. Sept. 12, 1876. 

2. True Leonard, b. Nov. 7, 1877; d. Nov. 

-13, 1878. 
VI. Sarah Maria, b. Ai)r. 28, 1852 ; m,, Dec. i4, 
1870, Harrison Upton of Fitchburg, where they 
now reside. 

1. Lizzie Marcella, b. Dec. 18, 1874. 

VII. Henry Arthur,}), in Marl., Nov. 11, 1858; resides 
in Fitchburo-. 



Bartholomew Grimes, from Keene, settled in town 
as early as 1785. He located on the most northerly 
farm in the town, being the same now owned by Allja 
Davis in Roxbnry. We h'nd no record of his death 
or removal fi-om town. 

I. John, b. in Keene, Apr. 7, 1775 ; m. Sally Grimes 
■of Hulibardston, Mass. He d. March 24, 1851. 
She d. in Gilsum, 1845. 

1. Josiah, b. in Gilsum, Aug. 2, 1813; d. in 
Westmoreland, Sept., 1876. He was the 
celebrated fortune-telli r and vender of 
" Thistle thread, Kitridge grease, and 
essences," which he ever declared to be 
the best there was out. 

II. JTannah, b. in Keene, Dec. 27, 1766; m. Stod- 
dard Buckminster. 



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WiUiam^ b. in Koone, July lo, 1770; m. Harriet 

Savage. 
Susanna^ b. in Keeiie, Oct. "20, 1779; in. Jolm 

Towns of Roxl)ury. 
Stephen 7^, b. in Keene, May 1, 1782. 
Sally, b. Apr. 28, 1785 ; ni. Benjamin Norris. 



VII. Josiah, m. Pattie Poineroy 



Moses Guild, b. in Walpole, Mass., Jan. 6, 1772, m., 
March 19, 1795, Philena Barrows, lie came to Marl, 
in 1797, and located on tlie Walter Capron place now in 
the limits of Roxbnry. 

I. William, b. in Walpole, Mass., Jan. 15, 1796; m., 
Apr. 25, 1820, Sally Banks. She d. in Rhode 
Island ; and he m. (2d) Mary DeWolf, a native 
of Cuba. Soon after the incorporation of the 
town of Roxbui'y, he formed the first Sabbath- 
school in that town, and was for many years 
engaged in that work, and most of the time as 
superintendent. For more than twenty-five 
years, he was em2)loyed as a teacher of youth in 
a week-day school in Connecticut and Rhode 
Island. 
II. Willard, b. Feb. 8, 1798; m., Nov. 2, 1822, Abi- 
gail Woods of Nelson. He was a cabinet-maker 
by trade ; resided Avitli his fathei' a few years, 
and then removed to Michigan. He d. in Illi- 
nois, Feb. 20, 1865. 

III. 2'i/la, b. Aug. 13, 1799 ; d. in Roxbnry, June 22, 

1855,, um. 

Mrs. Guild d. Oct. 16, 1800; and hv m. (2d), i\[arch 12, 
1801, Sally, dau. of Gideon and Pha^be (Temple) New- 
ton. He afterward removed to tlie Newton farm now 
owned by Mark Nye, where he d. Sept. 6, 1854. His 
wife d. Feb. 29, 1840. 

IV. Betsey, b. Feb. 13, 1803 ; d. Oct. 1, 1822, um. 

V. Hannah, b. March 3, 1812; m., Sept. 9, 1841, 
James W. Bain of Keene. He d. in Royalton, 
Vt., Oct. 7, 1865. She was living in So. Royal- 
ton (Dec, 1876). 



HARDY. 

Thomas IIakdv, sou of I'liinelias and Abigail Hardy, b. in Ilollis, 
June 11, 17.3(), ni., Jan. 18, 1781, Lucy, dau. of Lieut. Robert Colbuni,/^ 
1). in Ilollis, Jan. 12, 1701. He settled in Dublin, 1777; was in the army 
of the Revolutiou three years, and was engaged in the liattles of Bunker 
Hill, Hennington, and Trenton. He d. in l)ublin, July 25, 181(J. His 
wife survived him, and d. Sept. 2!l. 1840. 'J'lieir second son, Moses, b. 



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ill l)iil>liii, Soj)!. 11, 178t), m., Oct. o, 181:3, Elizal)clli, dan. of SaimicI 
and Debuiali (.Sylvtisler) .SargeiiL, and settled in Diihliii. They had ten 
children, among whom were Moses and C^yrns E., who are numbered 8 
and 13 respectively. 



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Elias Hardy, another, son of Thomas and Lncy (Col- 
l)urn) Hardy, 1>. in ])iil)lhi, Dec. 19, 1798; m., Feb. 28, 
182(3, Alice W., dau. of Samuel and Mary (Twitchell) 
Fisk, b. in Dul)lin, Sept. 16, ISOO. Mr. Hardy settled 
first in Dublin, but moved to Walpole Apr. 6, 1842, and 
thence to Mai-ll)oro, where lie d. July 27, 1872. Five of 
the children b. in Dublin, the youngest in Walpole. 



I. iSanmel Albert, b. Nov. 18, 1827 ; m., Jan. 
1854, Sarah Ann Hall ; resided in Boston ; 
June 29, 1858. 
II. Thomas Alfred, b. Nov. 27, 1829; d. Oct. 
1853. 

III. Julia Sophia, b. Feb. 23, 1832; m. William M. 

Tenney, q.v. 

IV. Mary Louisa, b. May 20, 1834; m. Amaziah 

Sawtelle ; resides in Detroit, Mich. 
V. Lucy 31aria, b.' June 4, 1839. 

VI. Anna Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1844; ni. Alvin 
Streeter ; d. Dec. 7, 1868. 



Moses Hardy, son of Moses and, Elizabeth (Sargent) 
Hardy, b. in Duldin, May 26, 1816 ; m. (1st), March 28, 
1843, Clarissa Sargent of Phillipston, jNIass. ; settled on 
the Tozer farm in Koxbury. She d. Oct. 12, 1843 ; and 
he m. (2d), Dec. 24, 1845, Emily Colburn of Langdon, 
b. June 2, 1819. Mr. Hardy d. Oct. 19, 1866. His 
widow with her family removed to Marl., June 5, 1873. 

I. Clara JE., b. Apr, 14, 1847; um. 
II. Nettie, b. Nov. 21, 1850; m., Nov. 2, 1871, Alonzo 
Nye ; resides in Roxbury. 
Chester A., b. Jan. 31, 1856, um. 



III. 



IV. Joseph L., b. Aug. 9, 1860. 



Cyrus Edmund Hardy, second son and fifth child 
of Moses and Elizabeth (Sargent) Hardy, b. in Dublin, 
Sept. 29, 1818; m.. May 11, 1845, Sarah, dau. of Samuel 
and Abigail (^lerriam) Jones; settled first in Dublin; 
removed with his family to this town, JMarcli, 1S59; 
enlisted into the army in the autumn of 1863, and served 
to the close of tlie war. Mrs. Hardy d. Dec. 26, 1863 ; 
and he m. (2d), A])r. 3, 1866, jMrs. Maria Smith oi 
Dummerston, Vt. He d. Feb, 6, 1878, and she d. July 
9, 1878. Children all but the vonngcst b. in Dublin. 



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I. Enqenc Walh'r, 1.. Feb. 1<», 1S46; d. Dec. 8, 

l'854. 
II. Solon Augustus, b. July 5, 1847; il. .Tuly 80, 
1854. 

III. Ahhie Sarah, b. Oct. 80, 1849; m.-, March 28, 

1871, Frederick A. 8outlnvick ; d. Feb. 21, 
1874. 

IV. Adah Maria, b. Apr. 10, 1851 ; d. June 11, 1851. 
V. Charles Webster, b. Apr. 11, 1852; resides in 

Missouri, and is studying for a physician ; um. 
VI. Solon Wallace, h. Jan. 28, 1854; d. Nov. 20, 

1877, um. 
VII. Fred Merriam, b. June 0, 1857. 
VIII. ISfelUe Maria, b. in Marl., Dec. 9, 1859 ; resides in 

Wilton. 



HARRINGTOX. 

The Marlboro families l)earing this name are descendants of Robert 
Harrington, one of the early pi'oprietors of Watertown, Mass., and was 
admitted freeman May 27, 10()3. He m., Oct. 1, 1049, Susanna George, 
b. 1032, d. July 6, 1004; and he d. May 17, 1707. He had thirteen chil- 
dren. His fourth son, Daniel, b. Nov. 1, 1657, m., Oct. 18, 1081, Sarah 
Whitney. She d. June 8, 1720 ; and he m. (2d), Oct. 25, 1720, Elizabeth, 
widow of Capt. Benjamin Garfield. His eldest son, Daniel, b. Feb. 24, 
1G84, m., Oct. 18, 1705, Elizabeth Warren. Soon after his marriage, he 
removed to Marl., Mass., where he d. Fel). 3, 1724. His son Daniel, b. 

Oct. 5, 1707, m. jNIary . She d. June 9, 1793, in her eighty-ninth 

year. He d. Aug. 31, 1795. His youngest son, Jonah, is numbered 1 in 
the following register. 

Thomas Harrington, another son of Robert and Susanna (George) 
Harrington of \Vatertown, b. Apr. 20, 1665, m., Apr. 1, 1080, Rebecca, 
widow of John White and dan. of John Bemis. His son Ebeuezer, b. 
Jan. 27, 1087, m., Feb. 3, 1707-8, Hepzibah Cloves of Framingham, and 
had, among others, Joshua, b. Oct. 11, 1718, m., Jan. 11, 1743, Sarah 
Nurse. She d. ; and he m. (2d), Oct. 3, 1751, Betty Bent. Joshua, son of 
Joshua anil Bcitty (Bent) Harrington, 1). Sej^t. 13, 1755, in., 1770, Eliza- 
beth Brighamof Shrewsbury, and settled in Fitzwilliam. He d. in Troy, 
Sept. 2U, 1834. He had eight children, among whom was Elijah, who 
ni., 1810, Prudence Newell, who d. 1827, and he m. (2d) Tabitha Tolman. 
His son, Alonzo Brigham Harrington, is niunbered 8 in the following 
register. 



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JoxAH Harringtoj^, son of Daniel and Mary Har- 
rington, Avas b. in Marlboro, Mass., June 17, 1748. He 
m., Aug. 24, 1769, Daniaris Warren of Marl., Mass., b. 
June 26, 1750. Soon after his marriage, lie came to this 
town, and was tlie Hrst settler on the Lemuel Brown 
place, now within tlu' limits of Troy. He resided here 
some ten or fifteen years, and then I'emoved to Vermont. 
Ciiildreu b. in Marl! 

I. Jonah, b. A]tr. 27, 1771. 



GENEALOOrcAL KF(;rSTER. .MO 

II. Dariiif:, 1). Atiif. ol, 1772. 

iiT. J>arv/.h. Fel)'. -JO, 1774. 

IV. Lvi'ii, b. Sept. '23, 177<). 

V. Damarh, b. Aiiu". 23, 1778. 

VI. Leonard^ b. Oct. 25, 1780. 



Ai.oxzo Brigiiahi: Hakuington, sou of Elijah and 
Pnidenee (Newell) TTairiiigton, b, in Troy, A])r. 9, 1815; 
m. Betsey, dan. of John and Irene (Newell) Lawrenee, 
b. in Troy, 1814. He d. in Troy, July 9, 1866; and his 
family eaiue to Marl, to reside, 1872. 

I. Edward, b. March 15, 1833; d. March 27, 1856, 

uin. 
II. Charles ^., b. Apr. 23, 1837; d. Apr. 20, 1859, 
um. 

III. Eliza Jane, b. Oct. 13, 1839; d. June 13, 1840. 

IV. Adliza, b. June 17, 1841 ; d. July 21, 1842. 

V. Sarah A., b. Jan. 23, 1843 ; in. I^unroe Dicky. 

VI. Duane (7., b. July 6, 1846; m., March, 1876, 
Marietta, dau. of Frederick and Sarah Hanua- 
ford of Cape Elizabeth, Me. ; resides in Fitch- 
buro-. 

VII. No}/es G., b. Oct. 13, 1848 ; m., 1877, Ellen L., 
dau. of Artenias and Lovina (Beniis) Richard- 
son ; resides in Leominster, Mass. 

1. Anna Lovina, b. in Leominster, Aj»r. 17> 
1878; d. in Marl., Julv 25, 1878. 

2. CharlesBrig\|am,b. inMarL,Aug. 14, 1879. 

VIII. George A., b. July 8, 1851 ; resides in Fitchburg, 
um. 
IX. Irene X., b. Oct. 13, 1855; m., Oct. 13, 1880, Rev. 
Millard F. Hardy of Whately, Mass. 

Seth Harringtox came from Jaffrey. His Avife was 
Rebecca, dau. of Abraham Brooks. They were warned 
to leave town Feb. 22, 1793. They Avere generally 
kuoAvn as "Kiuij and Queen Harrington." He d. ]\rai-ch 
3, 1808, re. 61. ^His Avidow m. (2d)r Ajir. 3, 1809, Elea- 
zer Taylor of Dummerston, Vt. She d. A]»r. 12, 1840, 
£e. 90. Mr. Harrington served in an Artillery Co. in the 
French and Lidian War. Mrs. Harrington Avas known 
as a fortune-teller. 

I. Hannah, ; m., Oct. 11, 1801, Joseph Buss. 

II. Abi(/aU, ; m. LeAvis Peck; removed to 

Vermont. 

23 III. Rebecca, ; m., Nov. 25, 1810, Thomas 

1 Dunster; removed to Vermont. 



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IV. James JBrooks, h. iu Marl., Dec. 17, 1793 ; settled 

in Canada. 
V. Moses, b. in Marl., Oct. 4, 1796; settled in 

Canada. 



Christopiikk Hakkis was a native of Rhode Island. 
He s]»ent his minority in the town of Richmond. In 
1787, he m. a young- lady who also came from Rhode 
Island, and continued to reside in Richmond until 1796, 
when he came to Marl., and ])urchased the tavern in the 
south part of the town, formerly owned hy Jonathan 
Ball, and within the ])resent lindts of Troy. About 
1811, he removed to Rockingham, Vt., where he d. in 
1828. 



Polh/, 
JLuke, 



m. TIenry Tolman. 

m. (1st) "Polly Whitney, who d. 



Sept., 1818; and he m. ('2d) Betsey Whitney, a 
sister of his first wife. 

III. James, ; m. Eunice P\)ster. He was 

killed by the cars at the dejtot iu Troy, 1856. 

IV. JJaniel, settled in Courtland, N.Y. 
V. Oliver, settled in Plymouth, Mass. 

VI. JVcmcy, ; m. Barak Cooledge; d. in Ster- 



ling, Mass. 

VII. Joseph, 

to Michigan. 



m. Mary Ann Wheeler ; removed 



KiMBER Harvey was the son of John Harvey, who 
came from Taunton, Mass., some time previous to the 
Revolution, and settled on the farm since occu])ied l)y 
his grandson, (reorge Harvey. This farm at that time 
was within the limits of Swanzey, but was annexed to 
Marl, in 1793. Kimber Harvey Nvas b. Apr. 15, 1755. 
His wife was Polly Hazelton. He settled on the home 
farm, where he d. Feb. 1, 1828. His widow d. May 
2, 1842. 

( Lifther, b. Se])t. 26, 1783 ; d. in Michi- 
-I gan, Feb. 8, 1816. 
( Ca/rin, b. Sept. 26, 178:?.+ 
J'o//,/, b. Jan. 16, 1785; m., Jan. 21, 1807, Silas 
C. French ; removed to Montpelier, Vt. ; d. 
Apr. 19, 1869. 
Jiefset/, b. Oct. 26, 1786 ; m., Aug. 7, 1808, Josiah 

Fisk ; d. March 7, 1865. 
PliUhuJa, b. Nov. 9, 1788; m. Nahum Baldwin 
of Swanzey; removed to Chester, Vt. ; d. Oct. 
3, 1871. 
(Jharlotte, b. Nov. 25, 1790; d. Nov. 19, 1816, urn. 



T\vin> 



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f}ENi-:ALO(ir(;AL register. 521 

VII. Hannah, 1>. Oct. 23, 1792; in., .Jan. 10, 1815, 

Samuel Kondall ; d. K\\». 28, 1S5;}. 
VIII. NehemUih, b. Oct. 13, 17'94; m. S()])hroni!i King 
of Ncw))ort, N.ir. ; rcinovcrl to Moii1|ii'li('r, 
Vt. ; (1. Apr. 22, 18G!». 
IX. David., b. Aug. 1<», 1796; went to Ohio. 
X. Demaris, b. Oct. 3, 1798; m. Sylvester Frost, 
q.v.; (1. INIay 6, 1871. 

XI. Gihnan.h.Ocf. 11,1800; was in tlu; Mexican war. 

XII. lio.iuoina, b. Aug. 2, 180-2; m., Oct. 25, 1825, 

Timothy Lanc^M.D.; d. Jan. 1, 1849. 
xiii. (reorge, b. Aug. 27, 1805.-|- 
XIV. Ira, b. July 25, 1806; m., and resides in Pi'ovi- 

clence, R.T. 
XV. James, b. D<^c. 8, 1810.-f 

Calvin^ Haiivev, son of Kimber, m., Jan. 10, 1810, 
Sarah Dwinell of Keene, b. Apr. 12, 1789. He resided 
in Keene ami Marl.; remo\'ed to Sheff<n'(l, Canada, 
about 1819. He d. at AYaterviJle, Yt., Jan. 14, 1855. 
His widow is still living in Waterville. 

I. Charles, b. Jan. 15, 1811 ; m., 1837, Mrs. 

Bean ; settled in Boston ; afterward removed- 
to the West. 

11. Laurinda C, b. Feb. 19, 1812; d. in Boston, 
Apr., 1860, um. 

III. Chester, h. Jan. 29, 1814; m., 1843, Almira Hodg- 

kins ; settled in Waterville, Vt. ; d. Sept. 7, 
1863. 

IV. Carlos C, b. Jan. 25, 1816. 

V. Luther C, b. Jan. 12, 1818; m., 1847, Esther 

Scott ; d. in Montgomery, Yt., Jan. 21, 1853. 
VI. Sarah A.,h. in Shefford, Canada, Xov. 3, 1820; 
m., 1841, Solon Burdick ; settled in Cambridge, 
vir. Calvin JV., b. in Shefford, Canada, A])r. 2, 1825 ; 
m., 1853, the widow of his brother Luther ; d. 
in Waterville, Vt., Nov. 7, 1875. 



Geokck Hauvev, son of Kimber, m., .Jan. 31, 1880, 
L.iuisa, dau. of William and Sally (Merriam) Jones; 
settled on the homestead, where lie d. July 8, 1880. 

I. Zoui.sa Aur/usta, b. Jan. 19, 1829; m. George 

W. Garfield, q.v. 
II. Georr/e 31., b. Feb. 10, 1831; d. in New Orleans, 

Oct. 3, 1867. 
III. Sarah IL, b. Apr. 27, 1834; m. Francis E. 
j Adams, q.v. 

•27 i IV. Goodwin. M., b. May 14, 1836; d. Sept. 17, 1837. 



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V. James G., b. June 26, 1887; m., Jan. 24, 1861, 

Maria B. Black ; resides in Keene. 
VI. Ozro K., 1). June 2, 1839; rn., Dec. 4, 1870, 

Catliarine Regal ; resides in Moscow, Mich. 
VII. Ora W., b. Nov. 19, 1840; m., Dec. 24, 1870, 

Eliza A. Webber of Gardner, Mass. ; resides at 

Otter River, Mass. 
VIII. Frank H., b. Aug. 25, 1850 ; in., Sei)t. 15, 1874, 

Lizzie A. Goodwin of Westminster, Mass. ; 

resides on the homestead. 

1. Frank Leslie, b. July 17, 1875. 

2. Ernest Herbert, b. Ai)r. 22, 1877. 

3. Mabel Goodwin, b. July 10, 1879. 



James Harvey, son of Kimber, m. Emily Fisk of 
Jaffrey; who d. Aug. 28, 1844; and he m. (2d), Dor- 
othy, dau. of Winsoi* and Esther (Converse) Gates. 
He d. in Minnesota. The first three children by his 
first wife, 

I. Emma Ii.,h. Ai>r. 28, 1839; d. Sept. 27, 1864. 
II. Alphonso IL, h. March 29, 1841. 

III. James F., b. July 25, 1844. 

IV. George K., b. Nov. 14, 1848. 

V. Ella A., b. Aug. 27, 1851 ; d. Oct. 6, 1852. 
VI. Charles Gates, b, Jan. 9, 1854. 
VII. Freddie Gil man, b. Dec. 2, 1856. 
VIII. Edwin B., b. ]\Iav 25, 1859. 
IX. Willie W., b. Ma'y 14, 1868. 
X. Clara Hosina, b. Oct. 7, 1866. 
XI. Silas W., b. Dec. 17, 1869. 

Timothy Hakvey, a brother of Kimber, b. at Taun- 
ton, Mass., March 29, 1751 ; m., Apr. 12, 1774, Martha 
Long, b. in Taunton, May 24, 1750 ; settled on the farm 
since owned by Ebenezer Greenwood, where he d. Dec. 
11, 1828. His wife was thrown from a carriage and 
killed, Ai)r. 8, 1822. 

Patti/, h. Dec. 22, 1775 ; d. Dec. 28, 1776. 
3Iarf/i((,h. A])r. 19, 1776; m. Isaac Wellington; 

removed to Trov, N.Y., Avhere she d. Sept. 9, 

1854. 
Timot/ty, b. Aug. 81, 1777 ; d. Feb. 19, 1789. 
Jeinima, b. Nov. 4, 1780; m., Oct. 21, 1805, John 

Gates ; settled in Cornish, N.TL, Avhere she d. 

Apr. 14, 1841. 
Jemuel, b. Sept. 1, 1782; d. Apr. 12, 1828, um. 
/j(j)heniah, b. A))r. 30, 1784; m. Patty, dau. of 

Jonathan and Beulah (Stone) Frost; settled in 



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GENEALOGICAL REGISTEE. 523 

Slicfford, Canfida. He d. July 11, 1S5(I. His 
wife (1. Mnrcli 17, 1885. 
VII. Anna, h. Feb. 25, 178() ; ni. Joliii B. F:ii rai-, y./,\ 
VIII. iSaUy, I). Apr. 7, 1788; in. Tlioma.s Ciiinmings; 
settled in Virginia. 
IX. Timotlui, 1). Nov. 4, 17!)U ; settled in (\uiada. 
X. l)avid,'\). Sept. 30, 1794; d. Aug. 15, 171»5. 



Thaddp:lts Hastings, h. in Berlin, Mass. ; ni. Asenath 
Rice of Shrewsbury, Mass. He came to Marl, in 1770 
or 1771, and was the first settler on the farm still 
known as the Hastings place, on the old road leading 
from the farm formerly owned by Moses Putney to the 
Hnnt phice. He d. Nov. 3U, 1838, «. 95. His wife d. 
Sept. 4, 1836, J8. 85. 

I. Luther, b. Oct. 2, 1775 ; m. Sally Sturtevant, a 
native of Northboro, Mass. ; settled in New 
York. 
II. Asenath, h. March 14, 1778 ; d. May 27, 1785. 

III. Eunice, b. P'eb. 14, 178U ; d. June 5, 1785. 

IV. Anna, b. Jan. 15, 1783 ; d. Jan. 17, 1787. 
V. Calvin, b. Oct. 20, 1785.-f 

VI. Asa, b. Nov. 19, 1788.+ 

VII. Patty, b. March IG, 1791 ; d. in Dublin, 1844, um. 

VIII. JSfancy, b. Aug. 15, 1793 ; m. Amos Cummings, q.v. 

IX. Folly, b. July 22, 1795 ; m. John McElroy ; d. in 

Roxl)ury, Mass. 
X. Ira, b. March 5, 1801 ; m. Rebecca Cutter of Jaf- 
frey, and resided there until 18(9, when he 
returned to Marl., Avhere he now resides with 
his son-in-law, J. M. Darling. 

Calvin Hastings, second son of Thaddeus, m., Jan. 
4, 1814, Polly, dau. of Jonadab and Tabitha (Wilson) 
Baker ; settled on home fai-m. He is said to have been 
the first man in town to purchase a whole barrel of flour 
for home use. At that time, it was thought to be very 
extravagant to buy more than a few pounds for election 
and Thanksgiving. Rye and barley flour were com- 
monly used. 

I. Harriet, b. Sept. 4, 1816; m. Eli Lawrence; 

removed to Windham, Vt. 
II. Calvin, b. Nov. 25, 1817.+ 

III. Jairits C, b. June 16, 1820 ; m., May 5, 1847, 
Abbie D. Coburn, b. Aug. 1, 1820; resides in 
Winchendon, Mass. 

1. Eva A., b. Feb. 13, 1848. 

2. George W., b. Feb. 19, 185G. 



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IV. J'erlina, h. Dec. 28, 1821. 

V. J'oNi/ Ji., b. Dec. 25, 1820; in. Alfred Ilvde, b. 
Sejit. 23, 1820; reskles in Winclieiidoii. 

1. Harriet Ellen, b. Sept. 20, 1840. 

2. Daniel Baxter, b. Oct. 24, 1848. 

3. Mary I., b. July 8, 1852. 

4. Eddie Payson, b. Ang. 26, 1856; d. Apr. 

24, 1858. 

5. Clara I., b. July 10, 1851). 

6. Alvah A., b. May 24, 1801. 

Mrs. Polly Hastings d. Dec. 26, 1825; and he ni. (2d), 
Oct. 21, 1827, Betsey Stone of Dublin, b. Oct. 11, 1794, 
d. June 13, 1832. 

VI. £Jb'za, b. Ai)r. 19, 1828; ni., Aug. 19, 1854, Amos 
Witliington, b. Aug. 20, 1S32 ; resided in 
Winchendon. She d. June 10, 1870. 

1. Effie Ann, b. Feb. 15, 1856; d. Dee. 20, 

1874. 

2. Elfie Leila, b. June 13, 1858. 

3. George Elmer, b. June 9, 1865; d. Se])t. 

18, 1865. 

4. George Ehner, 1). Aug. 10, 1867; d. Aug. 

27, 1867. 

VII. Emily, b. Dec. 10, 1830 ; m. Henrv Stone of 
Winchendon; d. Aj)!-. 29, 1857. 

Calvin Hastings in. (3d), Aug. 21, 1837, Hhoda 
Streeter of Swanzey, b. Apr. 1, 1801, d. Aug. 17, 1838. 

viii. George B., b. Ang. 17, 1838; m., March 13, 1861, 
Sarah M. Niins of Keene ; resides in Nashua. 
1. Eugene, b. June 24, 1864. 

Mr. Hastings m. (4th), March 0, 1848, Nancy Swallow 
of WestmoreLand, b. Feb. 6, 1793, d. Aug. 3, 1860. He 
d. Jan. 11, 1856. 



Asa Hastings, third son of Thaddeus, m., Jan. 25, 
1815, Mary, dau. of David and Kuth (Allen) Wilkinson; 
and resided for some time in the south \rAvt of tlie town, 
on the farm known as the Asa Hastings place. He after- 
wards removed to Orange, Mass., where his descendants 
now reside. He d. July 5, 1878. His Avife d. July 
13, 1S'07. 

I. Minot, b. A])!-. 22, 1810; m., Dec. 31, 1840, Jane 
Tisdale, who d. Dec. 12, 1852; and lie m. (2d), 
1804, Abbie Cady. 
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GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 525 

irownrcl. Slic d. Nov. li), 1858 ; aiul ]\v m. (2<1), 
A\n: 17, 1855, Sar.-ili Howard, \vli(» d. Sc'])t. '28, 
ISCO; and ho m. (;id), Mardi 14, 18G0, Mary 
lilakc. 

HI. C/utrlcs W., h. Aug. '2-1, 1819 ; m., Nov. 29, 1850, 
Catliarine Lvman, wlio d. Jan. 25, 1859; and he 
in. (-id), Oct. 1(1, 18(30, Lois Webster. 

IV. Miri/ W., 1). Sei)t. 17, 1821 ; d. June 80, 1855. 
V. Jason X., 1>. ,Iulv 20, 1S23; drowned, Aug. 18, 
18G9. 

VI. David W., 1>. May 8, 1825; d. Aug. 15, 1847. 

VII. Gardner Z., — ; d. May 29, 1856. 

VIII. Ira, ; d. Jan. 1(1, 1870. 

IX. Sarah I)., ; m., Dec. 9, 1852, Benjainin 

W. Lyman. 



Calvunt Hastings, son of Calvin, m., May 8, 1845, 
Eliza, dan. of Calvin and Deborah (Brewer) Bemis. 
They now reside in Keene. 

I. C. Warren, h. Oct. 9, ISbi); urn. 
II. Lizzie, b. Aug. 24, 1855; d. in Koxbury, Jan. 21, 
1858. 

III. Fred E., b. Feb. 9, 1859; m., Oct. 21, 1879, Mary 

Sawyer of Keene ; resides in Gardner, Mass. 

IV. Frank L., b. Aug. 13, 1861. 



Fkancis Hastings, son of Francis Hastings and 
Sally his wife, b. March 28, 1796 (town records). 



Joseph Haskell, son of Abner and Martha (Ward) 
Haskell, came to Marl, about the year 1803, and located 
a little south-west of JMonadnock Mountain, on the third 
New Ham})shire turnpike. The stage from Keene to 
Boston jiassed his house daily, Sundays excepted ; and 
Mr. Haskell opened a public house. He also became an 
extensive land-holder, and was considered one of tlie 
thrifty yeomen of the town. He m. Hitty Farrar of 
Framingham, baj). Oct. 14, 1771, d. Oct. 29, 1824. In 
the autumn of 1824, Mr. Plaskell Avas thrown from his 
wagon, and received injuries, i^hich caused his death Jan. 
7, 1825, se. 62. 

I. Patty, b. Aug., 1788; m. William Lawrence of 
Troy; d. Jan. 5, 1840. 

3 II. Nancy, b. Aug. 21, 1791 ; m. Josiah Wlieelei- ; d. 
I June 20, 1824. 

4 III. Joseph, b. Marcli 24, 1794.+ 

5 IV. William, b. June 28, 1790. -f- 

6 j V. Eleanor Urown, b. Nov. 13, 1798; m., Jan. 14, 
I 1817, Peter Tarbell of Grafton, Vt. ; d. 1877. 



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VII. Alphens, b. July 30, 1^04; d. Oct. 21, 1805, 

VIII. John, b. March 19, 1807 ; went to sea and was 

never lieard from. 
IX. Harriet, b. Nov. 15, 1809; ni. Alanson Barber. 
X. Henr^j, b. July 20, 1812.+ 



Joseph Haskell, son of Joseph, m., Apr. 2, 1818, 
Ruth White of Fitzwilliam ; settled first in Troy. In 
1828, he ])urchased liis father's farm and tavern-stand, 
and came to Marl., where he remained till 1845 or 1846, 
and then returned to Troy, where he d. A\)y. 18, 1865. 
His widow d. in Troy, 1879. 

I. Mary Ann, b. in Troy, May 21, 1820 ; d. 1822. 
II. Eliza Ann, b. in Troy, Nov. 14, 1822; m. Cyrus 
Thomi^son. 

III. Eleanor, b. in Troy, Jan. 12, 1824 ; m. George A. 

Nutthig, q.v. 

IV. 3Iary, b. in Troy, May 21, 1826; m. Abel W. 

Baker of Troy ; resides in Keene. 
V. Ly%nan, b. in Marl., Se^st. 21, 1828; d. March 27, 
1829. 

in Marl., Nov. 11, 1880 ; m. William 



VI. Harriet, b. 

Jackson. 

VII. Joseph, b. 

Starkey. 

VIII. Maria, b. 

Wheeler. 

IX. Sarah, b. in Marl., June 12, 1839; in. Allison 

Howe of Peterboro. 
X. IJ^lcy Jane, b. in Marl., Feb. 9, 1841 ; m. John E. 
Woodward, q.v. 



in Marl., Aug. 6, 1832; m. Mary J. 
Marl., Aug. 4, 1834; m. David 



William Haskell, son of Jose])h, Senior, m., Oct. 
20, 1818, Sarah White of Fitzwilliam. He resided on 
the homestead for several years, and then removed to 
Troy, where he d. Jan. 26, 1841. His widow resides in 
Troy. 

I. Ezekiel, b. Feb. 6, 1820 ; m. Mirantha Demary, 

of Rindge ; settled in Troy. 
II. Joseph, b. Oct. 16, 1822 ; m. Anna M. Bemis ; 

resides in Keene. 

III. Alonzo, b. Feb. 10, 1824; m. Betsey Marshall of 

Jaffrev. 

IV. Albert, b. Marcli 10, 1826; d. Aug. 6, 1846. 

V. Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 26, 1830; in. (1st) Fos- 

gate ; he d., and she m. (2(1) Horace Knapp ; 
resides in Wincliendon. 



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VI. Lydia, b. M:nrli (5, 1832; m. Addison Marshall of 

JnffiTv. 
VII. Marii, h. JuiR' 29, 1834; m. Augustus A. Adams 

of Jaffrey ; resides in Winchendon. 
VIII. Charles, h. May U, 1841 ; m. Alice Allen ; resides 
in Troy. 



Ill 



IV 



Akxer Haskell, son of Joseph, Senior, m., May 3, 
1823, Laura Lawrence. He resided in Marl, some three 
or four years after his marriage, then removed to Troy, 
where he d. Sei)t. 1, 1847. His widow resides in Win- 
chendon. 

I. Orrick Z., b. in Marl.,' Nov. 18, 1825 ; m., March, 
1850, Elizabeth Ward of Troy; resides in 
Keene. 
II. 3fary Ann, b. in Troy, Sept. 12, 1829; m., Sej)t. 
10, 1847, Joseph N. Forristall ; settled in Swan- 
zey Factory village. He was fatally injured by 
the falling of a building he was repairing, and 
d. June 1, 1871. 

Henry A., b. in Troy, July 8, 1834 ; d. June 21, 
1843. 

Elizeann M., 1). in Troy, Nov. 14, 1838 ; d. Oct. 
30, 1840. 

Henry Haskell, youngest son of Joseph, Senior, m., 
Feb. 14, 1838, Martha, dau. of Geo. and Naomi (Stark- 
ey) Farrar, b. in Troy, Aug. 16, 1820. Settled first in 
Troy. Came to Marl., March 1, 1841, and located on 
the Alger place, in the south-east ]>art of the town. 
May 10, 1859, he removed to Wnichendon, Avhere he 
now resides. He Served eighteen months in the war of 
the Rebellion. Children, all but the oldest, b. in Marl. 

I. Henry George, b. in Troy, Jan. 15, 1839; d. Jan. 

28, 1840. 
II. Martha Ann, b. March 18, 1841 ; d. Aug. 17, 
1843. 

III. Albert H, b. June 4, 1849; Jan. 29, 1877, while 

engaged in running a circular saw at Merriam's 
mill in Westminster, Mass., he was caught by 
the saw in such a manner as to nearly sever his 
body. He left a wife and one child. 

IV. Tarbk P., b. March 19, 1854. 

V. Fra7ik E., b. March 20, 1856; d. Oct. 27, 1875. 



HAVEN. 

Richard Havex came from the west of England, and settled in 
Lynn, Mass., in 1045. His wife, Susannah, d. Feb. 7, 1682. They had 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



twelve children. Their youngest son, Moses, b. May 20, 16G7, m. Mary 
Ballard, and settled in Lynn. They had eight children, among whom 
was Richard, b. Jan. 8, 1G92-93 ; m., Feb. 4, 1713-14, Lydia Whitney, 
and settled in Athol, Mass. 



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SiMOX Havex, sou of Eicliard and Lydia (Whitney) 

Haven, in. Ruth , and settled first iu Atliol, where 

most, if not all, of their ehildreu Avere born. 

They came to oNIarl. iu 1786, aud located on the farm 
where Ahnon C. Mason now lives. 
I. John, h. 176-2.+ 
II. Moses, b. 1764. 

III. JBetti/, h. 1766 ; ])ul)lished to Natliau Ellis of 

SuUivau, Nov. 9, 1789. 

IV. liuth, b. 1768. 
V. Sitnon, b. 1770. 

VI. Hicharcl, b. 1772. 
VII. Lydia, b. 1774. 
VIII. Chloe, b. 1776. 
IX. Daniel, b, 1778. 
X. Jfoses, b. 1781. 
XI. Susanna, b. 1783. 



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JOHX Haven, sou of Simon, m. Nabl)y 
the following ehildreu. 

I. Amos, b. Sept. 4, 1784. 

II. Nahnm, b. Aug-. 29, 1786. 

HI. Folly, b. Juue'28, 1788. 

IV. Luther, b. June 20, 1790. 

v. Vina, b. Sept. 17, 1792. 



-, aud had 



John SiiiLEY of Framinghaui m. Lucy Haven, Feb. 
24, 1803 (town records). 



Sewell F. Hayes m., Jan. 2, 1854, Lucy C, dan. ^f 
Dexter and Rebecca (Griffin) Whitcomb. Came to 
Marl, to reside, July, 1871. 

I. Charles F., b. Marcli 30, 1856; m., Apr. 24, 
1879, Ann L., dau. of Stillmau and Sarali P. 
(Frencli) Ricliardsou, 
n. Fred C, b. Feb. 21, 1859. 

III. Nellie J., b. Jan. 9, 1862 ; d. Oct. 1, 1865. 

IV. Ada F., b. Nov. 4, 1865. 



SAMUEii Heard, son of Henry and Mehitable (Col- 
burn) Heard, b. in Dublin, Aug., 1825; ui., Nov. 26, 
1851, Mrs. Fidelia Pike. 

I. Ahhy, b. Sept., 1852; ni. Charles L. While, <i.i\ 
II. (Jiifton. 



GEJSEALOGICAL IIEGISTEK. 529 

T)ka. Ei.ia.s IlK>ri:xwAv, son of Saiiiuc] and llanuali 
(Kicc) IK'nuMnvay, h. in Fiaminuhani, Dec. '2'2, 1757; ni. 
Molly, (lau. of David and Molly (Clark) Patterson, h. in 
Franiino-hani, St'])t. oO, 17G8. He came to Marl, sonic 
time ))i'evious to 178U, and settled on the lot now known 
as Kidder Hill, in lloxbury. He was an honest, upright 
man, and for many years a deacon of the l^aptist Church 
in PottersviUe. He d. in Roxhury, Oct. 11, 1884. His 
widow d. in Marl, Sept. 4, 1856. 

I. I'ol/t/, b. Jan. 21, 1781; m. Elder Charles Cum- 

mings, q.i\ 
II. Persis, 1). I\Iay 4, 1788; d. Aug. 24, 1786. 

III. Hannah, b. Nov. 25, 1785 ; m. James Wakefield, 

Es(j(., q.v. 

IV. Elias, b. May G, 178S ; d. May 28, 1788. 

V. Per.^h, b. Apr. 20, 1789 ; m. Aaron B. Kidder, q.v. 
VI. EUas, b. Jan. 9, 1792. 
VII. Enochs b. Jan. oO, 1794 ; d. Apr. 8, 181:). 



Ebexkzer HEjrENAVAV, brother of Elias, was b. in 
Framingham, Mass., May 26,1760; m., June 15, 1786, 
Ruth, dau. of Amos and Mary (Trowbritlge) Gates, b. in 
Framingham, Fel). 12, 176S. He came to Marl, in 1787, 
and settled on Avhat is now known as the Franklin Smith 
]>lace. He was a member of the Congregational Church 
for oA'er forty years, a man of Christian integrity, and 
universallv resj)ected. He d. Oct. 27, 1839. His widow 
d. Oct. 18, 1854. 

I. Luther^ b. Jan. 2, 1787.-1- 
II. Am, b. June 6, 1790.+ 

III. Martin, b. March 8, 1792 ; m., 1818, Eunice, dau. 

of William and Olive (Collins) Collins ; 
removed to Unadilla, N.Y. 

IV. Ezra, b. May 4, 1794 ; m., Aug. 28, \ 825, Philena 

Richardson of Alstead ; settled in Fort Ann, 
N.Y., Avhere he d. a few vears since. 
V. Patty, b. Nov. 14, 1796 ; m., June 28, 1822, John 
Adams; settled in Fort Ann, N.Y. ; d. March 
9, 1878. 
\i. An Infant cli'dd, d. Feb. 26, 1799. 
VII. Bi(th',h. A\n-. 5, 1801; m., July 9, 1834, William 

Richardson of Alstead ; d. in Alstead. 
VIII. Jesse, 1). Dec. 13, 1808 ; in., July 1, 1827, Lois 
Richardson of Alstead. He resided in Marl, 
for some time after his marriage, and tlien 
removed to the West. Resides near St. 
Jose])h, Mich. 

1. William K., b. in Marl., May 12, 1828. 



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uisToitV OF :maiilj;okougii. 



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2. Lvflia, 1). in Marl., July 23, 1880. 

3. Mnrv Jane, h. in Marl.; Nov. 13, 1832. 

4. Sarah Harriot, 1). in ]\[arl., Oct. 2."), 1834. 

5. Luther, h. in Marl., March 4, 1837. 

6. Franklin Smith, b. in Gilsum, Dec. 21, 

1839. 

7. Georo-e W., b. in Lewis Co., N.Y., Oct. 

21,1842; d. in the array, Oct. 9, 1802. 

8. Martha J., b. in Jefferson Co., N.Y., Dec. 

4, 1845. 

IX. lioe/K'T h. Miwch 19, 1800; ni. Jonathan Starkey, 

q.v. 
X. Harriet, b. Sept. 1, 1811 ; d. Oct. 10, 1812. 
XI. Fannie C, b. Dec. 20, 1812 ; m., July 18, 1843, 

Isaac Starkey ; resides in Swanzey. 



LuTHEK Hemenavay, son of Ebenezer, ni. (1st), Nov. 
22, 1810, Sallv, dan. of Robert and Abigail (Wheeler) 
Worsley, who'd. Feb. 23, 1813. 

I. Esther, b. Apr. 7, 1811 ; d. March 22, 1829. 

Mr. Ilenienway ra. (2d), Oct. 20, 1813, Betsey, dan. of 
Amos and Mercy (Knowlton) Cummings. 

H. Jose2)h, b. Oct. 19, 1814 ; d. Jan. 20, 1815. 

III. Charles C, b. March 8, 1810; in., Sept. 24, 1840, 

Lucinda, dan. of Arba and Betsey (Carlisli') 
Greenwood, b. in Dnblin, Apr. 10, 1822. He 
now resides at Swanzey Factory Village. 

1. Sarah A., an adoi)ted dau., b. March 12, 
1844 ; m. Albert W. Stockwell, q.v. 

IV. Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1818; m. Warren C. Towns ; 

resides in Keene. 
V. EJi?:a, b. June 14, 1825 ; m. Oliver Jewett of 

Jaffrey, q.v. 
VI. Luther, b. Jan. 15, 1827.-J- 

Mrs Hemenway d. Aug. 28, 1850; and he m. (3d), Jun., 
4, 1851, Sally Jacpiith of Jaffrey, b. Nov. 18, 1780, d. 
Jan. 31, 1804"; and he m. (4th) Mrs. Sally (Byam) Carter 
of Jaffrey. He d. in Jaffrey, Feb. 13, 1872. ' 

LuTHEK HEAfEX\yAY, SOU of Luther, m., Dec. 7, 1853, 
Mary (\, dau. of Joshua and Eliza (Rice) Davis of Ro.\- 
bury. 

I. Mar,/ Lizzie, b. Aug. 0, 1859; d. Sept. 20, 1800 

II. Gem-qe A., b. Oct. "^28, 1801; drowned Aug. 21 

1804. 

III. Fred D.. b. Aj.r. 30, 1800. 

IV. Katie 3L, b. Sept. 27, 1871 ; d. Nov. 5, 1872. 



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Asa Hkmknwav, suii of Klx'iiczcr, iii., 1812, Sally, 
(Inii. of PliiiK'has and Ilaiiiiali (IJowcll) (illeason, h. in 
]>ubliii, Fi'b. 28, ITUo. lie r<.'si<U'(l for several years on 
the Abiier Russell ])lace, and then removed to Granville, 
N.Y., where Ite d. Feb. 10, 18()4. She d. A])r. 14, 1864. 

I. Li'ci/, b. .June 20, 1813; ni. Hiram vVvery ; settled 

in Granville, N.Y. 
II. Harrk't E., b. May 29, 1817; m. Amos IT. P>ee- 
man ; resides in Keene. 

III. Mi not TK, b. A])!-. 25, 1819; m. Harriet Knowl- 

ton; settled in (Granville, N.Y. ; d. March 30, 
1872. 

IV. Phinehas G., b. July 11, 1821; m. Susan Knowl- 

ton ; settled in Michigan. 
V. Cordelia B., b. Nov. 23, 1823; m. Ira Knight; 

settled in Marlow. 
VI. Sarah A., b. Sejit. 15, 182G ; m. Horace P. May; 

settled in Chester, N.Y. 
Yii. Philinda C, b. Dec. 19, 1828; m. Warren S. 

Bailey ; settled in Sandy Hill, N.Y. 
VIII. A,Ha C, b. June 14, 1831; m. Harriet, dan. of 
Noah and Abigail (Hobert) Porter ; resides in 
Keene. 
IX. Frmiklin jB., b. Oct. 29, 1837 ; m. Julia Cone ; 
settled in Troy, N.Y. 



Samuel Hemenw ay,- another brother of Elias, m. 
Elizabeth, dan. of James and Martha (Collins) Lewis. 
He resided for a short time in the north part of the 
town, and then removed to Shefford, Canada, where he 
d. Dec. 30, 1829. Children b. in Marl. 

I. Samuel, b. Feb. 12, 1793. 
II. Betsey, b. Oct. 11, 1795. 
HI. A son, b. July 3, 1801, 



HEPvRICK. 

The traditions of this very ancient family claim their descent from 
Ericke, a Danish chief, who invaded Britain about the year 911, during 
the reign of Alfred, and, having l:>een vanquished by that prince, was 
compelled, with his followers, to repeople the wasted districts of East 
Anglia, the government of which he held as a fief of the English crown. 

In an attempt to unite the Danish power in Britain against the 
Englishmen, Ericke was defeated by Edward, the son and successor of 
Alfred, and was subsequently slain by his own subjects for alleged sever- 
ities in his government. 

The Norman invasion found this name represented by Eric, the for- 
ester, who resided in Leicestershire, and was an extensive land-holder. 
Eric raised an army to repel the invaders ; and in the subsequent efforts 
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532 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

recuiiL coinjae.>.l, aiul drive thciii out ol Uic oumitry, he bore a iiromineiit 
part. But he shared also in the uut'ortunate issue of all these patriotic 
efforts. His followers and allies were stripjied of their estate, and the 
sources of his own power were dried up ; and, being no longer in a con- 
dition formidable to the new government, Eric was taken into favor by 
William the Conqueror, who intrusted him with important ottices about 
his person and in the command of his armies. In his old age. he was 
permitted to retire to his house in Leicestershire, where he closed his 
stormy and eventful life. This estate was given him by William the 
Conqueror for military services, about the year 108(1. His descendants 
occupied the estate without internqition for nearly eight hundred years. 
The Illustrated London Almanac for 1877 records the death of ^^'illiam 
Perry Herrick, an elderly gentleman of Beau ^lanor Park, Leicestershire, 
England. 

Henry Eyryk, a lineal descendant from Eric, the forester, was seated 
at Great Stretton, in the comity of Leicester, England, at a very remote 
period. His grandson, Robert Eyryk of Stretton, by his wife Joanna 
had William, who bore the title of Sir William Eryrk, Knight of Stret- 
ton. He was comnussioned to attend the Prince of Wales on his exjie- 
dition into Gascony, 1355. From him descended Robei't Eyrick of 
Houghton, who was living in 1450. Thomas Eyrick of Houghton settled 
in Leicester, and d. in 1517. His second son, John Eyrik, or Heyrick, 
b. 1513, m. Mary, daii. of Jolni Bond, Esq., of Ward End in ^Varwick- 
shire. He d. Apr. 2, 1589, leaving a large family, among whom was 
William, b. 1557. He was a member of Parliament fi-om IGOl to 1G30, 
knighted 1605, and was known as Sir William Herrick of Leicester, 
London, and Beau Manor Park. He m., 159(5, Joan, dan. of Richard 
May, Esq., of London ; d. INIarch 2, 1652-53, a?. 96. Henry, the fifth son 
of Sir William, was b. at Beau Manor in 160-1, and was named V)y com- 
mand of the unfortunate Prince Henry, eldest son of James L His 
sponsors were Sir David Murry, Sir John Spillman, and Lady Aston. 
He came to this countiy, and settled in Salem, Mass., in 1629. He m. 
Editha, dan. of Mr. Hugh Laskin of Salem, and became the ancestor of 
the numerous race by that name in this country. He and his wile were 
among the thirty who founded the first church in Salem, in 1629. He 
d. 1671, leaving seven sons and a daughter, who are named in his will. 
Of these, Thomas and Benjamin, the eldest and youngest of the sons, 
and the daughter, Elizabeth, d. childless. The other five sons are 
regarded as the patriarchs of their respective branches of the posterity 
of Henry and Editha Herrick. They are known in history as Zacharie 
of Beverly, Ephraim of Beverly, .Joseph of Salem, John of Beverly, and 
George of Salem. Joseph of Salem, bap. Aug. 6, 1645, d. Feb. 4, 1717- 
18 ; m. (1st) Sarah Leach, who d. about 1674 ; and he m. (2d) jNlary 
Eudicott, about 1677-78. JNIartyn, son of Joseph and Mary (Endicott) 
Herrick, bap. Jan. 26, 1679-80,' m. Ruth Endicott of Salem, July 17, 
1710 ; settled in Lynn, now Lynntield, d. 1739. Samuel, the second son 
of ALartyn, m., 1742. Elizabeth Jones of Wilmington; settled in Bead- 
ing, Mass., d. 1792, te. 79. 



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EiJENEZEU Herrick, youngest son of Samuel and 
Elizabetli (Jones) Merrick, b. March 12, 1759; ni., Se])t. 
'26, 1782, Lydia Eaton of Reading, Mass., h. Oct. 18, 
17(37. He came to MarL 1795, and jturcliased of Andrew 
Phillips the farm now owned by Merrill Mason, where 
he d. Jan. 7, 1842. His wife d. Sept. 28, 1829. 



GENEAI.OGrC'AL flEniRTKl!. .r->y> 

I. J^benezer, 1). Mnrc-li li, ITS:); m., Kd.. 7, Isd's 
Avvillii Hall of Jvcene; scttlctl in Ivfading, y\. 
His wife cl.; and lie ni. (tid), .Iniie G, ISIU, 
Patty Nye. He d. Mavch 11, 184ii. 

II, Zi/dia, h. Feb. 2, 1785; ni., June 11, 1805, John 
GoA'e, a Methodist minister. She d. Oct. 24, 
1844. 

III. Henry, 1). June 12, 1787; ni., 1822, JMrs, Lydia 

Dodge of iAIalden, Mass., h. March 17, 178(). 
He settled in Iteading, Vt., wliere lie d. N(n-. 
29, 1882. His widow d. Apr. 17, 18G2. 

1. Mary A., b. July 29, 1823; in. Michael 

Weston of Reading, Vt. 

2. Harriet M., b. Dec. 27, 1824; ni. Merrill 

Mason, q.v. 

3. Henry O., b. Feb. 24, 1828; in. Jennie B. 

Heard of Vernon, Vt. 

IV. Hannah, b. Sept. 18, 1789; m., Dec. 25, 181G, 

Jeremiah Beniis ; settled in Weathersfield, Vt, ; 

d. March 9, 1858. 
V. Samuel, b. March 2, 1792; m. Eliza Hayes; d. in 

Watertown, N.Y., Oct. 19, 1876, To his son, 

Rev. Osgood Herrick, the author is indel)tcd 

for much valuable information concerning the 

ancestry of the Herrick family. 
VI. Betsey, b. Sept. 2, 1794 ; m. Abner Russell, q.v. 
VII. Jeremiah, b. Sejjt. 12, 179G.-|- 
VIII. Osgood, b. Nov. 19, 1799; in. Emily Wilder; 

was a Congregationalist minister ; d. March IG, 

1837. (See Chap. XIII.) 
IX. Martin R., b. March 7, 1802; m., Dec. 28, 1831, 

Charlotte Sawver, b. Jan. 13, 1808; settled in 

Boston; d. Mav 31, 18G9. His widow d. Feb. 

5, 1872. 

1. William M., b. Dec. 13, 1833 ; ni. Eliza A. 

Lawrence. 

2. Sophronia N., b. Jan. 6, 1836. 

3. Marv E., 1). March 27, 1838; m., A]ir. 17, 

18GG, Wilber F. Webster. 

4. Ellen L., b. Oct. 9, 1840. 

5. Gardner M., b. Jan. 8, 1843; d. Oct. 28, 

1843. 

6. Julia M., b. Jan. 29, 1845. 

7. Charlotte E., b. Feb. 20, 1851. 

X. Mary, b. ^fay 17, 1804; d. June 17, 1815. 
XI. Sophronia, b. Aug. 27, 1807 ; in. Melvin Newell; 
d. Nov. 28, 1846. 



534 



FlISTORY OP MARLBOROUGH. 



(11) Jeiikmiaii ITicKRicK, SOU of Eheiu'zev, ni. (Isl), Dec. 
•Jo, 181(), Emily, dan. of William and Azubali Greenwood 
of Dublin, b. June -25, 171)8, d. May 15, 1818. 

23 I. Marij, b. 1817 ; d. June 15, 1818. 

]Mr. Hen-ick m. (2d), March 20, 1828, TIannah, dan. of 
Abner and Hannah (Prentice) Smith of Dublin, b. July 
7, 1804; d. March 1, 1854. 

24 n. Emily G., b. Apr. 7, 1824; m., Jan. 21, 1846, 
Orville W. Shattuck ; d. July 20, 1850. 

25 1. Emma E., b. March 12, 1847 ; m. John W. 
Lewark of Pendleton, Ind. 

26 2. Ella, b. 1849; d. Aug. 26, 1850. 

27 111. Ellen J/., b. Feb. 15, 1827; m., July 16, 1856, 
Horace P. Hall of Croyden. Resides in Syca- 
more, DeKalb Co., 111. 

28 1. Infant son, b. May 12, 1857; d. May 15, 
1857. 

29 2. M. Augustus, b. March .31, 1858 ; d. Sept. 
21, 1860. 

30 3. Judson H., b. Aug. 9, 1859; d. May 19, 
1877. 

31 4. Marttia E., b. Oct. 17, 1862 ; d. March 18, 
1864. 

32 5. Eva K, b. Dec. 4, 1865. 

33 IV. Zydia E., b. Feb. 3, 1830; d. Dec. 28, 1857, urn. 

34 V. Prentice S., b. Jnlv 25, 1834; d. Apr. 21, 1841. 

35 VI. Osgood, b. Sept. 10, 1838; d. Apr. 21, 1841. 

36 VII. Osgood I\ b. June 11, 1841; ra.. May 7, 1867, 
Mary F. Miller of Chester, Vt., where they 
now reside. He is of the firm of William Mil- 
ler & Co., dealers in stoves, tinware, etc. 

37 1. Ernest W., b. Dec. 23, 1871 ; d. Sept. 4, 

1876. 

Mr. Herrick m. (3d), Aug., 1854, Mrs. Nancy Pease, 
who d. Nov. 20, 1878. He d. Jan. 9, 1877. 



Claimv Hill, b. in S])encer, Mass., Apr. 25, 1818; m. 
Dec. 20, 1841, Huldah Avery, b. in Preston, Ct., March 
4, 1817. Came to Marl, to reside May, 1861. 

I. Hannah A., b. in Brooklyn, Ct., Sejtt. 30, 1844 ; 
m., Oct., 1862, J. M. Fox ; resides in Norwich, 
Ct. 
II. James A., h. in Brooklyn, Ct., Dec. 4, 1846 ; d. in 

Marl., Sept. 7, 1871 ;\im. 
III. Mary A., b. in Preston, Ct., Jan. 2, 1850. 




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GENKALOOICAL RKGI.STKll. 535 

IV. George II., 1). hi Prostoii, Ct., ])oc. 7, 1854; uin. 
V. Huldah e/l, b. iu Preston, Ct., March 13, 1858; um. 



Ebkxkzek Hills, b, in Swanzey, Ang. 16, 1771; ni., 
June 8, 1790, Lydia Clinniberlain, b. in Washington, 
N.H., Aug. 15, 1775. lie came to Marl, to reside, Sejtt,, 
1807, and located on the jilace now owned ])y the heirs 
of Gilbert Russell. He had a mill for dressing doth on 
the site of the lower mill of the Marlboro Manufacturing 
Company. After a residence here of eight years, he 
removed to Swanzey, and in 1825 to " Holland Pur- 
chase," as it Avas then called, in the State of New York, 
where he d. Sept., 1847. His wife d. June, 1840. 

I. Sylvia, b. in Washington, N.H., Apr. 6, 1797 ; m. 
I Nathaniel Stanley of Swanzey; d. Nov. 2, 1844. 

3 I 11. Calvin, b. in Windsor, Vt., Sept. 16, 1799 ; m. 
I Watkins; settled in East Randol])h, N.Y; 

4 I III. Sichiey, b. in Bernardston, Mass., Dec. 23, 1801 . 

m. Louisa Hall; resides in New Boston, N.H. 

5 IV. James M., b. in Bernardston, Mass., Feb. 14, 

1804 ; m., Oct. 28, 1833, Nancy Stanley of Swan- 
\ zey ; resides in Orange, Mass. 

V. Henry X., b. in Bernardston, June 25, 1806 ; m. 
Deniaris P. Flint of Fitchburg ; d. in Lvnn, 
Julv n, 1843. 
VI. WiUiam G., h. in Marl., June 23, 1808; d. in 
Bethanv, N.Y., March 14, 1832. 
8 VII. Francis D., b. in Marl., Oct. 15, 1810 ; d. in Med- 
j ford, Mass., Dec. 9, 1839. 

1 Abiah Hinds from Westmoreland, warned to leave 
I town Jan. 20, 1783. 

2 j Sarali, dau. to Daniel Hinds and Sarah, his Avife, b. 

June 15, 1782. 

3 Lydia Hinds and her dau., Lydia, from Westmoreland, 
I warned to leave town March 3, 1784. 

Hkzekiaii Hodgkins was a native of New Ipswich, 
where he spent his early years ; at the breaking out of 
the Revolution, he resj^onded to his country's call, and 
was in the army several years. Soon after liis return 
from the war, he m. Lydia, dau. of Pelaliah Cummings, 
and settled in New Ipswich, Avhere he Avorked at his 
trade of cabinet-making. He came to Marl, in 1788. and 
resided for a few years in the house on tlie south side of 
the Common, since OAvned by Nathan E. Wild. 

In 1803, he ])urchased the farm since owned by 
Edmund Bemis, in the north-east jtart of Troy. About 
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mill now stands, which he sold to Edmund Beniis, in 
1808. In his later days, he manufactured rakes. Ho d. 
Oct. 4, 1821, JE. 64. His widow d. Ajir. :5, 1H4:], :e. 83. 

I. Stephen, h. 11 S'l\ m. Arethusa Corbin, March 26, 

1807 ; d. in Albany, X.Y., 1827. 
II. Pdatiah, b. 1784; m., Oct., 1814, Mcliitable 

Adams of Jaffrey ; settled in Ti'oy. 
HI. Sarah, h. 1786; d. 1817. 
IV. Lydia, b. May 21, 1790; d. the same year. 
V. Amos, b. July 25, 1792 ; d. the same year. 
VI. Lucy, b. Nov. 15, 1793; m. Enoch (iarlield ; d. in 

Troy, Dec. 29, 1854. 
VII. Lydki, b. 1796; m., Oct. 5, 1815, Jose] ili Corl)in 

of Rochester, N.Y. ; d. 1817. 
VIII. Aaron, b. Apr. 25, 1797; m. Rlioda Perkins; she 
d., and he m. (2d) Alfreda Ui-own. He d. in 
Troy, Apr. 11, 1856. 
IX. EUzaheth, b. June 7, 1804; d. 1812. 
X. Sarah, b. 1810; m. Almon Writ>-ht. 



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A:«os IIorxiKixs, a brother of He/.ekiah, w.is livinu; 
on the Alger farm in 1793. The buildings, at that time, 
stood on another ]>art of the farm fi-oin their present 
location, about thirty rods from the Dul)lin line. He 
was an ingenious mechanic, and manufactured looms, 
chairs, and other rude furniture common to those days. 
About the year 1800, he sold his farm, and removed to 
Vermont, and subsequently to Potsdam, N.Y., where he 
S])ent the remainder of his days. He had one dan., b. in 
Marl. 



I. Priscilla, b. Dec. 2, 1793. 



CiiRiSTOPHEn HoDGKixs, SOU of Aarou and Khoda 
(Perkins) Hodgkins, and grandson of Hc/.ckiah, was b. 
in Troy, Jan. 6, 1829; m.', Nov. 14, 1854, ]\Irs. Mellissa 
(Gurnsev) Tennev, widoAv of Samuel Tenney (see Chap. 

X.). • ■ 

I. Leila E.,h. in Keene, May 20, 1856; m. Henry 
Metcalf. 

1. Henry Ernest, b. July 6, 1874. 

II. Artlmr C, b. in Keene, Aug. 31, 1857. 
III. Eva M., b. in Marl., Aug."4, 1859; d. Aug. 21, 
1864. 



Isaac W. Hot,i{kook, b. in Richmond, Nov., 1818; 
m.. May 23, 1841, Sarah AY., dau. of Luke ;ind Betsey 
(WbitnVy) Harris, b. in Troy, Oct. 23, 1819. Mr. Hoi- 



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lirook lias i-esidiMl in llinsdaU', Ivicliiiioiid, and Nelson, 
removing- from the latter ])lace Nov., 1SG9; resides on 
the farm formerly owned by Darius Richardson. Of the 
children, the eldest was born in Hinsdale, the others in 
Richmond. 

I. Ellen Maria, b. June 15, 184'2; m., Nov. 8, 1864, 

George G. Newcomb of Roxbury, 
II. /Susan L., h. Nov. 10, 1844; m. Fred C. Lang, q.v. 

III. Mary C, b. July 27, 1847; m.. May '23,^1875, 

Charles Phillij)S of Keene. 

IV. John II., b. May 28, 1853; um. 
V. Ida X., b. Jan. 24, 1855 ; um. 



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Charles Holmax, Esq., b. in Bolton, Mass., July 6, 
1764; m., 1787, Relief Sawyer of Bolton, b. May' 10, 
1772. He came to Marl, about 1780, and located in the 
north part of the town, in what is now Rox1)ury, on the 
farm since owned by Ivers Flint. In town affairs, he 
always took a deep interest, and was regarded a most 
worthy citizen. In his early manhood, he was ([uite a 
military character, an4 held the office of captain, with 
honor to himself and his com])any. He d. Oct. 9, 1840. 
His widow d. Aug. 6, 1862. Of the children, all but the 
eldest b. in Marl. 



I. Charles, b. in Bolton, Mass., March 31, 1788.-1- 

3 II. PoUi/, b. March 28, 1790; d. May 31, 1814. 

4 III. A daitr/hter, b. Nov. 16, 1791 ; d. in infancv. 

5 IV. A daugliler, b. Nov. 27, 1792 ; d. Dec. 23, 1792. 

6 ' V. Axa, b. Dec. 21, 1793; m., July 22, 1817, Nancy, 
dan. of Phinehas and Abigail (Stone) Farrar. 
He resided in Marl, for some time after his 
marriage, and then removed to Romeo, Mich., 
where lie d. Oct. 23, 1860. Record of his fam- 
ily a])plied for, bnt none received. 

VI. Oliver, b. May 25, 1796; m. Caroline Reddington 
of Keene; d. in Keokuk, la., Jan. 31, 1861. 

8 vii. AlrlH, b. Oct. 13, 1798; m. Lucretia Nye of Rox- 

burv. He d. in Winchester, March 1, 1869. 

9 VIII. /Sullivan, b. Jan. 30, 1801^; m. Harriet Hall of 

Khiderhook, N.Y. ; resides in Detroit, Mich. 
1(» IX. Achsah, b. May 11, 1803; m. Silas McCoUester, 

q.v. 

11 X. Levi /Saw}/er,h..h\\y 'lb, 1S05; m, Orrilla Grover; 

settled in Michigan ; d. at Townsend, Vt., June 
16, 1S34. 

12 XL Georr/e, b. Aug. 18, 1809.-^ 

13 XII. Fraiddin, 1). Dec. 31, 1812; m. Nancy Chamber- 

lain, of Swan/ev ; settle(l in Wisconsin. 



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Charles Holman, son of Chnrles, in., July 25, 1813, 
Polly, dan. of John and Polly (Writilit) Conyerse. He 
d. Feb. 23, 1866. His widoAy'd. Aug. 30, 1871. 

I. Mary TFi, b. Jan. 22, 1815 ; m. Stillman Buss, q.v- 
II. Fannie Z., b. Aug. 31, 1816; m. Franklin R. 
Thurston, q.v. 

III. Gilman C, b. Aug. 13, 1818. 

IV. Charles FranJdin^ b. Noy. 16, 1821.-|- 

V. Oliver S., b. Nov. l, 1826; d. Dec. 17, 1826. 
yi. Chestina B., b. June 23, 182H; ni. Solon S. Wilk- 
inson, q.v. 
VII. Harriet S., b. Feb. 28, 1831 ; in., June 14, 1853, 
R. Watson Hill of Greenlield, Mass. He d. 
Oct. 31, 1862. She now resides in New York 
City. 

1. Chessie E., b. in Nashua, Dec. 16, 1855; 
ni., June 14, 1877, Loreiiz Zeller, a native 
of Ulin, Germany ; resides in New York 
City. 



George Holmax, son of Charles, in., June 1, 1831, 
Lydia, dau. of Nathan and Lydia (I>ensoii) Nye of Pox- 
bury. Mr. Holnian early manifested a fondness for 
books, making the most ]»ossible ont of his meagre 
common-school advantages. In 1827 he attended the 
Kimljall Union Academy at Meriden, and in 1828 he 
went to Chesterfield Academy. From thence, he went 
to Keene to reside, that he might still enjoy the op- 
[)ortunity of acquiring a more practical mathematical 
and various other academic branches under the instruc- 
tion of Rev. Dr. Barstow, Ayhich he always considered 
the best ])art of his education. At length, the infirm- 
ities of age of his father demanded his return to the 
old homestead in Roxbury, t-o assist in the various duties 
of the farm. He lias always manifested a deej) interest 
in the cause of education reform and religious move- 
ments; and his ballot has alwnys been cast against 
slaA'cry, and in favor of freedom, home, and county. 
In 1837, he moved "with his family to this town, ami 
first engaged in the manufacture of chairs and ]):iils. 
He sold out his interest in the factory in a few years, 
and tui-m-fl his attention to wheelwright business, 
whicli he li.Ms followed, more or less, up to the ])resent 
(inic; l)u1 li.is always been ready to turn his Iniiid to 
{]\(' \;ii-ions kiiuls of )nech;inical work. In liis ))rinn', 
few men could do more work in a given time. He li:is 
heen the ]»rin('i])al building-mover, master of taking 
down large frames, always ready for the most difficult 
and dangerous work. Mrs. Ilolmau was a lady (jf 



GENEALOGICAL IJE(JISTEH. 539 

:il)ility, cnlturi', ami iimial wortli. Slic pursued n course 
of study in the JJeleliertown Aead(>iny, and ))revious to 
her mnrriage tauglit seliool in Keene witli marked suc- 
cess. Slie d. May 21, 1877. Children born in Roxbury. 

T. Myron, b. Oct. 5, 1832; ni., March 4, 1861, 

Amanda A. Day of Minneapolis, Minn. 
II. Jidiaett Z., b. Oct*. 22, 1836; um. 



Charles PuANKLm Holm ax, son of Cliarles, Jr., m., 
Nov. 30, 1843, Susan G. Pearson, dau. of Silas Pearson, 
M.D., of Westminster, Mass.; settled first in New York 
City; returned to Marl, in 1846. Mrs. Holnian now 
resides with her children in Kansas City, Mo. 

I. Charles Francis, h. Aug. 22, 1844; m., June 17, 
1869, Annie T., dau. of Frank P. and Almira 
Devens. He is a druggist in Kansas City, Mo. 

1. Susan A., b. March 11, 1870; d. March 24, 

1870. 

2. Arthur Seward, b. Dec. 11, 1873. 

II. Willie Gaylord Clark, b. Sept. 21, 1846; resides 
at Kansas City, Mo. 



Aaron Holt, b. in Holden, Mass., Oct. 27, 1776 ; set- 
tled in the south j)art of Marl, (now Troy), in the spring 
of 1807. He d, in 1826, from the effects of a kick from 
a vicious horse. 

I. Aaron, b. Jan. 25, 1801 ; d. Jan. 6, 1818. 
II. Joel, b. March 30, 1803; m., Nov. 20, 1828, 

Thirza, dau. of Bezaleel and Abigail (Wood) 

Baker ; d. in Troy. 

III. Jotham H., b. Feb. 22, 1805; m., Apr. 19, 1831, 

Miriam Bartlett of Berlin, Mass.; resides in 
Troy. 

IV. Dorothy, b. Sept. 8, 1807; d. 1812. 

V. Moses W.,\). July 6, 1810; d. Sept. 21, 1813. 
VI. William, b. Oct. 13, 1812; removed to the West. 
VII. Amos, b. Dec. 20, 1814. 

VIII. Dorothy,h. Feb. 28, 1816; m, John Pool of Jaf- 
frey; d. Apr. 18, 1840. 
IX. Betsey, b. March 16, 1819 ; m. Eri J. S])aulding 

of Troy ; d. Aug. 8, 1847. 
X. Aaron, b. July 15, 1821. 
XI. Lydia, b. Nov. 16, 1825. 



Charles E. Houghton (Rev.), son of Daniel W. 
Houghton, b. in Sullivan, Jan. 27, 1886 ; m., Feb. 13, 
1861, Hattie C, dau. of Col. Cvrus and Caroline (Rich- 



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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



ardsoii) Frost. Mr. Houghton's school advantages were 
very limited, being confined to the district school, which 
had two terms a year of eight weeks each, until he was 
ten years of age, after whicli he attended tlie winter 
term only until he was sixteen. He then attended tlie 
seminary under the direction of Prof. L. F. Ward, in all 
a little moi'e than seven terms. On leaving tlie semi- 
nary, Mr. Houghton engaged in teaching, and l)ecame 
widely known as a successful teacher both of district and 
high schools. He was :dso engaged for several years in 
farming and other pursuits; but, never wholly neglecting 
his books, he continued his studies, and prepared himself 
for the work of the ministry. In the winter of 1873-74, 
he commenced })reaching in Stoddard. He also preaclied 
in Surry for six months in 1874. In May, 1875, he 
removed to Aidjurn, N.H., to become the pastor of the 
Congregational Church in that place, where he still 
remains. 

I. Carrie Mabel, b. Jan. 3, 1863. 
II. Frank Irving, b. Aug. 8, 18(34. 

III. Charles Cyrus, b. Oct. 18, 1866. 

IV. Lizzie St07ie, b. Dec. 31, 1868. 
V. Herveii Frost, b. Oct. 26, 1871. 

VI. Mary Agnes, b. March 3, 1875. 



Theophilus Howard and Bathsheba, his wife, with 
daughter Zilah, and Josej)]! Gilbert, their servant, Avere 
warned to leave town by Jonathan Shaw, constable, Jan. 
20, 1783. But this was not a sufficient bar to prevent 
their settlement on the farm now owned by Mrs. Nancy 
Farnum, where they resided for many vears. jNfrs. 
Howard d. Oct. 21, 1803; and he m. (2d), Sej)t. 8, 1804, 
Mrs. Eunice (Matthews) Collins, widow of Lieut. Josej»h 
Collins. She d. IMarch 23, 1809. He d. in Winchendon, 
July 13, 1814, ». 92. 

Tisdale.-\- 

Mark. 

Susanan, b. Oct. 9, 177*.); m., .Tan. 1799, John 
Goodnow. 

Zllah, b. Dec, 1781. 

Martin, b. July 17, 1783. 

E/ioda, b. March 4, 1785. 



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TiSDALK Howard, son of Theo])liilus, m. Chloe Alger 
of Winchendon, a sister of Abial ^Vlger, wlio afterwards 
settled in this town. About 1810, he removed to Win- 
chendon, where he d. Feb. 27, 1854, ae. 85. 

I. Ansel, m. Esther Lovcjoy ; d. 1868. 



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n. S//hu'a, -; tl. Aiir. 1, 1S71, a\ 77. 

III. Lyman-i ; <1. Nov. 7, 18li3, re. G7. 

IV. Apol/as, ; iii. l^ucy Norcross ; <I. Oct. 'I'i, 

1863, ». 05. 

V. Chloe, — ; m. Lutlici' Lovejoy ; d. 1870, le. O.o. 

VI. Tlsdale^ ; iii. llniinali Boycc ; resides in 

WiiK-lieiidon. 

George Washington Hoavap.d, son of Thomas and 
Painelia (Buss) Howard, b. in Marlow, Aug. 12, 18(J9; 
m., March 10, 1883, Martha A., dan. of Eher and Lydia 
(Adams) Tenney. 

I. Charles T., h. Apr. 4, 1834; m., Aug. 3, 1857, 

Ellen K. Needham, b. Nov. 18, 1837. 
II. Francis S., b. Jan. 17, 1835 ; d. June 17, 1838. 

III. Lucas E., b. Jan. 24, 1837 ; d. Oct. 24, 1837. 

IV. Maria, b. May 18, 1840; m., March 11, 1867, 

Stillman H. Clark. 
V. An infant child, b. 1842; d. Dec. 18, 1842. 

Mrs. Howard d. Oct. 25, 1842; and he m. (2d), Feb. 
5, 1843, Ann S. Davis, b. March 5, 1806. Mr. Howard 
d. at Warwick, Mass., Jan. 29, 1864. 

VI. Martha A., b. Nov. 4, 1844; m., Apr. 30, 1863, 

Jewett Underwood. 
VII. Sarah B., b. Aug. 24, 1848. 



Zalmox Howe came from Holden, Mass., in 1803? 
and located in that part of Marl, now included in Troy- 
He resided on several different farms in that 2)art of the 
town, and afterward removed to Fitzwilliam, where he 
d. in 1855. His wife was Phebe Holt of Holden. 

I. Asenath, ; m. John Simonds of Brattle- 

boro, Yt. 
II. Nelson, ; m. Sweetser of Fitzwilliam. 

She d. ; and he ra. (2d) Aiigeline, dau. of David 

Platts. 

III. Sally, ; m. Sweetser of Fitzwilliam. 

IV. Mary, ; m. Harvey Blanding. 

V. Martha, ; m. Asa Clark of Swanzey. 

VI. Harriet, ; m. Gideon Willis of Swanzey. 

VII. Joel, ; m. Richardson. 



Albert HunuARD, son of Daniel and Catherine (Grif- 
fin) Hubbard, b. in Walpole, May 29, 1829; m., :\Iarch 
23, 1854, Hannah C, dau. of Ezra and Betsey (Kidder) 
Livermore, b. at Dalton, Nov. 3, 1834, d. in Gilsuiu, 
June 9, 1879. He came to Marl, to reside in 1856, and 
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HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



wlitTc he resided for several years, when, his liouse being 
destroyed by fire, lie removed to Gilsinn, where he now 
resides. Children, all l)ut the eldest, b. in Marl. 

I. Charlie Albert, b. in Keene, Feb. 22, 1855. 
II. Addie Betsey, b. Dec. 5, 1857; ni. ; resides in 
Salem, Mass. 

III. Ezra Livermore, h. Oct. 23, 1850. 

IV. Frank Kidder, b. Sept. 25, 1861. 



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Hexry Huxt from Dublin came to this town 1783, 
and the same year m. Sarah, dan. of Dea. James and 
Betsey (Whitcomb) Flood. He settled on what has 
since been knoAvn as the Hunt place, in the east part 
of the town. He d. Xov. 17, 1828. His wife d. Feb. 22, 
1823. 

I. Henri/ Hunt Cutler (adopted son), b. Feb. 9, 
1795; d. Jan. 24, 1816. 

Capt. Caleb Hunt d. May 26, 1811, te. 50 (grave- 
stone). 



Moses Hunt, son of Isaac and Martha (Knowlton) 
Himt, and nephew of Henry, before mentioned, b. in 
Dublin, Dec. 25, 1788 ; m. Lucy, dan. of Josiah and Milli- 
cent (Wheeler) Stone of Hancock, b. Oct. 8, 1791 ; set- 
tled first in Hancock. He afterward removed to this 
town, and located on the farm formerly occupied by his 
uncle, Henry Hunt. He was a soldier in the war of 
1812. In later years, he resided on the Sweetser place, 
where he d. March 29, 1876. His widow d. Aug. 11, 
1877. Chililren all born in Hancock except the two 
youngest. 

I. Ciirtis F., b. Aug. 26, 1812.+ 
II. Lorenzo, b. Jan. 20, 1815.-)- 

III. Allen D., b. Sept. 23, 1815 ; m. Emeline Ward of 

Peterboro ; resides in Winchester, Mass. 

IV. Maria L., b. Dec. 29, 1817 ; m. Reuben Ward, q.v. 
V. Millicent W., b. May 12, 1821 ; d. May 29, 1877, 

um. 
VT. Martha L., b. Oct. 23, 1825 ; resides in Boston, 

um. 
VII. Adolphus IL, b. in IMarl., May 15, 1834.-|- 
VIII. Aljihonso A., b. in Marl., Apr. 5, 1836; d. Apr. 

23, 1837. 

Curtis F. Hunt, son of Moses, m., Oct. 15, 1840, 
Harriet, dau. of Ziba and Eunice (Buss) Nason. She d. 
Aug. 7, 1843. 



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I. Lifcii>s /'., 1.. Aug. 9, 1841. 
II. A?i Infant dauffhfei; b. Sc'j)t. 9, 1S4G; d. yoimg. 

Mr. Hunt in. ('id) Mary E. Pike of Marlow. She d. 
Feb. 5, 1875. 

I. Ella L., b. May 8, 1849 ; m. Levi Morse. 



(6) LouExzo Hunt, son of Moses, m., Sejtt. 5, 1839, Cyn- 
thia Ann, dan. of Joseph and Xaney (Lineohi) Wood- 
Avard. 

16 I. J/ni Maria, b. Apr. 13, 1844; in. Henry W. 

Whitconib, q.v. 

17 i ir. Andrew A., b. Apr. 5, 1848; d. Feb. 11, 1872. 

(11) Adolpiius H. Huxt, son of Moses, m.. May 1, 1859, 
Mary A. Kendall, b. in Athol, Mass., March 23^1835. 

18 I. Stella 31., b. in Athol, July 9, 1860 ; m., Nov. 28, 

1878, Dexter A. Smith of Athol. 

19 u. Flora E., b. in Marl., Sept. 28, 1865. 



HUNTING. 

JoHX HuNTixG came from Euglaud, and settled in Dedhara, Mass. 
Tlie records of Dedliam state that he came from between Xorfolk and 
Sutfolk, England. He had a son, Samuel, who married, and settled in 
Needham, Mass. 

1 I Jesse Huxtixg, son of Samuel, b. in Needham, 

■ Mass., July 21, 1765 ; m., Apr. 6, 1792, Lois Newell of 
Needham, "b. March 31, 1770. Came to Marl., in 1794, 
and purchased the farm which had been occujiied by 
James Lewis, and is the same now known as the Hunt- 
ing |4ace, and owned by Stillman Richardson. He 
resided here until the fall of 1806, Avhen he removed to 
Londonderry, Yt., where he d. Feb. 13, 1859. His \y\ie 
d. July 1, 1851. 

2 I. Jesse, b. Sept. 17, 1793 ; m. Polly Barnard of 

Whdiall, Vt. ; settled in Londonden-y. 

3 II. Lois, b. Feb. 24, 1796; m. John Barnard, Jr., of 

Winhall, Vt. 

4 III. Samuel A., b. Apr. 12, 1800; m. Abigail Cook 

of Londonderry; resides in Friendshij), Alle- 
ghany Co., N.Y. 

5 iv. A7 //vV/,' b. Aug. 21, 1802; m. Lueinda Carkin of 

Draeut, Mass. ; residi's in Londonderr}'. 

6 V. Ganlni'r, b. Sept. 1, 1805; m. Rhoda Ann Knight 

of Pownal, Vt.; resides at East Hampden, Me. 

7 VI. Ro.iuinna, b. in Londonderry, July 17, 1809; ra. 

Chandler Ward of Orange, Mass, 



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HISTOKY OF IMAKLBOROUGH. 



Charles F. Ixgalls, son of Ransoui and Sylpbin 
(Pickering) Ingalls, h. in Fitzwilliam, Jniu' 18, 1881 ; m., 
Jnne S, 1859, Mary Eliza, dan. of Al)ijali and Betsey 
(Sweetzer) Spofford of Fitzwilliam, b. '.Alareli 21,1838. 
He came to Marl, to reside, A])r. 1, 1808. 

I. Georf/e.£Jlmer, h. in Troy, Marc-li 5, 1862. 
II. William Henri/ Spofford., b. in Marl., Feb. 15, 
1875. 



Ebenezer Jenxe was an early settler, and resided 
for some time on a farm that lies east of (leoruv Portei"'s, 
and eommonly known as the Jenninjis ]»lace, deriving' its 
name from him, althongh it apjiears that he wrote his 
name Jenne, and not Jennings. He Avas a shoemaker, 
and worked at that trade when not engagt'd in tilling the 
soil. 

I. Clarissa. 



Oliver Jewett, son of Oliver and Mary (Tnrner) 
Jewett, b. in Jaffrey, May 27, 1811; m., Nov. 18, 1846, 
Eliza, dan. of Capt. Luther and Betsey (Cummings) 
Hemenway. He settled first in Jaffrey, but removed to 
Marl, in 1857, Avhere he has since resided. Children 
born in Jaffrey. 

I. Clara K, b. Oct. 23, 1847 ; m. Lavater M. Flint, 

q.v. 
II. Otis E., b. Feb. 11, 1849; d. Aug., 1850. 
III. Willie A., b. Dec. 27, 1851 ; nm. 



Timothy Johnson and Mary his wife resided for 
several years in the northerly i)art of the town. They 
were here as early as 1784, but it is not known from 
whence they came. They removed to Grafton, Vt., 
about 1796, and thence to Windham, Vt., where the 
two youngest children were born. 

I. Stephen, b. Oct. 26, 1784. 

II. Lovisa, b. Apr. 25, 17S7. _ 
in. Ebeiiezer, b. Sept. 10, 178t). 
IV. Jotliatn, b. Feb. 11, 1792. 

V. Bhoda, b. March 7, 1794. 
VI. Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1798. 
VII. Timothy, b. Oct. 8, 1801. 



Samuel Jones, son of Samuel and Martha (Tay) 
Jones of Berlin, Mass., was 1). in Berlin, Mav 20, 1778; 
ni., May 20, 18(1(1, Abigail Meriam, b. in licrliu, May 20, 
1779; settled lirsl in Berlin. He came lo iAFarl. in 



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1808, and locatcMl on the Timothy Bcniis farm, now 
owned by his son, Samuel. Mrs. Jones d. Marcli 3, 
1852; and lie m. (2d) INfrs. Betsey J. (Needham) (Green- 
wood) Lane. He d. May 23, 18G0. Children, the five 
eldest b. in Berlin, the others in Marl. 

I. Mif/ai/, b. Nov. 22, 1801 ; d. Oct. 12, 1803. 
II. Belinda, b. March 30, 1803; m. Salmon Buckmin- 
ster of Roxbury, q.v. 

III. Abigail Meriani, b. March 5, 1805; d. Jidy 28, 

1837, um. 

IV. Lueij, b. Oct. 26, 1806; d. March 2, 1876, um. 

V. Artemas, b. Dec. 26, 1807 ; m., Dec. 6, 1838, Lucy 

Barnes of Marl., Mass.; d. Feb. 3, 1877. 
VI. Samuel, b. Jan. 11, 1810.-f- 

VII. Levi Mirick, b. July 20, 1811 ; m.. May 4, 1838, 

Sally M. Bruce oi Marl., Mass.; d.* Aug. 15, 

1877. 

VIII. Albert, b. Apr. 22, 1813 ; m., Feb. 25, 1841, Per- 

milia P., dau. of Simon and Sybil (Brooks) 

Tenney ; d. Sept. 23, 1844. 

IX. Clarissa, b. Jan. 3, 1815; d. March 20, 1856, ura. 

X. Sarah, b. March 18, 1817 ; m. Cyrus E. Hardy, q.v. 

XI. Hannah Danforth, h. Oct. 29, 1819 ; d. Sept. 10, 

1871, um. 
XII. Elvira Maria, b. Jan. 7, 1822; m., Dec. 5, 1839, 

Samuel Burton ; resides in Wilton. 
XIII. Clarinda, b. Sept. 20, 1826; m., Aug. 12, 1851, 
Milan Parker of Nelson ; d. Jan. 30, 1877. 



William Jones, a brother of Samuel, b. in Berlin, 
Mass., Dec. 23, 1779; m., Jan. 30, 1804, Sally Meriam 
of Berlin ; settled first in Berlin, where he remained until 
1825, when he came to this town, and located first on 
the farm now owned by Daniel Towne. He afterward 
removed to the place since owned by Gilbert Russell, 
where he d. Aug. 28, 1859. His wife d. Aug. 4, 1858. 
Children, all except the youngest, b. in Berlin. 

I. Nannj L., b. Dec. 3, 1804; d. Oct. 17, 1868, um. 
II. Louisa, b. Jan. 31, 1807 ; m. George Harvey, q.v. 
in. Levi, b. Feb. 28, 1809.+ 
IV. Sally M., b. July 15, 1811 ; m. Nelson Converse, 

q.v. 
V. William, b. March 16, 1814; m., May 9, 1837, 
Emilv, dau. of John B. and Anna (Harvey) 
Farrar; d; Feb. 26, 1847. 
VI. Abif/ail, b. June 6, 1816; d. Sept. 4, 1816. 
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David W. Orbison of Troy, Ohio. He d. 
March 24, 1856; and she m. (2d), Aug. 24, 
1865, Rev. Moses G. Grosvenor. She d. at 
Troy, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1878. Mr. Grosvenor 
d. in Worcester, in the summer of 1879. 

She attended a full three years' course at Mt. 
Holyoke Female Seminary, at which she gradu- 
ated and received her diploma, Aug. 1, 1844. 
The two succeeding years she taught high 
schools for young ladies in South Adams, Mass., 
and Winchester, N.H. In 1846, under the 
supervision of Rev. Dr. Brice, she went to 
Troy, Ohio, and engaged as teacher in the high 
school. For more than tliirty-seven years, as a 
member of the church, she adorned her profes- 
sion by a humble, consistent. Christian walk 
and conversation, and by promi)t and efficient 
efforts in the various benevolent enterprises of 
the day. 

IX. Samuel HarUvell, b. March 30, 1822; m., Oct. 9, 
1845, Minerva Jewell ; resides in Needham, 
Mass. 

X. Joseph L., b. in Marl., May 20, 1825 ; m. Harriet 
E. Fowler of Brattleboro, Vt., where he now 
resides. 



Samuel Jones, son of Samuel, m. Huldah Brooks of 
Chester, Vt., b. May 2, 1825 ; settled on home farm, 
where he now resides. 

I. Warren S., b. Nov. 11, 1847; m., Jan. 18, 1872, 
Mary Ella Felch. She d. Nov. 20, 1872; and 
he m. (2d), March 25, 1874, Sarah A. Day; 
resides at Ayer Junction, Mass. 

1. Charles W., b. Jan. 18, 1877. 

II. Clara A., b. Sept. 4, 1850; m., July 2, 1870, 
Lyman N. Beat of Harrisville, who d. March 13, 
1874. 

III. Charles M., b. Sept. 15, 1852; um. 

IV. Lvet/ 3L, b. May 29, 1854; m. Frank I. Merriam, 

q.v. 
V. Georr/e A., b. Nov. 26, 1858; resides in Washing- 
ton Territory. 
VI. Stella 31., b. Se])t. o, 1861. 



Levi Joxes, son of William, m., June 23, 1831, 
Lovisa, dan. of JNTajor Jolm and Mary (Tayntor) Wis- 
wall. 

I. Sarah M., h. Oct. 17, 1833 ; d. March 30, 1869 ; 
um. 



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II. Luther Maynard, b. Apr. 21, 1837; graduated at 
Yale College, 1860; studied law at Columbian 
Law School, New York. 

III. Levi Dnuforth, b. May 17,1839; m., Jan. '25, 
1866, Mary Jane Chandler of Boston. 

1. Mary Chandler, b. Nov. 19, 1871. 



Jonathan M. Joes, son of William, m., Jan. 10, 
1849, Harriet J. Whitcomb of Swanzey, b. Nov. 17, 
18'25, d. in Keene. He now resides in Keene. 

I. Elsie A., b. Oct. 28, 1849; m., Jan. 12, 1871, 

Edward M. Woodward. 
II. Fred P., b. March 2, 1853 ; graduated at Univer- 
sity Medical College, New York City, Feb. 20, 
1877". 
III. Clarana S., b. Apr. 16, 1862. 



Capt. John Joslin, son of John and Susannah 
(Carter) Joslin, removed from Jaffrey to Marl., and 
located on the Joslin place, so called, now owned by Mur- 
ray Fitch. He d. Dec. 22, 1836. His wife, Sarah, d. 
Aug. 22, 1841. c. 



David Joslin, son of David and Becca (Richardson) 
Joslin, was b. in Stoddard, March 14, 1791. His father 
was a brother of John, before mentioned, and was b. 
Apr. 25, 1765. David Joslin m. Lucy Knights of Stod- 
dard, and came to Marl. 1819, to reside with his uncle 
John, and from him inherited his property. He d. Oct. 
31, 1861. His Avidow d. June 8, 1873. 

I. Miza, b. Oct. 29, 1819; m. Elijah Fitch, q.v. 
II. David, ; d. in infancy. 

III. Lycurgus, ; d. in infancy. 

IV. James, b. Jan. 22, 1835 ; um. 



Nathaniel Kendall was b. in Providence, R.I., 
where he resided till he was sixteen years of age, when 
he removed to Lancaster, Mass. He came to Marl, 
in 1786. He lived in various places. It is said he 
changed his place of residence twenty times. He d. in 
Troy. 

I. Xafhaniel, b. March 2, 1783; m. Mary Annis ; d. 

at Springfield, Aug., 1846. 
II. John, b. Dec. 11, 1784; d. at sea. 

III. Rebecca, b. Feb. 15, 1786; m. Thomas Dival of 

Lancaster, Mass. ; d. 1831. 

IV. Abigail, b. Sept. 6, 1787 ; m. Jonathan ]\[artin of 

Richmond ; d. 1856. 



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V. Samuel., I). Dec. 17, 1788; in. Hannah, dan. of 

Kiral)er Harvey; d. in Canada, 1829. 
VI. Thomas, h. Dee. 28, 1789; ni. Onda Tiffany of 

Northfield. 
VII. Henry., 1>. Aj)r. 2, 1795; ni. Dorothy Parker; 

removed to Canada. 
VIII. Hannah, b. March 18, 1796; ni, Jonathan Martin 
of Richmond. 
IX. Nancy, b. June 30, 1798; m. Hosea Bowen of 

Richmond. 
X. Joseph, b. Sept., 180(1 ; m. Mary Ann Thurston ; 

settled in Trov. 
XI. Sally, b. Dec. 18, 1802; d. 1832. 



Moses Kenney came from Marlboro, Mass., about 
the year 1772, and purchased the farm then owned by 
James Tiffany, where he resided until 1778, when he 
sold to Moses Cutting, and removed to Vermont. He 
had one son. 

I. John, bap. Oct. 31, 1773. 



William Keyes, son of William Keyes and his wife, 
bap. Nov. 9, 1800. 

I. Stillman, bap. May 30, 1802. (Church records.) 



KIDDER. 

Tlie Kidder family is one of the most ancient families of England ; 
and, if tradition may be relied on, they are of the stock of ancient Brit- 
ons, and existed as a family previous to the invasion of the Romans, 
Danes, or Saxons, and were not disturbed in the possession of their hinds 
at the conciuest. Although the name is found in different parts of Eng- 
land, it is most common in Maresfteld, where a family by that name has 
resided for several centuries. 

James Kidder, who was b. at East Grinstead in Susses, England, in 
1G20, is considered as the patriarch of the family, and the ancestor of all 
who bear that name in this eoniitry. He settled in Cambridge, Mass., 
as early as KloO. He m. Anna iAIoore, dan. of Elder Francis Moore, one 
of the most wealthy and res]iectable families of the place. He d. Ai)r. 
16, 1670. His son John, h. 1655, m. Lydia Parker, Sept. .3, 1681, and 
settled in Chelmsfoi'd. Thomas, son of John, ]). in Chelmsford, Oct. 30, 
1690, m., Dec. 31, 1716, Joanna Keyes. Aaron, second son of Thomas, 
b. Dec. 22, 1719; m. Rachel Bush, at Marl., Mass., May 1!), 1749; settled 
in New Ipswich, where he d. Nov. 16, 1769. His widow d. 1815. k. 90. 
Aaron, eldest son of Aaron and Racliel (Bush) Kidder, )>. .Xov. 18, 1761, 
m. Elizalietli Hudi ; settled in New Ipswich. 



Aakox Bush Kidder, son of Aaron and Elizabetli 
(Bush) Kidder, b. in New I])swich, July- 21, 1788; m., 
Nov. 7, ISOS, l»ersis, (hiu. of Klias and Mary (Patterson) 
Hciiicnway ; sclllcil on a ]tart of tlic llenicinvay farm. 



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on what is now called " Kidder Hill " in Roxbury. He 
d. May 21, 1840. His widow d. in Ilolyoke, Mass., Sept. 
29, 18G8. 

I. Aaron B., b. 1809; m. Mary Jane Paul; settled 
on a part of Kidder Hill, where he resided for 
several years. Pie is now living in Illinois. 

ThirzaE., b. March 29, 1811 ; ni. Franklin Spauld- 
ing; d. Oct., 1851. 

Betsei/ M., b. Dec. 10, 1813; ni. Charles W. 
Thompson ; resides in Somerville, Conn. 

Pollij H., b. Aug. 19,1816; m. James M. L. 
Parker, (/.v. 

Nancy E., b. Nov. 18, 1818 ; d. July, 1826. 

Ellas //., b. July 15, 1821; m. Sarah Lamphear; 
resides in Woodstock, Vt. ; was a soldier in the 
late war. 

Sylvester W., b. Oct. 24, 1824; d. July, 1826. 

Charles C, b. in Peterljoro, Aug., 1826; m. Har- 
riet Robbins ; is a. carpenter ; resides in Illinois. 

Malvina P., b. in Peterboro, March 24, 1831 ; m. 
George Thayer ; resides in Haverhill, Mass. 



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John H. Kimball, son of Stephen and Ann (Robert- 
son) Kimball, was b. in Troy, N.Y., Dec. 16, 1841. He 
is the sixth generation from Hannah Dustin, who was 
taken prisoner by the Indians at Haverhill, Mass., and 
afterward escaped by killing several of the savages. Mr. 
Kimball m., May 10, 1862, Maria, dau. of Benjamin O. 
and Merial (Spaulding) Hale, b. in Jaffrey, Oct. 5, 1841. 

I. Lizzie Mabelle, b. Nov. 6, 1867 ; d. Aug. 15, 1868. 
ir. Katie Isabell, b. May 17, 1869. 
III. Han-ie Eddie, b. Sept. 2, 1871; d. Sept. 15, 1871. 



JosiAH H. Knight, b. in Sudbury, Mass., June 1, 
1808 ; m., Apr. 4, 1833, Martha, dau. of Samuel and Mary 
(Willard) Mason of Dublin, b. June 24, 1814. Mr. 
Knight came to Marl, to reside, immediately after his 
marriage, and located on the farm now owned by John 
McRoy. He removed to Dublin in 1837, but returned 
to this town in 1855. He now resides on the farm for- 
merly owned by Ziba Nason. 

I. Hannah J/., b. Feb. 5, 1834; d. Oct. 3, 1852. 
Ti. Rosea B., b. Oct. 22, 1835; m., Aug. 20, 1857, 
Abbie, dau. of Frederick and Fanny (Tenney) 
Wallace; removed to Winchendon in 1872, 
where he now resides. 

1. Fred. II., b. July, I860; d. Sept. 25, 1860. 

2. Gladdie A., 1). Apr. 4, 1862. 



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3. Birdis M., b. in Winchendon, Apr. 7, 1876. 

III. Harriet M., h. in Dublin, Jan. 13, 1838 ; m. 

Joseph C. Sliattuck, g.v. 

IV. Joel S., b. in Dublin, Aug. 5, 1840 ; ni., Sept. 15, 

1863, Clara A., dau. of Abraham and Hannah 
(Perkins) Core3^ Killed by falling from a load 
of coal, Nov. 24, 1879. 

1. Edith Mabel, b. March 12, 1865. 

2. Frank Leslie, b. Nov. 15, 1869. 

V. Caroline M., b. in Dublin, July 29, 1842; m. 

Wyman Sawyer, q.v. 
VI. John A., b. in Dublin, March 5, 1845; resides in 

Centralia, Mo., um. 
VII. Sarah Ednah, b. in Dublin, Oct. 3, 1848; ra. 

Delevan C. Richardson, q.v. 
VIII. Josiah, b. in Dublin, Jan. 24, 1851 ; d. Dec. 28, 

1863. 
IX. Charles Byron, b. in Dublin, Oct. 8, 1853. 
X. Lana S., b. in Marl., A})r. lU, 1857 ; d. Dec. 30, 

1863. 



Almiea (CoLBURii) Knight, widow of Emerson T. 
Knight, was b. in Langdon, Aug. 10, 1825. Her hus- 
band enlisted as a member of Co. K, 105tli 111. Reg., 
Aug. 14, 1862; d. of disease, in the army, Feb. 28, 1863. 
The same year Mrs. Knight came to Marl., where she 
still resides. 

I. Clayton T., b. in Keene, March 16, 1853 ; d. Sept. 

5, 1863. 
II. Charles If., b. in Sugar Grove, 111., July 7, 1855. 
III. Rattle A., b. in Afton, DeKalb Co., 111., May 19, 
1858 ; m., Oct. 23, 1879, Frank A. Tarbox. 



Talmon Knights came from Templeton, Mass., 1791> 
purchased of Phinehas Farrar the land now constituting 
the Cobb farm in Troy, where he continued to reside 
until his death in 1843. 
I. Annis, d. young. 
II. Susan, d. young. 



Jessk Knowlton, son of John and Susannah (Jen- 
nings) Knowlton, b. in Dublin, July 22, 1791; m., 1816, 
Sarah, dau. of Jabez and Mary (Webster) Wight, who 
d. Feb., 1824. He resided in Marl, for several years 
after his marriage. 

I. Mary Webster, h. in Marl., Feb. 18, 1817 ; m. 

Jason Phelps. 
11. Jaher: Wnjlit, b. in Marl., Nov. 4, 1822. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, 551 

LuKK Knowlton, soil of Dea. .John and hllizabeth 
(Wiglit) Knowlton, 1). in Dublin, Auo-. 1, isoi ; m., Doc. 
28, 182G, Mercy, dau. of .James and Lois (Walker) Bemis, 
b. ill Dublin, Sei)t. I'J, 1804. lie settlea first in Dnl)lin, 
but came to Marl, to reside, Ai)ril, 1849. Cluldreu b. in 
Dublin. 

I. James, b. Dec. 20, 1828; ni., M.ay 28, 1854, Emily 
L., dau. of Dexter and Abigail (Adams) Mason, 
b. in Dublin, Oct. 2, 1834." She was a success- 
ful school-teacher. He resides on the old Wil- 
son place on the line between Marl, and Keene 
which passes directly through his house. He is 
called a citizen of Keene. 

1. Lilla M., b. Apr. 16, 1857. 

II. L'u]<e, b. Sept. 5, 1830 ; m., Nov. 29, 1854, .Tane 
Pierce of Milbury, Mass. She d. Nov. 2, 1861. 

1. Jennie M., b. Oct. 12, 1861. 

Mr. Knowlton m. (2d), Sept. 5, 1867, Hannah M., dau. 
of James and Sarah (Killham) Townsend. He enlisted 
in 1862, in Co. A, 14th Reg. N.H. Vols., and served 
through the war. 

2. Carrie T., b. Aug. 12, 1878. 

III. Eli B., b. Dec. 3, 1833; m., Jan. 19, 1858, Eliza- 

beth E., dau. of Silas and Asenath (Stone) 
Stone, c. 

IV. Caroline E., b, Jan. 27, 1836; m. William M. 

Nason, q.v. 
V. Charles, b. June 23, 1838; enlisted in the service 
of his country, Sept., 1862, as a member of Co. 
A, 14th Reg. N.H. Vols. ; d. of fever, at Pools- 
ville, Md., Jan. 20, 1863. 
VI. Lois Jane, b. March 10, 1842; d. Dec. 8, 1845. 
VII. Sarah Ann, b. Nov. 27, 1843; m. William M. 

Nason. 
VIII. Maria Jane, b. Sei)t. 3, 1845; d. Sejjt. 30, 1847. 



Albert Knowltox, b. in Framingham, Mass., April 
12, 1816; m., Aug. 30, 1834, Catherine Carlton, a native 
of England. He came to Marl, to reside, 1852. 

I. Ellen A., b. in Troy, Dec. 9, 1840; um. 



Capt. John Laxe was b. in Lunenburg, Mass. He 
m., Jan. 28, 1798, Mary Livingston, b. in Billerica, Mass., 
Dec. 23, 1777. Came" to Marl, about 1802, and located 
on the farm since known as the Reuben Morse place. 



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His wife d. Auq-. 25, 1846; and he m. (2d) Mrs. Betsey 
J. (Needliain) Greemvood. He d. Apr. 28, 1850. Chil- 
dren all but the two eldest b. in Marl. 

I. Geortje H., b. in Billerica, Mass., Jan. 28, 1799.+ 
II. Timothy, b. in Braintree, JMass., Sept. 1, 1800; m. 
Roxanna, dan. of Kiniber and Polly Hazleton 
Harvey; was a physician. (See Cha]). XIII.) 
He d. in Fillmore, III, Sept. 1, 1849. His 
wife d. Jan. 1, 1849. 

1. J. Bowers, b. Sept. 10, 1826. 

2. Jane A., b. Nov. 25, 1828; d. May 6, 1836. 
.3. Timothy, b. Apr. 2, 1830; d. Apr. 20, 1832. 
4. Mary Jane, b. Dec. 15, 1837. 

III. J. Boivers, b. Feb. 27, 1803; d. Nov. 1, 1824. 

IV. Man/, b. Apr. 30, 1805; d. Nov. 1, 1830; nm. 

V. Mlnot 7'., b. March 12, 1807; m., Nov. 26, 1829, 
Ruth, dan. of Phinehas and Abigail (Stone) 
Farrar; removed to Detroit, Mich., Avhere he 
d. Feb. 23, 1875. His wife d. Jan. 9, 1863. 

1. George M., b. May 28, 1833. 

VI. Horatio, b. Oct. 1, 1809 ; d. Sept. 11, 1811. 
VII. Martha B., b. Sept. 24, 1811; m., Apr. 8, 1830, 

Joseph P. Frost ; resides in Galesburg, 111. 
VIII. Mar'ta L., b. Nov. 17, 1813; m.. May 26, 1829, 
George C. Rice. 

1. Marv Jane, b. Feb. 4, 1830. 

2. Samuel C, b. Nov. 4, 1834. 

Mr. Rice d. Jan. 27, 1838; and she m. (2d), 
Oct. 8, 1843, Hubbard Hancock. She d. Feb. 

18, 1870. 

3. Sarah M., b. Feb. 10, 1845. 

IX. Melinda A., b. Dec. 16, 1815 ; m. Reuben Morse, 

q.V. 
X. James BatchdJer^ b. Julv 29, 1818 ; m., Jan., 
1849, Abbie E. Merriam' of Fitchburg ; d. July 
27, 1867. In the intervals of his- labors on the 
farm, he fitted himself for college at the schools 
in Jaffrey and Fit/Avilliam, and graduated with 
an honorable rank at Dartmouth. For a time 
after his graduation, he taught schools, after 
which, ill 1843, he o]K'ned a drug-store in Fitch- 
burg, under the name of Lane & Thayer. He 
soon after l>ought out his partner, and from 
that time to his decease devoted himself unre- 
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Mr. Lane had many valuable traits of cliar- 
acter, and was cliicfl y remarkable for tlie intense 
enthusiasm witli which he embraced those view 
and ]>rinciples, whether j)olitical or reformatory, 
which commended tliemselves to his judgment, 
and the untirino- energy with whicli lie advo- 
cated and enforced them. These qualities made 
him peculiarly valuable to the Ilejjublican party, 
of which, from the first, he was a devoted ad- 
herent, and in his connection with it he ren- 
dered constant and im])ortant services. To the 
cause of public education, Mr. Lane was also 
devotedly attached, and for many years was 
influential, as a member of the school-board, in 
promoting the welfare of the public schools. 
Next to the cause of education, and not second 
to it in his estimation, he held the cause of tem- 
perance, in support of which he labored assidu- 
ously to the very close of his life. His illness 
was long and peculiarly painful, but it was 
borne with a degree of manly fortitude rarely 
exhibited. His indomitable will supported him, 
and apparently enabled him to triumph over 
his disease until near the very close of his 
career. 



GEOfiGB H. Lane, son of Capt. John, m., Apr. 4, 
1820, Philinda, dan. of Phinehas and Abigail (Stone) 
Farrar. He resided for two years after his marriage at 
the old Cummings tavern, which he kept open to the 
public. He then removed to Boston, where he d. May 
12, 1874. His widow still resides in Boston. 

I. Phinehas, b. March 29, 1821 ; d. Feb. 28, 1822. 
II. Philinda, b. Dec. 23, 1822 ; d. Feb. 28, 1823. 



Frederick C. Lang, b. in Wtirtemberg, Germany, 
Apr. 3, 1840, came to this country in 1856. He was a 
member of Co. H, 20th Ind. Reg. ; was wounded at 
" Seven Pines," Va. ; discharged in the fall of 1862; re- 
enlisted in the spring of 1864, in Co. E, 1st N.H. Cav- 
alry, serving until the close of the war. He m., July 1, 
1863, Susan, dau. of Isaac W. and Sarah W. (Harris) 
Holbrook. 

I. Hattie I., b. in Troy, Jan. 20, 1867. 

II. Berdie E., b. in Nelson, March 14, 1868; d. 

March 16, 1868. 
in. Eldora Bell, b. in Harrisville, Jan. 29, 1871. 
IV. Annie Cora, b. in Marl., Nov. 29, 1872. 



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6 ' V. Ernest Eugene, b. in Marl., Jan. 7, 1875. 

7 I VI. Ambrose Butler, b. in Marl., Dec. 16, 1876. 



Joshua Larnard from Cambridge, Mass., resided for 
some time previous to 1793 on land now owned by 
George F. Wise, between Stillman Richardson's and the 
school-house in Dist. No. 1. Nothing is known of the 
family. 



LAWRENCE. 

George Lawrence, an early settler of Watertown, Mass., b. 1637 ; 
m., Sept. 29, 1657, Elizabeth Crisp, who d. May 28, 1681 ; and he m. (2d), 
Aug. 16, 1691, Elizabeth Holland. He d. March 21, 1708-9. His son 
George, b. June 4, 1688, ui. Mary , and d. March 5, 1735-36. Will- 
iam, son of George, b. March 20, 1711, m., Xov. 28, 1731, Mary Perry; 
settled in Weston, Mass. 



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Daniel Lawrexce, son of William and Mary (Perry) 
Lawrence, b. in Weston, Mass., Sept. 29, 1747 ; m., Apr. 
22, 1772, Elizabeth Graves of Sudbury. Soon after his 
marriage, leaving his wife in Weston, he came to Marl., 
and purcliased of Jonah Harrington Lot No. 5, in the 
6th Range, which included most of the farm since owned 
by his son John, in the north part of Troy. He built 
a log house near the site of the present buildings, and 
doubtless intended to remove there with his family the 
following year ; but, the Revolutionary war breaking 
out, he changed his plans, and entered the army. He 
was among the number detached from the main army to 
fortify Bunker Hill, and fought under Prescott in that 
memorable battle. At the expiration of eight months, he 
received an honorable discharge, and returned to Weston. 
In the spring of 1776, after a toilsome journey (coming, 
as did most of the other settlers, with an ox-cart), with 
his wife and one child he took possession of his log house. 
He d. July 13, 1832. His widow d. Oct. 29, 1840, a3. lOL 

Polly, b. 1774 ; m. Hugh Thompson ; d. in Maine. 
Betsey, b. 1777 ; m., Oct. 7, 1800, George Starkey 

of Swanzey ; d. in Troy. 
Daniel, b. 1779; m., Nov. 25, 1802, Sukey Moore; 

removed to Albany, N.Y. 
Uicy, b. 1781; m., July 29, 1802, Josiah Cool- 

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Irena, dau. of Jacob Newell, Jr., settled on the home 
farm. Mrs. Lawrence d. 1849; and he m. (2d) Mrs. 
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I. Louisa, b. 1806 ; d. at an early age. 
II. Anna, b. 1807; removed to Attleboro, Mass. 

III. Clarissa, b. 1809; d., se. 13 months. 

IV. Irena, b. 1810; d. 1842. 

V. Simon, b. 1812; m. Eliza Buffum; removed to 

Fitchburg. 
VI. Betsci/,h. 1814; m. A. B. Harrington, q.v. 
VII. John,h. 1816; m. Adaline Goodenow of Winch- 

endon. 
VIII. Houghton, b. 1818. 
IX. Cynthia, b. 1820; d. 1840. 
X. Sarclh, b. 1822 ; d. 1849. 
XI. Harvey, b. 1823; removed to Illinois. 
XII. Almvra, b. 1826; removed to Indiana. 



Jonathan Lawrence, a brother of Daniel, b. Feb. 1, 
1750; m., 1773, Lucy Moore of Sudbury, Mass. He 
came to Marl, in 1777, and purchased of his brother 
Daniel the lot next north of the one occupied by himself, 
constituting the farm since owned by his grandson, 
Joseph E. Lawrence. 

I. Jonathan.-\- 
II. Saniuel.-\- 

III. Cyrus. 

IV. Lucy, removed to Vermont. 
V. Isaac, removed to Vermont. 

VI. William.-\- 
VII. Abigail. 

VIII. Sally, m. Daniel Cutting ; d. in Troy. 
IX. Eunice, removed to Vermont. 
X. Betsey. 



Jonathan Lawrence, son of Jonathan, m., 1798, 
Dorothy, dau. of Moses Cutting, and resided for several 
years on the farm since known as the Forbes place in 
the south ]iart of the town. About 1804, he purchased 
of Hugh Thompson the farm since owned by Sidney A. 
Butler, in the north part of Troy. He d. in 1837. 

I. Alfred, b. June 2, 1799; d. Oct. 14, 1841. 
II. Belinda, b. July 12, 1802 ; m. James Downing of 
Dedham, Mass. 

III. Sophronia, b. Jan. 29, 1804. 

IV. Horatio, b. May 17, 1807 ; m. Mary Newell ; re- 

moved to Vermont. 
V. Austin, b. Dec. 25, 1809. 
VI. Dorothy, b. Nov. 26, 1812. 

VII. Gregory, b. Feb. 23, 1816; m. Emily Brown; 
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Samuel Lawrence, son of Jonathan, m. Anna Pratt, 
and lived a few years in Royalston, Mass. He came to 
Marl, in 1807, and resided near the school-house in Dist. 
No. 1, now in Troy. He was a carpenter, and the most 
of his time Avas devoted to that trade. In the great 
freshet in the winter of 1810, he was employed with 
others to remove a large body of ice, which was obstruct- 
ing the passage of the water under the bridge, near the 
shop since owned by E. Whitcomb in Troy, and threat- 
ening its destruction. While standing u})on the ice, the 
obstruction suddenly gave way, and he was thrown with 
considerable violence into the stream and carried rapidly 
down the current, and before assistance could be ren- 
dered him by those on shore he was hurried down the 
rapids, where he disappeared forever. His widow m. 
Aaron Willard, q.v. 

I. William, b. Feb. 23, 1800 ; m. Sarah E. Hiscock ; 

d. Jan. 8, 1852. 
II. Ahnon, b. 1802 ; m. (1st) Eliza Lawrence, who d. 

1835; and he m. (2d) Mary Bamfield ; removed 

to Cambridge, Mass. 

III. Danforth, b. 1804; m. Mary Newman. 

IV. Jonas, b. 1 806 ; m. Lydia Coburn ; settled in 

Hillsboro. 



William Lawrence, son of Jonathan, m. Patty, dau. 
of Joseph and Hitty (Farrar) Plaskell; settled on the 
home farm. 

I. Calvin, b. Apr. 10, 1805; m., Nov. 8, 1838, Mary 

Ann Merrifield. 
II. Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1807 ; m. (1st) E. Perkins, who 
d., and (2d) Asa Boyden of Rhode Island. 

III. Jose2)h, b. Dec. 22, 1809; d. Dec. 25, 1820. 

IV. Fannij, b. Sept. 12, 1812 ; m., Aug. 25, 1831, 

Jonas Bemis. 
v. William H., b. Sept. 29, 1815 ; d. Jan. 10, 1817. 
VI. William, b. July 15, 1817 ; removed to New 

York. 
VII. Luke, b. July 2, 1819; removed to Rhode Island. 



JosiAH Lawrence (genealogy not traced) had chil- 
dren b. in Marl, as follows : — 

I. Harriet, b. Feb. 24, 1803. 
II. Hannah, b. Feb. 17, 1S07. 

III. Keziah, b. June 29, 1809. 

IV. Harlow, b. Nov. 7, 1811. 
V. Angelia, b. June 13, 1814. 

VI. Sarah, b. May 23, 1817. 



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Eli Lawrence (genealogy not traced) m., Jan. 1, 
1840, Harriet, dau. of Calvin and Polly (Baker) Hast- 
ings; resides in Windham, Vt. 

I. Elmer H., b. Oct. 18, 1840; m., March 19, 1863, 
Helen A. Kendall; d. Aug. 12, 1875. 

II. John B., b. Nov. 2, 1842; m., Jan. 1, 1866, Rose 
R. Kendall. 

III. 3£yron G., b. Dec. 15, 1844; m., Nov. 15, 1871, 

Mary E. Wiley. 

IV. Hattie E., b. Oct. 13, 1848 ; m., March 25, 1876, 

Solon W. Kendall j resides in Rockingham, Vt. 



Jo SI AH Whitney Lawrence, son of Capt. Asa and 
Clarissa (Stebbins) Lawrence of Roxbury, b. Apr. 22, 
1832; m., Sept. 13, 1863, Julia B., dau. of Silas Keyes of 
East Princeton, Mass. ; came to Marl, to reside in the 
fall of 1866. 

I. Fannie Clarissa^ b. Feb. 22, 1869. 
II. Alice Julia, b. June 26, 1871. 
III. Josephine Whitney, b. May 18, 1878. 



Solomon Laws (Rev.), youngest child of Thomas 
and Mary (Locke) Laws, b. in Peterboro, Nov. 13, 
1806; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1836. He stud- 
ied divinity, and joined the Universalist denomination. 
He preached some years in Temple, and in 1856 came 
to Marl., where he remained until the spring of 1874, 
when he removed to Akron, Ohio, to give his daughters 
the advantages of Buchtel College. He m., Sept. 30, 
1847, Olive Mason Johnson of Chester, Vt., b. in Mt. 
Holly, Vt., Jan. 31, 1818, d. Apr. 2, 1867. He d. in 
Akron, in the summer of 1879. Children b. in Temple. 

I. Thomas Johnson, b. March 17, 1850 ; d. July 18, 

1851. 
II. Solomon M., b. Nov. 1, 1851 ; d. June 21, 1853. 

III. Lillie Clara, b. Dec. 4, 1853. 

IV, Mara Ella, b. Aug. 14, 1855. 



James Lewis was b. in Oxfordshire, England. He 
was a sea-captain for several years, after which he set- 
tled in Southboro, Mass., where he m., Sept. 5, 1753, 
Martha Collins. He came to Marl, in 1771, and pur- 
chased of his l)rother-in-law, Joseph Collins, the farm 
known as the Hunting farm, now owned by Stillman 
Richardson. He served as captain in the Revolu- 
tionary war. His townsmen gave ample proof of their 
respect for him by electing him to offices of trust and 
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the church in 1778, and one of its most active mem- 
bers. Some time about 1790, he removed to Green- 
bush, N.Y. His wife d. in 1809. 

I. Mary, b. 1754 ; m. Thomas Upham ; removed to 

Greenbush, N.Y. 
John, b. Nov. 16, 1755.+ 
Daniel., m., and removed to Stanstead, Canada; 

had one child, b. in Marl. 

1. Betty, b. Aug. 17, 1783. 

Josiah, b. March 6, 1758.+ 

Jareh, b. Aug. 19, 1772 ; m. Patty Treadwell, b. 
Jan., 1776, d. Dec. 3, 1808. He d. Nov. 13, 
1808. _ 
VI. Eli, enlisted in the Revolutionary war at the 
age of fourteen, and served three years ; pub- 
lished to Olive Parker, July 9, 1784; settled 
in Granville, Vt. Descendants living in Win- 
chester. 
VII. Rebecca, published to John Greenlief, March 4, 

1783 ; lived and d. in Cornish, N.H. 
VIII. Silas, removed to Stanstead, Canada. 
IX. Ezekiel, removed to Stanstead, Canada. 
X. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Hemenway, q.v. 
XI. Cate, bap. July 18, 1779; m. Oliver Willard; 
removed- to Ogdeu, N.Y. He d. in 1826. She 
d. Sept. 23, 1856. 
XII. Fatty, m. Israel Banks, q.v. 



John Lewis, son of Capt. James, published to Re- 
becca Upham of Hubbardston, Mass., 1782; probably m. 
same year. He d. Feb. 21, 1793. 

I. Phebe, h. Aug. 5, 1782. 
Ti. James, b. Apr. 25, 1784. 

III. 3Iary, b. Dec. 14, 1786. 

IV. John, b. May 7, 1789.-f- 

" V. Rebecca, b. Feb. 19, 1792 ; ra. Moses Wark, q.v. 



JosiAH Lewis, son of Capt. James, m. Martha, dau. 
of Timotliy and Martha (Wesson) Bemis ; settled on the 
farm now oAvned by Ezra Livermore. He d. Nov. 2, 
1828. His wife d. Feb. 13, 1841. 

I. Ihn-iil b. Ai)r. 20, 1781.+ 
II. Anna, b. Apr. 20, 1784 ; m. John Sargent, q.v. 



John Leavis, son of John, m., Dec. 14, 1811, Lucretia, 
dau. of .Tcremiah and Sarah (Wright) Bemis. He d. 
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I. Sarah W., b. in Roxbury, Nov. 10, 1812; m., 
Dec. 31, 1833, Josiah Bemis of Dublin; 'd in 
Jaffrey, Dec. 14, 1840. 
11. LiicretUi B., h. in Roxbury, Feb. 5, 1815; m. 
Thomas White, q.v. 

III. John G.,h. in Dublin, Dec. 24, 1817; m., Aug. 

1, 1843, Sarali S. Leman, of Hallowell, Me.; 
settled in Lancaster. " He was first lieutenant 
of Co. H, 9th Reg. N.U. Vols., and was killed 
at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. 
He was marching with his company to the 
place assigned his regijnent just out of the city, 
when a shell from the enemy exploded near 
him, and a piece struck him upon the left side 
of the neck, just below the ear, severing the 
arteries. He fell instantly, and never again 
breathed or moved. He was a good man, a 
kind and genial neighbor, and a tried and faith- 
ful friend. No truer man ever fell a martyr in 
the war than he. 

IV. Horatio 0., h. in Dublin, March 28, 1820; m. 

Sarah W. Bemis of Guildhall, Vt. ; d. in Lan- 
caster, June 1, 1873. 
V. Georffe W., b. in Dublin, Nov. 4, 1823; m., July 
3, 1853, Elizabeth Bugbee of Bethel, Vt., where 
he now resides. 

VI. Ifari/ A., b. in Dublin, March 24, 1826; m. Enoch 

Foster, q.v. 
vii. A7i infant daughter, b. in Windsor, Vt., Aug. 22, 

1832 ; d. the same day. 
viii. James K, an adopted son, b. in Windsor, Vt , 
May 23, 1832 ; m., Dec. 25, 1859, Fostina C, 
dau. of Warren C. and Sarah (Hemenway) 
Towne. He was killed by the cars at Fitch- 
burg, Oct. 6, 1868. 

IX. A7i infant son, b. in Windsor, Vt., June 22, 
1834 ; d. the same day. 

X. Horace 0., b. in Dublin, July 11, 1836; d. June 
13, 1864, at Armory Square Hospital, Washing- 
ton, D.C., of wounds received at the battle of 
Cold Harbor. 



David Lewis, son of Josiah, m. Azubah Greenwood 
of Dublin. He d. Nov. 26, 1834. His widow d. Sept. 

2, 1855. 

32 I. Arvilla, m. Noah White, q.v. 

33 II. Prescott. 

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William Lincoln, b. in Hingham, Mass., July 1, 
1761; m., June 5, 1787, Jael Gushing, b. Apr. 6, 1764; 
settled first in East Sudbury, now Wayland, Mass. ; 
came to this town in the summer of 1792, and purchased 
of Samuel Collins the Joslin place, now owned by Mur- 
ray Fitch. Tradition states that he set out the elm 
near Mr. Fitch's house, whicli is now the most beautiful 
shade-tree in the village. He d. Oct. 29, 1839. His 
widoAv d. Oct. 30, 1840. 

I. William, b. in East Sudbury, May 2, 1788; d. in 

Ohio, Dec. 27, 1813. 
II. Poll]/, b. in East Sudbury, Feb. 21, 179U; m. 

Ezekiel Colman of Ashby; d. June 30, 1855. 

III. Sallie, b. in East Sudbury, May 6, 1792; in. 

Dea. Simeon Whitcomb, q.v. 

IV. Levitt, b. in Marl., March 24, 1795 ; d. Sept. 17, 

1796. 
V. Levitt, b. in Marl., June 22, 1797 ; m. Sybil Hale 
of Townsend, Mass. ; resides in New Ipswich. 
VI. Henrij, b. in Marl., Dec. 4, 1800; d. June 25, 

1822. 
vii. Fannie, b. in Marl., Sept. 26, 1803 ; m. William 

Whitney of Ashby. 
VIII. Harriet, b. in Marl., June 20, 1807; m. Abiel 
Wheeler ; resides in Concord, Mass. 



Aaron Lombard was b. in Brimfield, Mass., March 
2, 1772. In 1793, after acquiring the blacksmith's trade, 
he came to this town and commenced business in Dea. 
Tucker's shop, which formerly stood on Library Square. 
He m., June 21, 1796, Eunice, dau. of Isaac and Thank- 
ful (Wheeler) Gibbs, and located in the house now 
owned by Mrs. Sarah Davis. He also resided a fcAV 
years on the place now owned by Thaddeus Metcalf. 
He removed to Swanzey in 1821, where he d. Jan. 27, 
1^59. His wife d. Jan. 18, 1859. 

I. Perley, b. Jan. 22, 1797 ; d. Aug. 2, 1800. 

n. Josejyh, b. Sept. 8, 1799; in., Dec. 17, 1828, Mary 
E. Ferrin of Charlestown, Mass., who d. May 
16, 1832; and he m. (2d), Nov. 16, 1832, Susan 
Curtis of Boston. He d. in New York, June 
24, 1856. 

III. Sylvester, b. Aug. 27, 1801 ; d. Oct. 27, 1802. 

IV. Eliza, b. May 9, 1803. 

V. Benjamin F., b. May 2, 1805; d. Oct. 2, 1807. 
VI. Laura, b. Feb. 7, 1807; m., Oct. 12, 1823, Daniel 

Kendrick of Swanzey ; resides in Nashua. 
VII. Mary F., b. A])r. 22, 1809; m., Sept. 8, 1827, 
William Stratton of S^vanzey. 



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VIII. Emily, b. July 3, 1811; ni., May 14, 1833, John 
Scates ; resides in Nashua. 
IX. Benjamin F., b. June 29, 1814; m., Feb. 2, 1840, 

Fanny Whitcomb ; resides in Swanzey. 
X. Isaac G., b. Aug. 24, 1816; d. Dec. 3, 1837. 
XI. Jane E., b. Nov. 12, 1818; m., Jan. 29, 1843, 

John R. Hinckley ; resides in Boston. 
XII. George S., b. Oct. 16, 1820; m., Nov. 9, 1852, 
Mary E. Crosby of Boston ; settled in Worces- 
ter; entered the army in 1863; d. in hospital 
in North Carolina, 1865. 



Benjamijj Longly came from Ashburnham, Mass., in 
1795, and purchased the farm since owned by Aaron 
Stone. Here he opened a public house, which he con- 
tinued to keep until 1806, when he sold his farm and 
tavern to Elijah Boydeu of Walpole, Mass., and removed 
to Canada. 

I. FolUj, d. in Canada. 
11. Edmund, d. March 25, 1806, m. 20. 

III. Luther, b. in Ashburnham, July 17, 1792. 

IV. Nancy, b. in Ashburnham, March 16, 1794. 
V. Betsey, b. in Marl., Sept. 30, 1796. 

VI. Sophia, b. in Marl., July 22, 1799; d. Nov. 25, 

1803. 
VII. Nathan, b. in Marl., Sept. 1, 1800. 
VIII. Harriet, b. in Marl., Oct. 22, 1802 ; d. Aug. 29, 
1805. 



George Lovering was b. in Sudbury, Mass., May 6, 
1814; m., Apr. 1, 1838, Elizabeth V. Hartshorn, b. in 
Boston, Deo. 29, 1819; resided in Boston until 1851, 
when he came to Marl. He resided here five years, and 
then removed to Sudbury, Mass. In 1872, he returned 
to this town, and purchased the farm of Reuben Morse, 
where he now resides. 

I. George JE., b. in Boston, Jan. 2, 1839; d. July 

25, 1842. 
II. Charles, b. in Boston, Dec. 27, 1840 ; d. Sept. 3, 
1841. 

III. Charles W., b. in Boston, June 12, 1842 ; d. Dec. 

10, 1843. 

IV. 3Iary E., b. in Boston, July 19, 1844; m., Aug. 

4, 1864, Charles A. Rowe; resides in West 

Newton, Mass. 
V. George A., b. in Boston, June 27, 1846; m., 

Sept. 23, 1872, Elsie E., dau. of Simon Holt. 
VI. William, b. in Boston, July 20, 1848; d. Aug. 2, 

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19, 1849. 
VIII. Sarah F., b. in Marl., June 11, 1851 ; m., Dec. 
25, 1871, Frank W. Wyman; resides in May- 
nard, Mass. 
IX. Catharine Z, b. in Marl., March 22, 1853; m. 

Henry II. Mason, q.v. 
X. Harriet Z., b. in Marl., March 17, 1855; m., Nov. 

30, 1876, Miles F. Cud worth, 
xr. Emma M., b. in Sudbury, Feb. 8, 1857 ; m., Jan. 

1, 1879, Frederick W. Farwell of Boston. 
XII. Carrie X., b. in Sudbury, March 15, 1859; m., 
Sept. 30, 1880, Ora W. Mason ; resides in Keene. 

XIII. Luella, b. in Sudbury, Jan. 20, 1861 ; d. Feb. 21, 

1862. 

XIV. Nellie G., b. in Sudbury, March 12, 1862; d. 

Nov. 9, 1868. 



William A. Lovering, a brother of George, was b. 
in Waltham, Mass., Oct. 19, 1821; m., Dec. 11, 1851, 
Lucy A. Jordan, b. in Lisbon, Me., Aug. 28, 1826. He 
came to Marl, in Jan., 1854, and located on the Joel 
Porter farm. He left town in 1866, and d. in Somer- 
ville, Mass., Aug. 21, 1873. His widow still resides in 
Somerville. 

I. Agnes U.,h. in Marl., Aug. 29, 1854 ; d. June 26, 

1863. 
II. Clarence A., b. in Marl., May 25, 1859. 
III. ^Toward W., b. in Troy, Apr. 9, 1871. 



Theodore Mann, from Walpole, Mass., settled in 
Marl, previous to 1776. He is said to have come into 
town in better circumstances than most of the settlers 
who had preceded him ; and, being a man of wealth, he 
was able to procure for his family many luxuries which 
his poorer neighbors were unable to have. He resided 
for a short time on the farm now owned by Augustus 
Southwick. He then purchased a lot of land comprising 
the farms now owned by George F. Wise and Josiali 
IT. Knight. He built a house near the one occu})ied by 
Mr. Wise, in which he resided for many years ; but, 
being a man of intemperate habits, he squandered his 
little fortune, and d. in extreme poverty, Feb. 14, 1823. 
His wife d. July 12, 1822. 

I. Gratia, b. 1766; d. Dec, 1846; um. 
II. ieui, b. Apr. 9, 1777. 

III. Abigail, b. June 13, 1779. 

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V. Sarah, b. A\n\ 3, 1783; m., Apr. 2, 1827, Mor- 

decai Cass of Riclnnond. 
VI. Beuben, b. Ajn-. 30, 1789.+ 



Elias Makn, son of Theodore, ni., Jan. 1, 1811, Bet- 
sey, dan. of Joseph and Parna (Temple) Butler. He d. 
in Jaffrey, March 11, 1858. 

I. Lauren A., b. July 15, 1813; d. oe. 8 months. 

II. mias TF:, b. Oct. 15, 1815; d. Oct. 20, 1829. 

III. Edxoard, b. Feb. 16, 1817; d. Oct. 15, 1819. 

IV. Lauren, b. Jan. 15, 1819 ; d. Feb. 5, 1819. 
V. Edioin, b. Sept. 20, 1821 ; d. Apr. 29, 1856. 

VI. Almon, b. Sept. 15, 1823. 
VII. LJliza, b. July 15, 1825; d. June 27, 1826. 
VIII. L. Jason, b. July 1, 1827; d. Jan. 1, 1831. 
IX. John W., b. Dec. 8, 1830 ; m., and resides on the 
homestead in Jaffrey. 



Reuben Mann, son of Theodore, m., 1811, Anna Cass, 
b. in Richmond, 1793. He removed to Fitzwilliam 
about 1840, where he d. Jan., 1841. 

I. Nathan, b. 1812; m., Jan. 1, 1835, Philinda, dau. 
of Libieus and Relief (Ball) Rhodes; d. in 
Somerset, Vt., 1864. 
II. Eunice, b. July 7, 1814; m., March, 1841, 
Chauncy Chase of Fitzwilliam; resides in 
Athol, Mass. 

III. Susan, b. Feb. 2, 1820; m. Aaron A. Rhodes; 

resides in Windham, Vt. 

IV. Lorinda, b. 1822; m., Feb., 1841, Martin P. 

Stone of Fitzwilliam. 
V. Maria L., b. 1823 ; resides in Shirley, Mass. 
VI. Lovina, b. 1825; drowned May, 1830. 
VII. Eeuhen, b. July 3, 1838; m., 1852, Caroline Bos- 
worth of Royalston, Mass. 
VIII. Mary, b. 1829 ; d. in Shirley, Mass. 
IX. Lovina, b. 1831 ; m. Henry Parsons; resides in 

Connecticut. 
X. Henry, h. 1832; ni., 1870, Sarah Sweat of Tem- 

pleton, Mass. 
XI. Martha E., m. Charles Kest of Walpole ; resides 

in Newfane, Vt. 
XII. Levi. 



Samuel J. Martin, M.D., son of Jefferson and 
Rhoda (Davis) Martin, b. in Weston, Vt., Sept. 7, 1830 ; 
m.. May 11, 1859, Helen A., dau. of Holland and 
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practice of medicine in this town Feb., 1863, where he 
remained until Aj)ril, 1866, when he removed to Wal- 
pole. He now resides in Racine, Wis. (see Chap. XII.). 

I. Mae H. A., b. in Marl., Jan. 4, 1865. 



Alvin K. Martin, son of Caleb and Clara (Emerson) 
Martin, b. in Manchester, Apr. 3, 1844; m., Oct. 12, 
1869, Mrs. Lizzie E. Dow. She has one daughter by her 
first husband, Ina M., b. in Epsom, Oct. 13, 1S66. Mr. 
Martin was a member of Co. G, 14th Reg. N.H. Vols.; 
served three years. 

I. Charlie Alvin, b. Apr. 27, 1871. 
11. Clarence E., b. Feb. 16, 1879. 



MASON. 

The nimierous families in Marlborough bearing the name of Mason are 
the descendants of Capt. Hugh Mason, a tanner, and one of the very first 
settlers of Watertown, Mass., who at the age of twenty-eight, with his 
wife, Esther, aged twenty-two, embarked in the " Francis " of Ipswich, 
England, the last of April, 1634. He was representative ten years, and 
selectman twenty-nine years ; a lieutenant as early as 1649, and made cap- 
tain May 5, 1652. He d. Oct. 10, 1678, £e. 73. His wife d. May 1, 1692. 
They had seven children. Joseph, the second son, b. Aug. 10, 1616, m., 
Feb. 5, 1683-84, Mary Fiske, who d. Jan. 6, 1724-25, aj. 62 years, 6 
months. He was a tanner, and lived on the homestead. He d. July 22, 
1702. His son, Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1688, m., Sept. 14, 1710, Mary Monk, 
dau. of Elias and Hope Monk of that part of Dorchester which is now 
Stoughton. He was a deacon of the church, a Justice of the Peace, and 
filled various town offices. He d. July 6, 1755 ; and his wife d. April 22, 
1763, je. 72. They had six sons aud six daughters, all of whom lived to 
be married aud have left numerous descendants. 

Benjamin, the second son and fourth child, b. in Watertown, July 14, 
1717, m., Sept. 28, 1741, Martha Fairbanks of Sherborn, where he set- 
tled, and remained until about 1765, when he removed to Dublin. He 
was a carpenter, and framed most of the houses in the neighborhood in 
his day, aud at raisings he was distinguished for his agility, fearlessness, 
and self-possession. He was selectman of Dublin in 1771. He d. July 
5, 1801, and his widow d. Feb. 4, 1815. His son, Thaddeus, b. July 4, 
1746, m., June, 1768, Sarah, dau. of Thomas aud Mary (Treadway) 
Morse, b. Apr. 24, 1750, d. Oct. 7, 1828. He d. Sept. 27, 1821. They 
had eleven children. Thaddeus, the eldest son, b. Nov. 15, 1770, m., 
Oct. 29, 1797, Lydia, dau. of Ivory and Keziah (Broad) Perry, b. Aug. 
28, 1775. He d. March 26, 1851. Calvin, sou of Thaddeus and Lydia 
(Perry) Mason, b. Nov. 16, 1798, m., Oct. 31, 1822, Rebecca, dau. of Joel 
aud Abigail (Babcock) Kendall, b. Aug. 16, 1802, d. June 6, 1870. Their 
son, Charles K., is numbered 48 in the following register. 

Joseph, another son of Benjamin aud Martha (Fairbanks) Mason of 
Dublin, b. 1718, m., Nov. 9, 1769, Anna Prentiss of Slierborn. He was 
killed by the fall of a tree, 1806. She d. 1822. Their son, Samuel, b. 
March 29, 1771, m., Oct. 15, 1795, Mary, dau. of Rev. Elijah and Mary 
(Athertou) Willard. He d. Oct. 20, 1822. Their eldest son, Samuel, b. 
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cock) Kendall, b. Aug. 18, 1799. They were the parents of Stephen 
Spaulding and Elijah Willard Mason, who are numbered 54 and 69 
respeoti\ely, in the following register. Merrill Mason, another son of 
Samuel and Mary (Willard) ISlasou, is luiniber 82 in the i-egister. 

Benjamin Mason, third son of Benjamin and Martlia (Fairbanks) 
Mason of Dublin, b. JMay 28, 1700, ni., Jan. 27, 1783, Phebe, dan. of Asa 
and Elizabeth Norcross, b. June 30, 1701, d. July 1, 1841. He d. May 
16, 1840. His son, Jeremiah, b. Feb. 11, 1789, m., Feb. 6, 1815, Sally 
Fisk of HoUiston, INIass. ; settled in Sullivan. They were the parents of 
Levi F. Mason, who is numbered 92 in the following register. 

Bela, fom'th son of Benjamin and Martha (Fairbanks) Mason of 
Dublin, b. Oct. 1, 1764, m.. May 12, 1785, Sally, dan. of Asa and Eliza- 
beth Norcross, b. June 10, 1708, d. March 12, 1840. He d. in Sullivan, 
Jan. 6, 1841. Capt. Ilufus ]\Iason, son of Bela and Sally (Norcross) 
Mason, b. May 16, 1788, m., June 1, 1815, Prudence Woods of Sullivan. 
He resided in Sullivan, where he was for four years one of the select- 
men, and was also representative two years. His son, Charles, is number 
98 in the register. 

Nehemiah Mason, another son of Joseph and INIary (^lonk) Mason of 
Watertown, b. June 14, 1721, m. (1st), March 28, 1754, Elizabeth Stone. 
She d. Apr. 24, 1755, se. 32 ; and he m. (2d) ^lartha Clark, who d. July 
25, 1761 ; and he m. (3d), Apr. 17, 1764, Rebecca Fillebrown. He d. 
Aug. 6, 1775. 



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Hugh Mason, son of Nehemiah and Martha (Clark) 
Mason, b. in Watertown, Dec. 23, 1758, ra., June 20, 
1782, Elizabeth, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth Clark of 
Watertown. He remained in Watertown until Feb., 
1793, when he removed with bis family to Marl., and 
settled on the farm which had previously been occupied 
by Thomas and Lawson Moore, and is the one now 
owned by his grandson, William C. Mason. Mr. Mason 
was a man of good business talents, and was much 
respected by his fellow-townsmen, who embraced every 
opportunity to place him in offices of trust and respon- 
sibility, as will be seen in the former chapters of this 
work. Of the children, six were b. in Watertown, the 
remainder in Marl. 

I. Martha Clark, b. Dec. 14, 1782; d. May 7, 1817. 

II. Richard ClarJc, b. Feb. 23, 1784; removed to 

Baltimore, Md., where he d. March 25, 1873. 

III. Jose^yh, b. Apr. 16, 1786; d. Jan. 26, 1803. 

IV. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1787 ; d. Nov. 20, 1798. 
V. Amos, b. June 3, 1789 ; d. Oct. 18, 1810. 

VI. Seth, b. Nov. 24, 1790; removed to Portland, 

Me. 
VII. ClarJc, b. Apr. 16, 1794.+ 

VIII. Charles, b. June 17, 1796; removed to Portland, 
Me. 
IX. Aaron, b. Aug. 22, 1799 ; resided in Quincy, 
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X. Edioard^ b. March 4, 1802 ; removed to Portland, 

Me. 
XI. Eliza, b. Oct. 10, 1805; m., Apr. 5, 1829, Rufus 

R. Cook of Boston; d. SejDt. 14, 1834. 
XII. Joseph, b. May 17, 1808; in. Nancy Daggett; 
was killed in a coal-mine, Aug. 25, 1836. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Mason d. Feb. 26, 1819; and he m. 
(2d), Jan. 19, 1820, Lydia, dau. of Lawson and Lydia 
(Goodnough) Moore. He d. Aug. 25, 1838, and his 
widow d. in Swanzey, Nov., 1876. 

XIII. Martha Clark,h. Sept. 7, 1821 ; d. Aug. 31, 1826. 



Clark Mason, son of Hugh, m., Jan. 1, 1817, Eunice, 
dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Parkhurst) Adams. 
Immediately after marriage, they started on an ox-sled 
for what was then the Ear West, and arrived in Rich- 
land, Oswego Co., N.Y., in twenty-two days. Mrs. 
Mason d. Jan., 1826, and in Feb., 1827, he returned to 
Marl., where he m., Feb. 7, 1828, Alniira Towne of Rox- 
bury, and located on his father's farm, where he 
remained until his death, Aug. 12, 1861. His widow d. 
Jan. 24, 1864. Children by first wife b. in Richland, 
N.Y. 

I. William (7., b. Dec. 8, 1817.+ 
II. Amos A., b. Sept. 25, 1819.+ 

III. Eliza, b. Sept. 29, 1821 ; d. May 1, 1831. 

IV. Ebnira, b. Apr. 23, 1824 ; d. Oct. 22, 1824. 

Children by second Avife b. in Marl. 

V. George F., b. Feb. 5, 1829.+ 
VI. Fanny, b. March 17, 1830; ni., Sept. 8, 1853, 

George W. Brooks ; resides in Swanzey. 
Edwin J., b. Dee. 18, 1832 ; m., Nov. 29, 1855, 

Hannah M. Bliss, of Royalston; d. Dec. 21, 

1866. 
Eliza S., b. March 29, 1834; d. March 8, 1835. 
Charles II., b. July 23, 1835 ; d. Dec. 19, 1835. 
Joseph C, b. March 13, 1837; m., Dec. 2, 1866, 

Martha Jane Kingsbury of Mason village ; is a 

lawyer ; resides at West Jofflin, Mo. (see Chap. 

xm.). 

1. Hortense M., b. July 31, 1868. 

2. Ernest C, b. Oct. 20, 1S71. 

XI. Sumner A., b. May 23, 1838; m., Nov. 18, 1869, 
Josephine Heath ; is a physician in New York 
City (see Chap. XIII.). 
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XIII. Martha E.^ b. March 18, 1841; m. Obediah 

Si)rague ; resides in Swanzey. 

XIV. Charles A., b. A\)v. 11, 1843 ; d. in the army, 

Sept. 7, 1863. 
XV. 3Iary A., b. Feb. 15, 1845; d, Jan. 1, 1867; urn. 



William C. Mason, son of Clark, m., Oct. 19, 1841, 
Susan W., dan. of Charles and Elizabeth (Warren) 
Page. He remained in Marl, until 1854, then he re- 
moved to Troy, where he resided until March, 1865, 
when he bought the old homestead and returned to 
Marl., Avhere he has since resided. One article of furni- 
ture, of which Mr, Mason maybe justly proud, is a brass 
clock of old-time fashion, which has descended to him 
from his great-grandfather, Richard Clark of Watertown, 
Mass. This clock was made in London ; and, although 
it has run for a hundred and nineteen years, it still 
keeps good time, and is said to be good for another 
century. 

I. Warren William, b. July 5, 1845 ; m. Ella Parks 
of Winchendon ; resides in Keene. 



Amos A. Mason, son of Clark, m., Apr. 10, 1845, 
Alzina, dan. of Josiah and Olive (Parmenter) Wood- 
ward. He has been representative two years, and 
selectman sixteen years. 

I. Francis X., b. June 11, 1846 ; drowned Nov. 20, 

1872; urn. 
II. Frederick A., b. Apr. 13, 1848; m., Nov. 29, 

1871, Nellie B., dau. of Daniel and Lucy Ann 

(Sprague) Wright. 
HI. Henry H., b. Dec. 27, 1849; m., June 4, 1873, 

Isabella, dau. of George and Elizabeth V. 

(Hartshorn) Lovering ; resides in Northfield, 

Mass. 

1. Frank H., b. July 9, 1874. 

2. Walter L., b. May 6, 1876. 

IV. Marietta A., b. Jan. 19, 1852; m., Jan. 25, 1871, 
Alfred Putney. 

1. Herbert A., b. Apr. 12, 1875. 

V. Edwin W., b. Deo. 27, 1853; m., Sept. 15, 1875, 

Martha E. Jewett of Ashby, who d. July 14, 

1877, je. 24; and he m. (2d), May 4, 1880, Ella 

M. Farwell of Mason. 

VI. Samuel A., b, Feb. 6, 1856; um. 

vn. Ora (7., b. June 13, 1860; m., Sept. 30, 1880, 



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Carrie L., dau. of George 
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George F. Mason, son of Clark, m. Eunice A. Parker 
of Nelson. Feb. 12, 1874, while engaged in drawing ice, 
he slipped from his load, which passed over him, causing 
his death on the following day. His widow d. June 7, 
1874. 



I. Sarah A., b. Nov. 27, 1855; d. March 11, 1878. 
II. rp • ( Albert Franklin^ b. Dec. 6, 1864. 

III. * \Albin Lucius^ b. Dec. 6, 1864. 

IV. Ida May, b. Nov. 13, 1868; resides in Swanzey. 



Charles K. Masox, son of Calvin and Rebecca (Ken- 
dall) Mason, b. in Dublin, July 27, 1830 ; m., June 2, 
1852, Adra E., dau. of Jeremiah and Sally (Fisk) Mason, 
b. in Sullivan, Jan. 26, 1832. She d. March 5, 1861. 
On the 5th of Sept., 1853, while at work in the mill of 
Amos E. Perry, at Harris ville, he was caught in a belt 
by his left arm, which was torn off, making it necessary 
to amputate at the shoulder-joint. He came to Marl, to 
reside in the spring of 1859. He was U.S. Assistant As- 
sessor for six years, and has held the office of Justice of 
the Peace since 1862. 

I. Ella G., b. in Dublin, Aug. 15, 1853; m., Oct. 9, 
1871, M. W. Andrews, b. in Gloucester, Mass., 
July 25, 1845; resides in Swampscott, Mass. 

1. Herbert W., b. in Swampscott, Mass., 

March 25, 1875. 

II. Ada fS., b. in Sullivan, Oct. 9, 1856; m., Sept. 
29, 1875, William T. Dort, b. in Keene, July 
25, 1852 ; resides in Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Mr. Mason m. (2d), Nov. 27, 1862, Mrs. Elizabeth H. 
(Andrews) Bassett, dau, of Malachi and Elizabeth (Her- 
rick) Andrews of Gloucester, widow of Rev. Warren A. 
Bassett, b. Feb. 5, 1838. 

III. Arthur Mlery, b. in Marl., Apr. 7, 1 865. 

IV. Adra JR., b. in Marl., Dec. 10, 1868. 



Stephex Spaulding Mason, son of Samuel and 
Anna (Kendall) Mason of Dublin, b. June 8, 1821 ; ra., 
Sept. 20, 1846, Lucy Ann, dau. of Charles and Lucy 
(White) Collister. They settled first in Dublin ; re- 
moved to Marl, in 1869. His wife d. Jan. 13, 1875. He 
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I. Hartley D., b. July 23, 1847; m., Oct., 1872, 
Eliza Bean. 

1. Willie 11., b. March 3, 1874. 

Orson X., b. Aug. 1, 1849; m., July 4, 

1874, Martha F., dau. of Isaac "and 
Fannie (Ileinenway) Starkey. 

1. Gertrude R., b. March 31, 1879. 

III. Twins.-! Q^.;^^ j^ 1^ A^^^ 1^ 1849. ,^^_^ July 4^ 

1872, Susan M. Pahner; d. Dec. 28, 

1875. She m. (2d), June 26, 1878, 
Melbern A. Wood. 

1. Gracie Ann, b. Nov. 17, 1875. 

IV. Ella E., b. Aug. 1, 1851 ; m., Oct. 26, 1871, 

William H. Reyoum ; resides in Keene. 
V. LetUe A., b. Aug. 29, 1853; m., July 4, 1874, 

Edwin Elall of Hancock. He d. Nov., 1874. 
VI. Willie E., h. Dec. 1, 1855. Oct. 20, 1870, he was 
caught on a shaft in the wooden-ware shop of 
W. W. & J. M. Richardson, and instantly killed. 
VII. Eddie a, b. Feb. 23, 1858. 
VIII. Ifyrtie E., b. Aug. 23, 1860. 
IX. Orlei/ jS., b. Oct. 29, 1862. 
X. Ered jS., b. Feb. 15, 1865. 
XI. JSertie C, b. July 8, 1867. 



EliJxVH Willard Masox, son of Samuel and Anna 
(Kendall) Mason of Dublin, b. Nov. 23, 1825 ; m., Apr. 
11, 1850, Clarissa Cobl) of Maine, b. Apr. 22, 1824. 
Came to Marl, in 1867, where they now reside. 

I. Warren C, b. in Dublin, Jan. 17, 1851 ; m., 1872, 
Azubah M. Whitney of Keene ; resides in Troy. 

1. Waldo J., b. March 25, 1877; d. Nov. 19, 

1877. 

2. Edith M., b. Nov. 7, 1878 ; d. May 6, 

1879. 

II. Charles S., b. Aug. 8, 1853 ; m., Nov. 26, 1879, 
Mrs. Ednah M. Robertson. 

III. Joseph P., b. in Nelson, Dec. 11, 1855 ; m., June 

10, 1875, Lizzie M. Rollins. 

1. Everett, b. Nov. 2, 1876. 

2. Lena Mav, b. Jan . 20, 1879. 

3. Bertha Lizzie, b. Dec. 11, 1880. 

IV. Jessie A., b. in Dublin, Aug. 13, 1857 ; m., May 

18, 1878, Frank O. Rollins. 



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VI. Frank E., b. in Dubliu, May 13, 1862. 
VII. Clara Belle, b. in Dublin, March 20, 1866. 

Merrill Mason, son of Capt. Samuel and Mary (Wil- 
lard) Mason, b. in Dublin, Sept. 9, 1816; ra., Apr. 13, 
1841, Mary Eliza, dau. of Abner and Betsey (Herrick) 
Russell, who d. Dec. 17, 1849. 

I. Carrie Mnelia, b. Apr. 13, 1842; d. Nov. 11, 

1849. 
II. 3Iartin 31., b. Oct. 8, 1843; m., Nov. 28, 1867, 
Jennie I., dau. of Levi and Irene (Knight) Wil- 
lard, b. in Dublin, Feb. 11, 1850; resides in 
West Harrisville. 

III. JIari/ M, b. Jan. 13, 1845 ; d. Apr. 11, 1845. 

Mr. Mason m. (2d), Apr. 24, 185^), Harriet M., dau. 
of Henry and Lydia (Dodge) Herrick of Reading, Vt., 
b. Dec. 27, 1824. 

IV. JEliza JE., b. June 8, 1851 ; uni. 
V. Charles E., b. Apr. 3, 1853 ; um. 

VI. Henry S., b. Nov. 1, 1855 ; resides in California. 

VII. Sattie i., b. June 24, 1858 ; d. Aug. 13, 1864. 

VIII. Samuel, b. May 19, 1862. 

IX. Jlerrill, b. June 2, 1865. 



Levi F. Mason, son of Jeremiah and Sally (Fisk) 
Mason, b. in Sullivan, Sept. 16, 1819; m., June 5, 1844, 
Elizabeth F. Hubbard, b. in Sullivan, Dec. 12, 1821,' 
d. Apr. 5, 1855 ; and he m. (2d), Oct. 28, 1856, Annette 
Merrill, b. in Ho})kinton, June 28, 1831. He came to 
Marl, to reside in 1871. Children by first wife. 

I. Almon C.,h. in Sullivan, Feb. 27, 1849; m., Sept. 
6, 1871, Leola M., dau. of Daniel M. and Ursula 
(Stone) Burpee, b. in Manchester, July 19, 1851. 

1. Everett S., b. July 19, 1872. 

2. Essie G., b. May 21, 1875. 

3. Eugene F., b. July 10, 1878. 

II. Lesion E., b. in Sullivan, Apr. 28, 1853 ; resides 
in Keene. 



Charles Mason, son of Capt. Rufus and Prudence 
(Woods) Mason, b. in Sullivan, June 28, 1816 ; m., March 
22, 1841, Amanda, dau. of Joseph and Nancy (Heaton) 
Seward, b. in Sullivan, Dec. 27, 1819, d. Dec. 24, 1857. 
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several terras, and also held various other offices in that 
town, both civil and military. He came to JMarl. to re- 
side, June 14, 1877. 

I. Atin Amanda, b. July 20, 1843; d. Aug. 10, 1859. 
II. Charles Henry, b. Apr. 24, 1847; d. March 4, 

1868. 

Mr. Mason m. (2d), Feb. 23, 1860, Ellon P., dau. of 
Joseph and Sarah D. (Parker) Joslin, b. in East Jaffrey, 
Aug. 19, 1836. 

III. Joseph Henry, b. June 26, 1866. 



Levi Matthews, son of Solomon and Prudence 
(Holbrook) Matthews, b. in Swanzey, Oct. 16, 1807 ; 
m., Jan. 3, 1833, Lucy, dau. of Francis and Azubah 
(Farnsworth) Bowman, b. in Henniker, Sept. 8, 1805. 
He resided for a few years in Marl, on the place now 
owned bv Curtis W. Capron. He d. Julv 28, 1861, in 
Swanzey! His wife d. Aug. 30, 1846. 

1. Maria Antoinette, b. Nov. 24, 1833; d. March, 

1837. 
II. Anna Agenora, b. May 26, 1835 ; m., July 28, 1857, 

Charles H. Woods, b. in Henniker, March 10, 

1831 ; d. Oct. 1, 1869. 

1. David Perkins, b. in Henniker, March 5, 

1861. 

2. Charles EdAviu, b. in Henniker, April 28, 

1863. 

3. Susan Maria, b. in Marl., July 1, 1865. 

III. Helen Maria, b. March 11, 1837; m. (1st), Dec. 

10, 1855, Daniel W. Smith- of Henniker, who 
d. July 28, 1859. 

1. MmnieK, b. Aug. 16, 1863; d. Dec. 29, 

1867. 

(2d), June 22, 1862, Moses O. Bean of Haver- 
hill, Mass.; (3d), April 16, 1879, John M. 
Farnsworth of Fitchburg. 

IV. Edwin JBoioman, b. Dec. 24, 1838.-]- 

V. Effie Ann, b. in Marl., Aug. 30, 1841; m., Sept. 
8, 1861, George G. Jones of Dracut, Mass. 

1. Lucy M., b. April 23, 1864. 



Edwin B. Matthews, son of Levi, m,, Jan. 24, 1860, 
Mary L., dau. of Joseph and Eunice (Lowell) Collins. 

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II. Birdie E., b. Feb. 12, 1867 ; d. March 13, 1867. 

III. Herbert Leon, b. Jan. 21, 1873. 

IV. Lula G., b. June 21, 1877. 



MAYNARD. 

John Maynard, with one sou, John, came from Englaiifl, and in 1638 
was found in vSudbury, iNIass. Jolin, J:*., h. in England, lfi3(), ni., Apr. 5, 
1658, Mary, dau. of Stephen and Ann (xates ; and settled in INIarlboro, 
Mass., where he d. Dec. 22, 1711. His son, John, b. Jan. 7, 1661, m. 
Lydia, dau. of Richard Ward of Sudbury. He d. March 15, 1731, and 
she d. Jan. lU, 17-10. Daniel, son of John and Lvdia (Ward) Mavnard, 
b. March 16, 1692, m., Feb. 20, 1735, Mary, dau. of Nathaniel and ]\Iary 
(HoUoway) Oaks, b. March 31, 1710, d. Apr. 4, 1805. He d. Jan. 1, 
1760. Their son, Jedediah, is No. 1 in the following register. 

David, another son of John and Mary, (Gates) j\Iaynard, b. Dec. 21, 
1669, m. Hannah Wait. He d. 1757. His son, Jotham, b. May 29, 1714, 
lived in Bolton, Mass. ; m , 1740, Abigail Allen. His eldest son, Jotham, 
b. i\Iarch 14, 1714, resided in Berlin, Mass., where he d. 1788. One of 
his sons, Antipas, b. in Bolton, Apr. 27, 1776, m., Aug. 14, 1797, Sally 
Kice of Berlin. Their son, Asa, is numbered 5, in the following register. 



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Jedediah Maynard, son of Daniel and Mary (Oaks) 
Maynard, b. in Marlboro, Mass., Jan. 15, 1745; m., 
July 13, 1765, Susanna Rogers. He came to this town 
in 1767, purcliased a lot of land which comi»rises the 
farm known as the Artie Collins place, now owned by 
Ivory E. Gates, where he built the first framed house 
in the township. On the evening of the day on which 
he moved into tliis house, a terrific thunder-storm swept 
over the place, the lightning struck the chimney, and, 
coming down into the fireplace, scattered the fire and 
ashes in all directions, greatly terrifying Mr. ]\Iaynard 
! and his family, but fortunately no damage was done. 
He remained in town but a few years, and then returned 
to liis native ]ilace. 

I. Daniel, b. in Marlboro, Mass., July 21, 1765. 
i II. Lockhart, bap. Sept. 1, 1771. 
I III. Zeba, bap. Aug. 16, 1772. 

Asa Maynard, son of Antipas and Sally (Rice) 
I Maynard, b. in Sullivan, Aug. 14, 1804; m., June 4, 
!l82S, Rhoda Thom])Son, b. in Swanzey, Sei)t. 6, 1S04; 
i resided in Keene and Orange, Mass. He came to Marl, 
in 1846, and jiurchased the tavern-stand of Robert Car- 
penter, where he kei)t one of the best juiblic-houses in 
the State. This he sold to George Thatcher, and 
I returned to Orange. After a short residence there, he 
'removed to Keene, where he d. Se])t. 6, 1872. His 
I widow still resides in Keene. He was deacon of the 
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I. Zilpha Elizabeth^ b. in Keene, Aug. 30, 1829 ; m., 

July 25, 1849, Damon C. Cheney of Orange. 

She (1. June 16, 18G7. 
II. Jesse Thomjyso)}^ b. in Keene, Apr. 18, 1831; m., 

Feb., 1868, Maria Harvey of Brooklyn, N.Y. 

Resides in Memphis, Tenn. 
rii. Sarah E., b. in Keene, JMay 15, 1 833 ; m., June 

3, 1857, H. II. Davis of Ilancoek; resides in 

Salem, Mass. 
IV. George Asa, b. in Keene, June 4, 1835; m., Dec. 

30, 1864, Julia Snow of Somerset, Vt.; resides 

in Orange, Mass. 
V. Anna, b. in Marl., Dec. 18, 1848; m., Aug., 1867, 

Samuel G. Lyman; resides in Millville, Mass. 



Moses Maynard (genealogy not traced), m., Dec. 21, 
1808, Olive, dau. of John and Mary (Frye) Tozer. He 
is sup])osed to be the first to settle on the place where 
Jairus Collins now resides. It is not known what be- 
came of him. He left home one morning, saying he. 
was going to mill, and never returned. Eight years 
after, his wife m. the eccentric John Houghton of Rox- 
bury, and d. April 1, 1839. 

I. Ilaria, b. March 27, 1809. 
II. Abigail, b. Dec. 8, 1810. 

III. John, b. Nov. 25, 1814. 

IV. Moses, b. May 15, 1817. 



Benjamin Mato came from Princeton, Mass., in 
1794, and settled on what is still known as the Mayo 
place, about one-fourth of a mile west of the farm for- 
merly owned by Silas Collins. He resided in town but 
a few years. ■ The following children were b. in Marl.: — 

I. Sally, b. Feb. 20, 1794. 
II. Hannah, b. July 2, 1796. 
III. Benjamin, b. Sept. 28, 1798. 



McALISTER. McCOLLESTER. COLLESTER. 

The McAlister family of this town originated in the following 
way. During the colonial difficulties, two brothers, John and Samuel, 
Scotch by birth, were captured and held as prisoners for some time ; and 
when they were set free, instead of returning to their native country, 
they settled in Dorchester. The descendants of John turned tlieir course 
to Maine, while those of Samuel came to Xew Hampshire and Vermont. 
From this branch, of course, have sprung all whose record is given in 
these pages. For many years, they spelled tlieir name McAlister ; after- 
wards, by local custom, it was changed to INlcCollester, and was so written 
many years. About the time of the French war, it changed again, drop- 
ping the Mc, and writing it CoUester. For the last thirty years, the Mc 
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Isaac McAlister, b. Sept. 25, 1736; m. Hannah, 
dau. of William and Keziali (Cloycs) Goddavd, h. Jan. 
27, 17o6. He was one of the projn-ietors of Monadnock, 
No. v., and as such he took an active part in the affairs 
of the town ; and it is said that he rendered assistance in 
the survey of the township, and for his services took his 
pay in land. His name a])])ears on the jiroprietors' book 
as one of a committee of three to lay out and clear a 
road from Dublin to Keene in 1763. He was the second 
settler in town, removing his family here in the winter 
of 1764-65. He first located on the farm now owned by 
Ansel Nye. But it seems he was not contented with 
this location, and sold his farm to Jonathan Frost, tak- 
ing his pay in Continental money. It was his intention 
to purchase the Converse place, now owned in part by 
Rev. S. H. McCollester; but in this he was disappointed, 
and, before an opportunity presented itself for him to 
buy, his money so depreciated that he became penniless, 
and Avas obliged to clear up and settle his only remain- 
ing lot, which is now known as the Sawyer jilace, and 
owned at the present time by Abraham Corey, then 
considered Avorthless. Here he continued to reside until 
his death June 8, 1809. His widow d. March 3, 1814. 

I. Meiibcn^h. Dec. 9, 1758; m. Jennie McBride; d. 

in Windsor, Vt. 
II. Hannah, b. June 9, 1760; m. John Wright of 
Swanzey. 

III. Lucy, b. Sej^t. 12, 1761 ; m. Elijah Graves of 

Swanzey. 

IV. Molly, b. March 30, 1763; m. Benjamin Parker; 

lived and d. in Windsor, Vt. X^^^jvo^ 
V. Dolly, b. Feb. 12, 1765; m. Aea Belding; d. in 
Vermont. She was the first child b. in Monad- 
nock, No. V. 
VI. Samuel, b. Marcli 24, 1767.-(- 
VII. Isaac, b. Apr. 8, 1769; d. in South America. 
VIII. Lydia, b. May 8, 1771 ; m. Daniel Cummings, q.v. 
IX. Zicvi, b. Jan. 13, 1773. 
X. Keziah,\>. Dec. 1, 1774; m. Josiah Woodward; 

d. July 31, 1810. 
XI. Zadock^h. Sept. 23, 1779; d. Apr. 10, 1785. 



Samuel McCollester, son of Isaac, m. Silence, dau. 
of Ebenezer and Silence (Winch) Belknap ; settled on 
home farm ; d. June, 14, 1848. His widow d. Feb. 4, 
1854. 

I. Ehen B., b. June 5, 17 89.+ 
II. Luther, b. Sept. 9, 1791 ; d. Feb. 13, 1795. 



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III. Charles, b. Jan. 9, 1794.-1- 

IV. Silas, I). Jixne 5, 1796.-}- 

V. Levi, b. Oct. 21, 1798; d. July 21, 1821. 
VI. Luther, b. jMarch 81, 1801 ; d. Sept. 27, 1805. 
VII. Samuel, b. Dec. 24, 1803 ; d. Sept. 22, 1805. 
VIII. Eoxana, b. Marcli 15, 1807 ; m. (1st) Eli Bemis 
of Dublin, who d. Sept. 9, 1833; and she m. 
(2d) Jason Phelps of Dublin. Slie d. March 4, 
1840. 
IX. Ira, b. Oct. 17, 1809; d. May 12, 1813. 
X. Almira, b. Aug. 23, 1812 ; d. Aug. 1, 1815. 
XI. Osgood, b. Feb. 12, 1815; m. Martha, dau. of 
Daniel Buttrick ; d. at Worcester, Feb. 26, 1873. 



Eben B. Collester, son of Samuel, m., 1811, Rebecca, 
dau. of Phinehas and Hannah (Rowell) Grleason of Dub- 
lin ; d. Nov. 9, 1833, and his widow d. May 24, 1837. 

I. Keziah, b. 1812; m., 1839, Benjamin H. Rugg of 

Gardner, Mass. ; d. 1869. 
II. Thorley, b. 1814.-|- 

III. Laura, b. 1816; d. 1833, um. 

IV. Almira B., b. 1818; m., 1835, Leander Felt of 

Sullivan; d. in Winchester, 1876. 
V. Eliza G., b. 1821 ; d. 1834. 

VI. Maro, b. 1823 ; m., 1848, Lucy Temple of Gard- 
ner, Mass., where he now resides. 
VII. Silence B., b. 1827; m., 1846, Luther B. Walker 
of Gardner; d. in Fitchburg, 1866. 



Charles Collester, son of Samuel, m., Jan. 19, 
1820, Lucy, dau. of Enoch and Hannah (Hale) White; 
and resided for man}' years on the farm noAV owned by 
David Mclntire. He d. Feb. 3, 1845. His widow re- 
sides in Peterboro. 

I. Levi G.,h. Nov. 4, 1820 ; m., May 28, 1842, Lucy 

Dunton. 
11. Harriet, b. Apr. 22, 1822; m., Nov. 10, 1841, 
Edwin O. Ellenwood. 

III. Lucy Ann, b. Sept. 22, 1S26; m. Stephen S. 

Mason, q.v. 

IV. Laura IC, b. Feb. 19, 1834; m., March 31, 1858, 

Elmer J. Starkey ; resides in Peterboro. 
' V. Cynthia A., b. Nov. 18, 1835; d. Jan. 20, 1837. 

' Charles 6).,b. Feb. 27, 1838; m.. May 14, 
1859, MarvE. Blood; d. in the army. 
George 0., b. Feb. 27, 1838 ; m., Apr. 18, 
1858, Sarah C, dau. of Josiah and Lu- 
cretia (Herrick) Fitch ; resides in West 
Harris ville. 



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viir. Edwin i>., b. July 13, 1841 ; d. Oct. 5, 1862. 

Silas McCollester, son of Samuel, m. Achsah, dau. 
of Charles and Relief (Sawyer) Holnian ; resided for 
many years on the farm now owned by his son. Rev. 
S. H. McCollester, where he d. Dec. 26, 1873. 

I. 3fary H., b. Nov. 18, 1820; m. Augustus South- 
wick, q.v. 
II. Samuel b. Jan. 2, 1822; d. Oct. 27, 1832. 

III. Relief S., b. Oct. 23, 1823; m. Amos B. Tenney, 

q.v. 

IV. Sullivan H., b. Dec. 18, 1826.+ 

V. Oliver II., b. Oct. 20, 1828 ; d. July 2, 1832. 

VI. Joh)i Quincj/ Adams, b. May 3, 1831 ; m. (Ist) 

Sarah Mazeli. She d., and he m. (2d) Geor- 
gianna Hunt. Is a physician ; resides at Ayer 
Junction, Mass. (See Chap. XIII.) 

VII. Caroline H., b. Feb. 4, 1833 ; m. Harvey D. 

Farrar; d. Oct. 8, 1854. 
VIII. Orrilla G.,h. Oct. 19, 1834; m., Nov. 9, 1853, 
T. L. Barker of Fitchburg; resides inWalthara, 
Mass. 
IX. Sumner L., b. Nov. 2, 1836.+ 
X. Elizabeth, b. March 21, 1839; m., Jan. 1, 1862, 

William M. Clapp ; d. May 7, 1864. 
XI. Ellen A., b. Feb. 14, 1842; m., Jan. 1, 1862, Har- 
vey D. Farrar ; resides at Carthage, N.Y. 
XII. Louisa A., b. Oct. 10, 1844; m., Mav 4, 1862, 
Thomas B. Flint; d. Oct. 6, 1865. 



Thorley Collester, son of Eben, ra.. May 2, 1838, 
Sarah M. Nims, b. in Sullivan, Nov. 22, 1817, d. Aug. 
4, 1842. 

I. Marquis D. Lafayette, b. in Marl., .Ian. 26, 1839. 
II. Edward E., b. in Marl., 1841 ; d. in infancy. 

Mr. Collester m. (2d), 1845, Abby Whitney, and re- 
moved to Gardner, Mass., where he was engaged in the 
manufacture of chairs. He held various town offices, 
was a Justice of the Peace, and representative to the 
General Court. He d. Apr., 1864. 

III. Eugene B., graduated at Amherst College 1873; 

m., 1875, Sarah Holland of Ncav London, Ct. 
He was )n-inci])al of the High School in that 
place, 1878. 

IV. Laura 31., b. 1849; m., 1875, Orange Whitney 

of Ashburnham. 
V. Frank M., b. 1855 ; graduated at Amherst Col- 



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lege 1877. He was principal of the High 
School in Gardner, 1878. 



Rev. S. II. McCoLLESTER, son of Silas, m., Nov. 23, 
1852, Sophia F., dau. of Joel and Fannie M. (Duncan) 
Knight, b. in Duinnierslon, Vt., Oct. 12, 1829. (See 
Chap. XIII.) 

I. Eda /Sophia, b. in Duramerston, Vt., Aug. 21, 
1853; d. in Swanzey, Nov. 11, 1856. 

II. Carrie Kaight, b. in Swanzey, July 8, 1855; d. 
in Westmoreland, May 23, 18(31. 

in. Sullivan Lee, b. in Westmoreland, Jnne 5, 1859. 

IV. Edwin Fay, b, in Westbrook, Me., June 14, 1863; 
d. Nov. 1-4, 1864. 

Sumner L. McCollester, son of Silas, m., Dec. 23, 
1860, Marcella L., dau. of Ebenezer and Lucy (Smith) 
Greenwood. She d. in Marl., Jan. 10, 1875; and he 
removed to North Lawrence, N.Y., where he now 
resides. He m. (2d) Martha Kenahan, who d. Aug., 
1878 ; and he m. (3d) Hannah Connolly of North Law- 
rence. Children by first wife, 

I. Win field Swmier, b. May 31, 1861. 
II. Lizzie Louisa, b. March 26, 1867 ; d. Feb. 11, 

1873. 
III. 3Iabel Marcella, b. May 15, 1874; d. Aug. 8, 
1875. 



Rotce McCollester, perhaps a grandson of Isaac, 
m.. May 16, 1798, Beulah White, probably a sister of 
Enoch White. He resided for some years in Marl,, 
then removed to Keene. 

I. Loring, b. in Marl, Oct. 20, 1798. 
II. Lra, b. in Marl., May 22, 1800. 
in, Betsey, b, in Keene, July 8, 1801, 



David McIxtire, son of David and Eunice (Burnap) 
Mclntire, b, in Sullivan, .June 15, 1811 ; m,, Apr, 21, 
1842, Betsey, dau, of Josiah and Sophia (Griffin) Parker, 
b. in Nelson, May 16, 1818, He settled in Nelson, 
where he was a prosperous farmer, and was one of the 
board of selectmen of that town for several years. He 
removed to Marl, in 1864, where he now resides, 

I, Hannah E. (adopted dau,), b, Nov, 18, 1844; m. 
Warren W. Richardson, q.v. 



Elbridge McIntire, a brother of David, b, in Sulli- 



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van, Apr. 11, 1816 ; m. Mary Taylor, b. in Stoddard, 
Sept. 22, 1822. He d. in Lowell, Feb. 25, 1872. His 
widow, with her family, came to Marl, to reside in 1874. 

I. Rosaline M., b. in Stoddard, Feb. 11, 1844; d. in 

Lowell, March 28, 1860. 
II. Franh IT., b. in LoAvell, June 8, 1852; m., June 
26, 1875, Anna M., adopted dau. of Charles and 
Arvilla (Farrar) Ryan. 

1. Rosie M., b. Apr. 25, 1879. 

III. Fred. E., b. in Lowell, May 23, 1862. 



John McRoy, b. in Ballygawley, Ireland, Mai'ch 12, 
1828; m., March 22, 1852, Emeline A., dau. of Lorenzo 
and Arvilla (Converse) White. 

I. Mary J., b. in Troy, Feb. 13, 1854; m., Sept. 

21, 1871, Milan W. Blanchard. 
II. Edioard, b. in Marl., Oct. 10, 1857 ; m., Apr. 2, 

1878, Jennette Simmons; resides in Killingly, 

Conn. 

III. Weston, b. in Marl., Dec. 4, 1859. 

IV. Florence, b. in Marl., Sept. 24, 1861. 



Benjamin F. Merriam, son of Zadock and Sally 
(Snow) Merriam, b. in Washington, N.H., Aug. 5, 1826; 
m., June 26, 1851, Sarah W., dau. of Joseph and Azubah 
(Munroe) Tubbs. He came to Marl, to reside in 1873, 
and is engaged in the stove and tin business. His wife 
d. March 1, 1879. His parents came to Marl, and re- 
sided with him. His father Avas b. in Mason, Apr. 
16, 1792, and d. in Marl., Nov. 11, 1879. His mother 
was b. in Jaffrey, June 22, 1789, and d. in Marl., Nov. 
20, 1873. 

I. Frank Irving, h. in Peterboro, Aug. 3, 1852; m., 
June 17, 1874, Lucy M., dau. of Samuel and 
Huldah (Brooks) Jones. 

1. Laura Mabell, b. May 13, 1875. 

II. Joseph Sumner, b. in Peterboro, March 17, 1854; 
m.,Nov. 18, 1880, Ella L., dau. of George W. 
and Sylvania P. (Esty) White. 

III. Maria Louisa, b. in Peterboro, March 16, 1857; 

d. in Marl., Oct. 8, 1873. 

IV. Sarah Anna, b. in Peterboro, May 3, 1859 ; d. 

]\Iay 22, 1859. 
V. Marxf Annabell, b. in Marlow, June 26, 1860 ; d. 

in Winchester, Feb. 11, 1865. 
VI. Rosa, Tubbs, b. in Marlow, June 20, 1862; d. in 

Winchester, Jan. 25, 1865. 
VII. Henry Zadock, b. in Winchester, July 14, 1865. 



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John Levbrett Merrill (Rov.), son of Ahel Kim- 
ball and Mary (Leverctt) Merrill, b. in TIaverliill, N.TT,, 
May 24, 1833; m., Sept. 11, 1860, Mary Louisa Murphy. 
He came to Marl., April, 1870, and was installed 
pastor of the Congregational Church May '2, 1871. (See 
Chap. VI.) 

I. 3Iinnie Leverett^ b. June 18, 1862. 
II. Annie Glarkson, b. Dec. 20, 1867 ; d. July, 1868. 
III. Charles Clarkson, b. in Marl., March 8, 1872. 



Asa Metcalf, son of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Dill) 
Metcalf, b. at Greenbush, N.Y., about 1738 ; m. Meliita- 
ble TJphara of Hubbardston, Mass. Came to Marl, 
to reside in 1788. His father was a native of Wales, 
and on his arrival in this country settled at Greenbush, 
from which place he entered the service in the time of 
the French and Indian war, and was shot by Indians in 
ambush at Flat Rock, while on his return from the army. 
Asa Metcalf resided on several different farms in the 
north part of the town. He d. in Marl., Sept. 2, 
1826 ; and his widow d. at Fort Ann, N.Y., in 1829. 

I. Mehitahle, m. Jonathan Policy of Fort Ann ; d. 
at Fort Edward, N.Y. 

II. Nathaniel., m., March 25, 1813, Hannah, dau. of 
Robert Worsley ; removed to Barry, 111., where 
he d. Oct. 25, 1853. His wife d. Aug., 1835. 

1. Chauncy. 

2. Loren. 

3. Franklin. 

4. Rosina. 

5. Upham, d. Aug. 18, 1841. 

6. Abigail. 

III. Hebecca, m. Thomas White, q.v. 

IV. Alfred, m. (1st) Sophia Weston, (2d) Ann 

Adams. He was a Methodist minister. (See 
Chap. XIII.) 
V. Asa, m., Feb. 23, 1813, Sally, dau. of Jonathan 
Russell. He d. Aug. 28, 1820; and his widow 
d. Nov., 1844. 

1. Roxanna, m. Richard Davis ; resided in 

Camljridge, Mass. 

2. Calvin, m. Mary Manning of Fort Ann, 

N.Y. ; resides at Fort Edward, N.Y. 

3. Elcenna, m. Aaron Darling of Swanzey ; 

resides at Stony Brook, Mass. 

VI. Daniel, m. Eunice Shannon of Nelson ; d. at 
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Thaddeits Metcalf, son of Thaddeits and Almira 
(Rand) Metcalf, b. in Granby, Vt., March 29, 1826, 
came to Marl, to reside in the spring of 1845 ; m., 
Apr. 18, 1848, Eliza H., dan. of John and Lovisa (Con- 
verse) Buss. Mr, Metcalf is a blacksmith and machinist, 
and lias worked at that business the greater part of the 
time he has resided in town. 

I. Alice X., b. Dec. 26, 1854; m.- Albert S. Big- 

elow, q.v. 
II. Walter X., b. March 5, 1859; is a printer; resides 

in Marl., um. 



Geoege a. Metcalf, son of George and Abbie 
(Stone) Metcalf, b. in Keene, Feb. 11, 1842; m. lola 
S., dau. of Henry C. and Fidelia (Twitchell) Taggart, 
He removed from Harrisville to Marl. 1869. 

I. llinnie X., b. in Harrisville, Dec. 7, 1866. 



Lawson Moore, b. in Marlboro, Mass., about 1758 ; 
m., June, 1784, Lydia GoodenoAV of Framingham, Mass. 
(She is supposed to be a dau. of Daniel Goodenow, one 
of the early settlers of this town.) He came to Marl, 
in 1788, in company Avith his brother Thomas, and 
located on the farm now owned by William C. INIason. 
Tn his old age, he was afflicted with a white swelling on 
one of his knees, which soon rendered the amputation 
of his leg necessary. He d. Dec. 20, 1847. 

I. Lydia, h. May 10, 1786; m. (1st) Hugh Mason, 

q.v.; (2d) Ebenezer Coburn. 
II. Lawson^h. Dec. 12, 1791; m. Hannah Blodgett 

of Swanzey ; settled in SAvanzey, where he d. 
III. William, b. May 21, 1798 ; removed to the West. 



Thomas Mogee, a brother of Lawson, b. in Marlboro, 
Mass., March, 1760; m., March 1, 1786, Mary Gibson, b. 
March, 1758; came to Marl. 1788, where he resided 
till 1794, when he removed to Fitzwilliam, where he d. 
Dec. 13, 18;]7. 

I. David, h. Aug. 23,1789; m. Joanna Prescott of 
Fitzwilliam; settled in Royalston, Mass., where 
he resided about thii'ty-five years, and then re- 
moved to P""itzwilliam, where he d. Oct. 3, 1866. 
II. Rebecca, b. Oct. 14, 1791 ; m. David Heaton of 
Keene; d. June 7, 1838. 

III. Jbsiah, b. in Fitzwilliam, Dec. 13, 1795; m. 

IMartha Haskell of Fitzwilliam. 

IV. Polly, b. in FitzAvilliam, July 18, 1797; m. John 

Leathe of Royalston, Mass., where she now] 
resides. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 581 

Luke Moors, son of Jolm and Hannah (Fitch) 
Moors, b. in Sharon, N.IL, March 29, ITOC. ; ni., March 
11, 1824, Mary, dau. of Bczaleel and Abigail (Wood) 
Baker; settled first in Jaffrey, but came to ]\Iarl. to 
reside in the spring of 1845, and located on the Baker 
farm. He was killed at the raising of a shed on the Al- 
ger place, Apr. 25, 1846. Children b. in Jaffrey. 

I. Loren i., b. May 20, 1831; ni., Sept. 7, 1854, 
Emily, dau. of Dea. .Tames and Roxanna (Frost) 
Farrar ; resides in Leominster, Mass. He en- 
listed into the United States service in the 
band of the 1st Mass. Reg., June 1, 1861 ; and 
was discharged July 27, 1862. 

1. Emma M., b. May 2, 1857. 

2. Clifford Loren, b. Aug. 22, 1860; d. Feb. 

28, 1861. 

II. Cyrus Sidney, b. July 5, 1832 ; m. (1st), Se])t. 7, 
1854, Caroline A., dau. of Dea. James and Rox- 
anna (Frost) Farrar. 

1. Fred Sidney, b. Nov. 1, 1856; m., Jan. 1, 

1S77, Mary A., dau. of Charles B. and 
Sarah J. (Hancock) Hall of Walpole, b. 
Apr. 23, 1854. He is station-agent on 
the Monadnock R.R. at Peterboro, N.H. 
They have one child, Charles Ernest, b. 
in Marl., Oct. 12, 1878. 

2. Lizzie C, b. Feb. 22, 1860. 

3. Albert Loren, b. Oct. 13, 1865; resides in 
Leominster, Mass. 

Mrs. Moors d. March 14, 1866 ; and he m. (2d) 
Apr. 9, 1867, Harriet (Frost) Harrington. He 
is post-master and station-agent at the Marl- 
boro station, on the Cheshire R.R. 



Reuben Morse, son of Reuben and Betsey (Hay- 
ward) Morse, was b. in Sullivan, March 23, 1805. His 
great-grandfather, Thomas Morse, was b. in Sherborn, 
Dec. 5, 1709, m. Mary Treadway of Framingham. He 
moved to Dublin about 1762, and was the first perma- 
nent settler in that town. Reuben Morse m., and set- 
tled in Sullivan. His wife d. ; and he m.,ISrov. 24, 1840, 
Melinda A., dau. of Capt. John and Mary (Livmgstone) 
Lane, and, after residing a short time in Sullivan, came 
to ]\Larl., and purchased the Lane farm, now owned 
by George Lovering, where he resided until a few years 
since, when he removed to Troy. 

I. Rose v., b. Sept. 9, 1842; m., Apr. 29, 1869, Ira 
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1. Leslie E., h. Sept. 24, 1872. 

2. Editli M., Ij. July 7, 1874. 

11. ^/len 3L, b. Jan. 18, 1845; m., Apr. 5, 1873, 
George N. Parmeuter ; resides in Sudbury, Mass. 

III. Mary X., b. Apr. 17, 1847 ; m., March 29, 1871, 

Charles P. Ellis ; resides in Leominster, Mass. 

1. George S., b. Dec., 1873. 

IV. Sarah F., b. May 13, 1849; m., March 14, 1872, 

Alfred G. Lawrence of Troy ; d. in Troy, Aug. 
3, 1878. 
V. George JR., b. Dec. 31, 1851 ; killed by the acci- 
dental discharge of a gun, Apr. 6, 1863. 



John- Morse, son of Ezra and Agnes (Swan) Morse, 
b. in Dul)lin, Dec. 5, 1779; m., Apr. 25, 1816, Hannah 
Wallingsford, who d. June, 1851. He resided for many 
years on the farm now owned by Isaac W. Holbrook, 
where he d. March 11, 1857. c. 



Granville Morse, son of Peter and Hannah (Glea- 
8on) Morse, b. in Dul)lin, Dec. 7, 1828; came to Marl, to 
reside Apr., 1848 ; m., June 22, 1852, Achsah A., dau. of 
Elijah and Amoret (Wild) Gates. 

I. JEva 3Iaria, b. Nov. 29, 1853 ; m., Dec. 31, 1873, 

Charles W. Bailey. 
II. Franh Edward, b. Sept. 17, 1856; m., Dec. 2, 
1880, Fannie Hopkins of East Douglass, Mass. ; 
resides in Worcester. 

III. Walter Wilds, b. May 23, 1860. 

IV. L\(,cy Fmina, b. March 11, 1862. 



ZiBA Nason, a carpenter by trade, came from Wal- 
pole, Mass., some time previous to 1800 ; and settled on 
the farm now OAvned by George F. Wise. His Avife was 
Elizabeth Whittaker, ])robably from Dedham, Mass. 
She d. March 19, 1819; and he m. (2d) Mrs. Lucy Whit- 
comb of Swanzey. He d. Apr. 7, 1839, te. 74. 

I. Betseif, b. June 9, 1788. 
II. GhaAotte, b. Feb. 15, 1790; m., June 27, 1816, 

E])hraim Shei)herd of Foxboi'o, Mass. 
rii. Jemima, b. Feb. 17, 1792; m., Feb. 1, \^21, Lor- 

ing C. Shaw of Foxboro, Mass. 
IV. Ziha, b. March 3, 1794.+ 
V. James, b. Apr. 27, 1796.-|- 

VI. Lewis, b. A])r. 3, 1798; removed to New York. 
VII. Alvin, b. Ai>r. 3, 1800; m., Aug. 6, 1823, Phebe 
Whitcomb of Swanzey. He d. March 10, 1866. 



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VIII. Willimn, b. March 1, 1802; d. Oct. 8, 1818. 
IX. xSa%, b. May '21, 180G; m. James Rogers of Wal- 
pole, Mass. 



ZiBA NASo>f, son of Ziba, in., Sept. 30, 1817, Eunice, 
dan. of Jolm and Mary (Wood) Buss ; settled on that 
part of the homestead whicli is now owned l)y Josiali II. 
Knight. In 1856, he removed to the vinasce, where he 
d. Feb. 25, 1857. His widow d. June 8, 18G7. 

I. Harriet, b. Sept. 27, 1818 ; m. Curtis F. Hunt, q.v. 
II. ^m%, b. July 24, 1822; d. Jan. 17, 1830. 

III. Louisa, b. June 12, 1826 ; m. Austin G. Parmen- 

tei', q.v. 

IV. William M, b. Aug. 7, 1832 ; m., June 6, 1855, 

Caroline E., dau. of Luke and Mercy (Bemis) 
Knowlton. Mr. Nason has been for many 
years a successful merchant in Marl. He was 
chosen deacon of the Congregational Church, 
1870, and holds that office at the present time. 

1. Carrie, b. March 23, 1862; d. Oct. 9, 1862. 

Mrs. Carrie Nason d. Apr. 9, 1862 ; and he 
m. (2d), Nov. 27, 1862, Sarah A. Knowlton, a 
sister of his first wife. 

2. Nellie I. (adopted dau.), b. March 9, 1866. 



James Nason, son of Ziba, m., Jan. 31, 1826, Sarah, 
dau. of Calvin and Mehitable (Dodge) Stone ; settled on 
home farm. Mr. Nason was for many years one of our 
most enterprising business men, and in his early days 
contributed his share towards building up our beautiful 
village. 

I. James, b. Apr. 5, 1827; m., June 8, 1854, Anna 
S. Foster of Baltimore, Md. ; resides in Plain- 
field, N.J. 

Mrs. Sarah Nason d. June 22, 1827; and he m. (2d), 
July 10, 1828, Nancy, dau. of Moses and Sally (Banks) 
Pratt. He d. March 9, 1875. 

II. Sarah S., b. Sept. 18, 1828 ; m. George F. Wise, q.v. 



Jacob Newell came from Attleborough, Mass., 
about 1769, and located in the south part of the town 
(now Troy). He m. Hepzibeth Hart of Lynn, Mass., by 
whom he had six children. 

I. Jacob, ; d. in Pennsylvania.-f- 

II. Pearso^i, ; d. in the army. 

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Jacob Newell, eldest son of Jacob, m., .Tan. 12, 1782, 
Anna Finney of Riclimond ; settled in Pennsylvania. 
Children all b. in Marl. 

I. Nathan, b. Nov. 4, 1783 ; in, Adelia Wheeler. 
II. Pearson^h. June 29, 1785, 
HI. Urana, b. Aug. 28, 1786 ; m., March 4, 1806, 

John Lawrence of Troy. 
IV. Martha, b. Aixg. 18, 1788. 

V. Prudence, b. July 29, 1790; m. Elijah Harring- 
ton; d. in Troy, June 3, 1827. 
VI. Holton. 



Reuben Newell, son of Jacob, m., 1804, Polly, dau. 
of Nathan Wheeler. He d. in Troy, May 30, 1847. 
Children b. in Marl, and Troy. 

I. Stillman, b. March 7, 1806 ; m. Lucy Clark. 
II. Miranda, b. 1807; m., Feb. 18, 1841, Sampson 

Wheeler. 
IIL Pearson, b. 1808 ; perished with cold on board 
the schooner Hudson, in returning from New 
York in 1832. 
IV. Ilarloio, b. 1810; m. Mary E. Simons; removed 

to Wisconsin. 
V. Mary, b. 1811; m. Horatio Lawrence of Troy. 
VI. Eliza, b. 1817 ; m. William Whitman of Troy, 

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ily) was b. in Canada, March 17, 1828 ; came to Marl, in 
1848 ; m., Oct. 1, 1849, Mary, dau. of .John and Annie 
(LcAvis) Sargent. She d. March 28, 1852, and he m. 
(2d), May 17, 1853, Mary Ann, dau. of Noah and 
Arvilla (Lewis) White. Children by second wife. 

I. Ellen L., b. Aug. 8, 1854; m., Dec. 21, 1871, 
Ralph F. Turnbull, a brakeman on the Cheshire 
R.R. He was killed by the cars, Dec. 10, 1872. 

1. Ralph F., b. July 21, 1873; d. Jan. 27, 

1875. 

She m. (2d), July 18, 1875, James W. Flem- 
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}eor(je E., b. June 4, 1856; m., Ajn-il 3, 1878, 
Laura 11. Howard of Gilsum ; rosidcs in Surry. 

III. Fred Z., b. Dec. 25, 1857; m., Aug. 18, 1880, 

Ilattie Gritlith of Albany, N.Y., where he now 
resides. 

IV. Will A., b. Apr. 3, 1859. 

V. Eda Z., b. May 20, 1860; ado])ted at the age of 
eiglit years by Mr. and Mrs. David Woodward 
of Worcester, Mass. 
VI. Viola, b. Feb. 4, 1864; adojited by ]Mr. and Mrs. 

Enoch Bemis ; resides in Bethel, Vt. 
VII. Byrde X., b. Dec. 4, 1865. 
VIII. Lettie A., b. May 23, 1867. 
IX. Eloise Z, b. Dec. 2, 1868. 
X. Leon Duane, b. Mav 9, 1870. 
XI. Everett White, b. Nov. 11, 1871. 
XII. Jfate D., b. May 1, 1873. 

XIII. Itali.e A., b. May 3, 1877. 

XIV. Faye, b. Nov., 1878, d. Jan. 2, 1879. 
XV. Lee, b. Nov. 16, 1879. 



Elnathan" Newton came from New Braintree, Mass., 
in 1771. It is probable, however, that he had not resided 
long in that place, as his family is not mentioned on the 
records of that town, but he is supi)0sed to have emi- 
grated from Southboroiigh, which contained at that time 
many families by the name of Newton. He settled on 
the farm since owned by Moses Putney, in the south-east 
]tart of the tOAvn. He d. Aug. 12, 1792, in the 68th year 
of his age. Jemima, widow of Elnathan, d. Apr. 16, 
1801, 03.^71. Children all b. in Mass. 

I. (Temima, b. May 30, 1751. 

II. Azubah, b. Feb. 3, 1753. 

III. Zeneth, b. Nov. 6, 1755.+ 

IV. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 21, 1756. 
V. Asahel, b. Aug. 29, 1758. 

VI. Joannah, b. Feb. 4, 1761. 
VII. Elnathan, b. March 14, 1764. 
VIII. Bethiah, b. Jan. 4, 1767; d. Feb. 18, 1793. 
IX. /Silas, b. Apr. 9, 1769. 



Luke Newton, supposed to be the same as Zeneth, 
who is mentioned as the eldest son of Elnathan and 
Jemima NeAvton, was b. Nov. 6, 1755. His Avife Avas 
Sally , b. 1757. He resided on the farm with Elna- 
than, Avas joint OAvner Avith him, and came into full ]ios- 
session of the place on the death of the latter. He d. 
July 22, 1839. His wife d. Nov. 8, 1826. 
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III. 3Iary, b. May 13, 1793 ; d. Jan. 6, 1813. 



Luke Newton, son of Lnke,' m., Jan. 9, 1806, Susan- 
nah, dau. of Silas Parmenter of Notown, Mass. ; settled 
on the home farm, llis wife d. Sept. 14, 1827 ; and he 
d. in Berlin, Mass., Sept. 13, 1859. 

I. Susannah, b. Ang. 15, 1806; m., Feb. 14, 1839, 
Jacob Hammond of Jaifrey ; d. in Lunenburg, 
Mass., June 21, 1871. 
II. Mira, b. May 17, 1808; d. Aug. 1, 1813. 

III. LuJce, b. Apr. 24, 1811 ; d. Aug. 1, 1813. 

IV. 3Iary, b. Dec. 30, 1812 ; d. Dec. 23, 1875. 
V. Luke, b. Feb. 22, 1815 ; d. in infancy. 

VI. /Sarah, b. June 7, 1817 ; d. Sept. 30, 1821. 
VII. Martha, b. Apr. 17, 1819; d. in infancy. 
VIII. Azuhah, b. May 23, 1822; d. July 12, 1827. 
IX. David Alexander, b. Feb. 8, 1824; m. Jan. 21, 
1849, Lovisa Ellison, b. Jan. 20, 1828; resides 
in Vineland, N.J. ; is a contractor and builder, 
also a dealer in lumbei*, doors, sash, blinds, etc. 

1. Eugene D., b. Nov. 17, 1849. 

2. Emma L., b. Sept. 7, 1858. 

3. Henry E., b. Apr. 5, 1860 ; d. May 9, 1860. 

4. Clara, b. Feb. '11, 1865. 

X. Luke, b. March 1, 1827 ; d. June 13, 1827. 



Luther Neavton, son of Seth Newton * of Southboro, 
Mass., m. Miriam, dau. of Ezra Newton of Southboro. 
They came to Marl, in May, 1788, and resided for a 
short time on the farm now owned by Hon. R. S. Frost. 
He purchased a lot of land, and erected a house near 
what has since been known as the " Newton meadow." 
This house Avas built of logs Avhicli Avere hcAvn on the 
inside, making it much better than most of the log 
houses of that day. Mr. NeAVton Avas a very industrious 
man, and, possessing a strong constitution and great 
pOAvers of endurance, Avas able to perform more labor 
than most men. II is land being rather ])Oor, he was 
obliged to Avork out by the day to procure grain and 
other necessaries to sup}»ort his family, and often, on his 
return home, Avould make shingles until a late hour at 
night. He soon jnirchased another lot of land, Avhcre he 
began to level the forest, and built a house, Avhicli is the 
one noAV OAvned by George Thatcher, into Avhich he 
moA'ed in 1797. Mrs. Newton Avas no less industrious 
than her husband. While he Avas raising stock and 



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making sliinglcs to pay for his land, she workt'd at dress- 
niaking and millinery, taking spinning and Aveaving for 
j)ay, Avhich helped to su])ply the family with clothing. 
Mr. Newton d. Nov. 19, 18;^9. His AvidoAV d. Sei)t. 22, 
1852. 

I. Artemas, b. June 18, 1785; m., 1811, Anna Mat- 
thews of Southboro, Mass. ; removed to Shef- 
ford, Canada. They had ten children. lie d. 
May 14, 18()8. Ilis widow d. May 25, 18G9. 

II. Catharine, b. Oct. 10, 178G ; m. Luke Blodgett, q.v. 

III. Calvin, b. Feb. 1, 1791.-f- 

IV. J)a)ia, b. June 17, 1795; m., Sept. 2i, 1817, 

Nancy Moffet of Shefford, Canada; m. (2d), 
Jan. 1, 1881, Martha Reed of Rockingham, Vt. 
.He d. at Freeport, 111., Sept. 26, 1875'^ 
V. N'ancy, b. Feb. 16, 1801 ; resides in Troy, um. ■ 



Calvin Newtoist, son of Luther, m. Sally, dau. of 
Reuben Newton .of Southboro, Mass. She d. May 25, 
1832. At the death of his father, Mr. Newton came into 
possession of the home farm, where he resided for many 
yeara. 

I. Emily, b. Oct. 3, 1818; d. June 18, 1834. 
II. 3fartin L., b. July 21, 1820.-1- 

Mr. Newton m. (2d), Feb. 24, 1833, Lucretia Lebour- 
veau of Keeue, who d. July 25, 1840. 

III. John C, b. Apr. 24, 1835 ; m. Sarah J. SwalloAv 

of East Bridgewater, Mass. ; resides in North 
Abington. During the Eebellion, he enlisted 
in the United States service, and was ju'omoted 
to sergeant in the 1st Battalion of Heavy 
Artillery stationed at Fort Warren, Boston 
Harbor. He was afteiAvard promoted to lieu- 
tenant. Served three years and eight months. 

IV. Charles W., b. Sept. 9, 1836; removed to Illinois. 

In 1862, he enlisted in the 51st Reg. 111. 
Vols., and served three years and four months. 

Mr. NcAvton m. (3d), Ai)ril 6, 1841, Sally Elmina, dau. 
of Benjamin and Phebe (Norcross) Mason of Dublin, b. 
July li, 1811, d. March 24, 1843. 

V. Emily E.,\). Nov. 27, 1842; m. Shepherd Wat- 
son of Winehendon. 

Mr. Newton m. (4th), Oct. 1, 1844, Sally Hart of 
Hancock, who d. March 28, 1849; and he m. (5th), May 
13, 1857, Sabra Worster of Swanzey. She d. Oct. 16, 
1871. Soon after the death of his wife, IMr. Newton sold 
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years, and renioved to Troy to live with liis son, where 
he d. Dec. 16, 1873. 

Martix L. Keavtox, son of Calvin, m., Feb. 14, 1845, 
3Iary Ann Cronibie of Hancock ; settled on home farm, 
Avliere he lived until 1870, when he removed to Troy, 
where he noAV resides. 

I. Hiram C, h. Dec. 8, 1845; resides in Troy, nm. ; 
is publisher of The Some Comjjcinion, a literary 
paper which he started in Apr., 1872. 

Mrs. Newton d. Apr. 12, 1847 ; and he m. (2d), May 
14, 1848, Sarah M., dan. of Richard and Sally Strong of 
Dublin, b. Nov. 19, 1823. 

II. Jetmie, b. Sei)t. 3, 1855; um. 
III. Ora W., b. .Julyi.'2, 1857; m., Feb. 5, 1878, Louie 
E. Leaden of East Berkshire, Vt. ; resides in 
Proctorsville, Vt. 

1. Warren O., b. Nov. 22, 1879. 



SiMEOX Neavtox, a brother of Luther before men- 
tioned, resided for a short time in a house which for- 
merly stood near the late residence of George Harvey. 
He afterward purchased the farm now owned by George 
A. Porter, where he resided until 1818 or 1819, when he 
sold his farm and removed to Tem})leton, Mass., where 
he d. May 3, 1829, se. 61. His wife was Sarah Fisk. 
She d. Oct. 18, 1854, k. 83. Children all except the 
oldest b. in jNIarl. 

I. Amos, b. in Holliston, ]Mass., Sept. 3, 1792. 
II. David I"., b. Dec. 18, 1796. 

III. Dexter, b. Dec. 29, 1799. 

IV. ^'arah B., b. Dec. 1, 1805. 
V. Myra, b. Aug. 23, 1807. 

VI. Cyrus, b. July 12, 1813. 
VII. Simeon. 



GiDEOX Newtox is supposed to have come from 
Southboro, Mass. He settled, about 1780, on the farm 
now known as the Guild ])lace, in Koxbury, since owned 
by G. W. Nye. His wife was Phebe Temple, a sister of 
Ebenezer, b. in Franiingham, Mass., Apr. 1, 1750 ; d. Jan. 
13, 1822. He d. March 1, 1822. 

I. Sally, b. Aug. 25, 1777 ; m. Moses Guild, q.v. 
II. Silas, b. Sept. 3, 1779.+ (Town-Records.) 
HI. Josiah, b. July 20, 1784; d. Dec. 10, 1789. 



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different places in town, and in 1823 he romoA'ed to West- 
minster, Vt., Avliere he resided about three years, and 
thence to Surry, where lie lived three ydars, and from 
there to Westmoreland in iSiJO, where he was engaged 
for a time in the manufacture of earthen-ware, and was 
known in that town as " Potter Newton." He is spoken 
of as being a very religious man, strictly inculcating the 
views and practising the duties enjoined by the Congre- 
gational Church, to which he was at 1 ached. He had 
more than an ordinary inquisitive and ]»enetrating mind, 
holding opinions on many tojiics different from those 
around him, and ])robably for this reason was considered 
by his neighbors rather eccentric. When a young man, 
he had a strong desire to obtain a collegiate education 
and fit himself for the ministry; but his ])arents were 
unable or did not see fit to second his Avishes, and he 
was obliged to give up the idea of obtaining an educa- 
tion. He d. in 1833. His widow d. in Lowell, Mass., in 
1868, £e. 87. 

I. Silas FrcmMin, b. March 23, 1808; d. in West- 
moreland, about 1831, imi. 
II. Julia Ann, b. Apr. 23, 1809; d. in Lowell, 18-iO, 
uni. 

III. Harriet, b. Oct. 6, 1810 ; m. Capt. John H. Fuller 

of Lowell ; resided in Boston, Acton, and Sf)ring- 
field, Mass. ; d. 1860. 

IV. Gi/man, b. Sept. 25, 1812 ; removed to the West. 
V. Alvin H., b. Dec. 26, 1814; d. in Lowell, 1836. 

VI. Charles Addison, b. March 9, 1817 ; d. in West- 
minster, Vt., a3. 8 _year8. 
VII. Sarah Chaffin, b. Feb. 2, 1819; d. in Lowell, 

03. 16. 
VIII. Alonzo Elliott, b. Feb. 23, 1821. He learned the 
business of printing in Lowell ; removed to Bos- 
ton 1844, and in 1845 he m. Miss Sarah I. Em- 
ery. He followed the occupation of printer, 
proof-reader, and journalist about twenty 3'ears. 
In 1863, he went to Washington, D.C., where 
he held a clerkshi}) in the War Dejiartment, 
Quartermaster-General's office, for some time. 
He organized and su])erintendecl the public col- 
ored schools for about five years, was clerk and 
book-keeper to the municipal government for 
tAVo years, Avhen ill-health compelled him to 
give u]> regular employment. In 1876, he was 
residing in.Ancora, Camden Co., N.J. 

IX. Henry L. C, b. March 21, 1823. He learned the 
printing business in Lowell, which he pursued 
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Paul Neaa-tox, h. Nov. 27, 17S0; came from Belcher- 
town, Mass., and resided for some time in the house 
since owned by Jonah Davis. He was a blacksmitli, and 
worked in the shop Avhich formerly stood on " Library 
Square." He removed to Hadley, Mass., about 1817. 

1. Zj/7nan A., b. July 22, 1806. 
II. jSevilla, b. Sept. 10, 1808. 
III. Albert F., b. Jan. 11, 1812. 

A child of Paul Newton d. Feb. 6, 1814, 03. about 2 
years. (Fish records.) 



Justus Woodbury Nims, b. in Sullivan, July 28, 
1821, m. Lois Wright, b. in Hubbardston, Mass., March 
25, 1821, He resided for several years on the farm now 
owned by Jacob Proctor. He now resides in Keene. 
Children b. in Marl. 

I. Charles P. TPi, b. May 24, 1849. 
II. George W. JB., b. Jan. 6, 1858. 



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Abel Nutting, b. in Groton, Mass., Feb. 13, 1788 ; 
m. Rachel Cutter of Jaffrey, b. Oct. 31, 1792. He set- 
tled first in Jaffrey, and enlisted from that town as a sol- 
dier in the war of 1812. He came to this town in 1831, 
and located on the Parmenter place noAV owned l)y his 
son, George A., where he d. June 10, 1863. His wife d. 
Oct., 1848. Children all b. in Jaffrey. 

I. Jane, b. March 12, 1815; d. May 10, 1837. 
II. George A., b. Feb. 19, 1817.-]- 

III. llary, b. Feb. 7, 1820 ; m. Asa Bemis, q.v. 

IV. Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 1822 ; d. Oct. 31, 1842. 

V. Zo2iisa A., b. Jan. 19, 1820; m., Apr. :iO, 1847, 
Ephraim Wheeler of Troy; d. Nov. 14, 1851. 



Geoege A. Nutting, son of Abel, m., Sept. 28, 1843, 
Eleanor B.. dau. of Joseph and Ruth (White) Haskell ; 
settled on the home farm, where he noAv resides. 

I. George Henry, b. Nov. 15, 1857. 
II. Sarah Jane, b. Apr. 29, 1859. 
III. David Wheeler, b. Sept. 30, 1862. 



Sylvanus Nye was the eldest son of Benjamin Nye 
of Barre, Mass. At the early age of thirteen, he accom- 
panied his father, Avho was a soldier in the Revolutionary 
war, to Boston, and was present at the battle of Bunker 
Hill, Avaiting on an officer and making himself generally 
useful. He came to Marl, in early life, and settled on 
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extensive granite quarries now in the town of Roxbury. 
His Avife Avas Mary Banks. 

I. Francis, b. in Barre, Mass., June 3, 1780. 
II. Ziba, b. in Barre, Mass., Oct. 15, 1781. 

III. Gratia, b. Oct. 4, 1784. 

IV. Benjamin, b. Aug. 19, 178G; m., Nov. 23, 1809, 

Mary, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Reed) 
Wight, b. in Dublin, Feb. 19, 1778; removed 
to Fairfield, Vt. 
V. Putty, b. Oct. 8, 1789; m., June G, 1811, Ebene- 

zer Herrick, Jr.; settled in Reading, Vt. 
VI. Mary, ni. Atwood ; settled in Barre, Mass. 



Ansel L. Nye, son of Gardner and Fannie (Towns) 
Nye, b. in Roxbury, June 12, 1834; m., May 5, 1874, 
Hannah M., dau, of Elisha S. and Mary W. Fish, b. in 
Gilsum, Oct. 20, 1826. He resided in Marl, some years 
previous to his marriage, and kej^t a meat and provision 
market. He afterward located on the farm formerly 
owned by Dea. James Farrar, where he now resides, c. 



Jacob Osborxe, a native of Fitchburg, Mass., m. 
Sybil Farwell of that place. After a few years' resi- 
dence in Fitchburg, he removed to Keene, where he re- 
mained a short time, and then exchanged farms with 
Stephen Russell, who then owned the place now occu- 
pied by Lovell P. Butler in Troy, which was at that time 
in Marl. Mr. Osborne resided here fifteen years, and 
then purchased the place now owned by Levi A. Fuller, 
where he was for several years joroprietor of the cele- 
brated Osborne tavern. He afterwards removed to Troy, 
where he d. 

I. r Susan, b. 1787 ; m. William Down ; set- 

m . I tied in Fitchburg. 
II. -^^^'"is.^ Mary,\). 1787; m., Sept. 15, 1813, Ben- 
[ jamin Page /settled in Cavendish, Vt. 

III. Sybil, b. 1791 ; m. Asa Porter, Jr., q.v. 

IV. Nancy, b. Nov. 12, 1798; m.. May 22, 1823, 

Leonard Cobb of Troy. 

V. Louisa, ; m. Jedediah Tuttle ; settled in 

Acton, Mass., where Mr. Tuttle d. She now 
resides in Fitchburg. 

VI. Daniel Farwell, b. Aug. 6, 1805 ; m.. May 1, 
1828, Sarah Maynard of Sudbury, Mass.; re- 
moved to Weathersfield, Vt. In 1851, he 
went to California, where he d. the following 
year. 

VII. Leonard, b. July 6, 1809; m. Eliza Holman of 
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the stable and omnibus business for nearly 
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Thomas Page, with Elizabeth, his wife, came from 
Medway, Mass. Warned to leave town. May 1, 1780, 
with their children, John, Paul, and Elizabeth. They 
settled on what is now known as the Prescott pasture. 

I. Seneca, son of Thomas and Elizabeth his wife, 

bai5. March 5, 1785. 
II. John was published to Mary Cuniniings of Hins- 
dale, Nov. 9, 1789. 



LiBiEUS Page, son of Thomas and Sarah (Robbins) 
Page, b. in Walpole, Mass., June 7, 1761 ; m.. May 30, 
1786, Susan Wails of Stoughton, Mass., b. June 20, 
1765. He came to Marl, in early life, and settled on the 
farm next north of Levi Jones, now known as the Wade 
place. He d. July 5, 1837. His Avife d. Feb. 18, 1826. 

I. Sarah, b. Apr. 15, 1787. 
II. Wails, b. Apr. 21, 1789 ; d. Apr. 21, 1791. 

III. 3Ioses, b. May 10, 1791; drowned July 18, 1807. 

IV. Charles, b. Apr. 16, 1798.-f- 

V. A daughter, b. Nov. 3, 1794; d. in infancy. 

VI. Samuel, b. Oct. 12, 1796; d. in infancy, 

vii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 15, 1798. 

VIII. Mary, b. March 2, 1800; d. Sept. 18, 1842. 

IX. Susanna, b. Jan. 18, 1802 ; d. June 1, 1815. 

X. Joanna, b. Aug. 6, 1803; d. Apr. 5, 1829. 

XI. A son, b. Apr. 26, 1806; d. in infancy. 

XII. Abigail, b. Sept. 1808 ; d. March 22, 1809. 



Charles Page, son of Libieus, m., March 18, 1817, 
Ehzabeth R. Warren, b. Oct. 9, 1803. He d. Aug. 12, 
1849. His widow d. in Harrisville, March 4, 1851. 

I. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1818 ; m. True- 
worthy Chase; resides in Seabrook, N.H. 

11. Susan Wails, b. March 31, 1821 ; m. William C. 
Mason, q.v. 

III. Harriet B., b. March 23, 1824; m., Sept. 5, 1842, 

Nathaniel Tottingham of Ashburnhara, Mass., 
b. March 10, ISls, d. Mav 25, 1874. 

IV. Elvira irarmi, b. May 20," 1827; m., March 18, 

1845, Horace Bowman ; d. in ]5arnard, Vt., 
A\n: '11, 1870. 
V. Martha Stone, b. Oct. 25, 1829; m. Thomas 
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VI. Marinda JJoi'cas, h. Feb. 14, 1882; m., Dec. 9, 

1851, Rodney Farwell ; resides in Mason. 
VII. [ Mo-ia JS., b. July 19, 1834; d. Aug. 7, 

1835. 
Meloina B., b. July 19, 1834 ; ni., March 
^ 18, 1852, Oliver L. Bugbee. 
IX. Charles Wavren, b. Aug. 22, 183G; d. Oct. 20, 
1854. 
George Edicard, b. May 28, 1839; m., Apr. 23, 
1860, Mary Ellis. lie was killed at the battle 
of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, by a New 
York regiment firing into his regiment by mis- 
take, supposing them to be rebels. 
Caroline Maria, b. Apr. 5, 1842; d. Feb. 15, 1843. 



Phixehas Park was one of the proprietors of the 
township, and came from Sutton, Mass., about 1 772. lie 
is supposed to be the first settler on the farm now owned 
b)i Augustus Southwick. He ])rol)al)ly remained in town 
but a few years, as the name disappears from the records 
soon after the Revolution. He m. Ruth NcAvton of 
Shrewsbury, Mass., in 1750. Children b. in Sutton, Mass. 

I. Buth, b. Oct. 13, 1751. 
II. Miriam, b. Dec. 2, 1753. 

III. Trgphiida, b. Oct. 20, 1755. 

IV. Elijah, b. Aug. 28, 1757. 



JosiAH Parker and Martha, his wife, came from 
Barre, Mass., in 1779. It is not known in what part of 
the town he resided. The names of three children are 
found upon our town records. 

I. Samuel, b. Jan. 11, 1778. 
II. Susannah, b. March 13, 1780. 
III. Batti/, b. Sept. 13, 1782. 



Joseph Parker, perhaps a brother of Josiah, came 
from Barre, Mass., in 1780, and located on the ])lace 
where Gregory Lawrence now resides in Troy. While 
there, he had the charge of the grist-mill built by Phine- 
has Farrar. About 1784, the mill was sold to Daniel 
Gould, and Parker left town. We find no record of the 
family. 

Stephen Parker and his wife, Anna, with their chil- 
dren, Josiah, Nathan, Farrington, Simeon, and Levi, from 
Weston, Mass., warned to leave town Jan. 20, 1783, by 
Jonathan Shaw, constable. 

I. Anna, dau. of Stephen Parker and Anna his wife, 
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Aaron Parker, b. in Ilolden, Mass., Oct. 10, 1796 ; 
m., 1823, Asenath, clau. of Paul and Sarah (Gale) Ray- 
mond, b. ill Winchendon, Dec. 3, 1795. He located on 
the farm now owned by Levi Jones, where he d. May 4, 
1840. His widow d. in Boston, Mass., March 27, 1857. 

I. Ahhie E., b. May 8, 1824 ; resides at Rio Vista, 
Cal. 

11. Harriet li., b. July 4, 1825; m. Dennis Law; re- 
sides in Worcester, Mass. 

III. JI((ri/ W., b. Dec. 10, 1827 ; d. in Claremont, 

Dec. 25, 1850. 

IV. Iii/t/t A., b. Feb. 1, 1829; m, Ezra Griffin; resides 

in Buchanan, Mich. 
V. Geor(/e IT., b. Dec. 5, 1830; d. at Singapore, East 

Indies, Nov. 20, 1856. 
VI. Aaron, b. Aug. 17, 1832 ; m. Eunice Howe of 
Tunbridge, Vt, She d., and he m. (2d) Amy 
Curtice of Worcester, Mass. He is a carpenter, 
and resides at West Berkley, Cal. 
VII. x^aornl A^, b. Aug. 23, 1833 ; m. Stephen Leigh; 

resides at West Berkley, Cal. 
VIII. liay)yio)td J.^h- ^^^'^^^ 5,1835; m. Lilla A. Buean 
of South Tunbridge, Vt. He is a machinist, 
and resides in Fitchburg, Mass. 
IX. >Sar(i/i A., b. Jan. 18, 1837; m. James Leigh; re- 
sides in Worcester, Mass. 

James M. L, Parker, b. in Phillipston, Mass., Sept. 
3, 1812; 111., Apr. 1, 1835, Polly IL, dau. of Aaron Ji. 
and Persis (Hemenway) Kidder of Roxbury. He came 
to Marl, in 1851, and purchased the old pottery in Low- 
ellville, whicli he converted into a dwelling-liouse, which 
is the same since occupied by S. S. Mason and others. 
In Nov., 1855, he removed to Wisconsin, and now resides 
at Ahnepee in that State. His wife d. at Forestville, 
Wis., Jan. 8, 1868. 

I. Jajiies AjiseJ, b. in Eoxbury, June 25, 1836. He 
was one of the crew on the ill-fated whaling 
schooner "Virginia," which sailed from Province- 
town, Mass., Apr. 19, 1854. This schooner 
was spoken the 25th of July following, and is 
supposed to have been lost in a very severe 
gale in Aug., 1854, and that all on board jter- 
ished, as nothing has been heard from the vessel 
or crew since. 
II. Amine C, b. in Hillsboro, July 12, 1839; m., 
Dec. 21, 1857, George Fowles of Ahnepee; 
resides in Furestville, Wis. 



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iiL Kdiir;/ /^, 1). ill riiillipston, Mass., Dec. 26, 1842; 

d. in Wisconsin, June 4, 1S57. 
IV. llosell li., b. in Phillipston, Mass., June 28, 1845; 

d. in Wisconsin, July 4, 1857. 
V. Maynard 7'., b. in lloxbuiy, Oct. 30, 1850; resides 

in Ahnepee, Wis. 



PARKHURST. 

Geouge Parkijuust was an early settler of Watertown, Mass. We 
have not ascertained at what time he (jjnie to America, or whether he 
brouyiit a wife with him ; but he was accompanied by two children, 
George and Phebe. He removed from Watertown to Boston about 1(J45. 
George, Jr., b. in IGIS, m., Dec. 16, 1043, Sarah Brown; d. ]\Iarch 16, 
1698-99. John, son of George and Sarah (Brown) Parkluirst, b. June 
10, 1644, m. Abigail Garfield of Watertown, and d. Sept. 12, 1725. His 
eldest son, John, b. Feb. 26, 1671, m. Abigail IMorse, and settled in 
Weston. He was one of the original members and first deacon of \\'eston 
church. Josiah, son of Dea. John and Abigail (Morse) Paikhurst, b. 
Feb. 9, 1706-7, m., Oct. 23, 1735, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Sarah Carter 
of Weston. 

1 j Jos [AH Parkhurst, son of Josiah and Sarah (Carter) 
Parkhurst, b. March 8, 1736-37; ni., June 1, 1758, Eliz- 
abeth, dan. of Nathaniel and Hannah (Robinson) Bigelow 
of Weston. In later years, he came to MarL, and settled 
on the farm since owned b}^ Noah Porter. He d. in 
1832. Children b. in Weston and Framingham. 

L Hannah, b. March 27, 1759; m., Feb. 29, 1779, 
Jonathan Adams; removed to Pennsylvania. 

3 n. John, b. May 2, 1760.+ 

4 III. Aaron, b. June 1, 1761 ; m. Salh^ Tlionijison ; 
moved to Stafford, Conn. 

5 IV. JEUzaheth, b. Feb. 28, 1763; m., May, 1784, Sam- 
uel Walker, 

6 V. Ephraim, b. Jan. 16, 1765; m. Elizabeth Luke. 
She d. Dec. 25, 1825 ; and he m. (2d) Mrs. 
Mary Adams. 

VI. Lncij, b. June 19, 1766; m., Jan. 15, 1784, Abra- 
ham Fislier; lived in Claremont ; d. 1845. 
V]i. Salhi, b. Jan. 6, 1768; m. Micah Morse; d. 1814. 

VIII. Eunice, b. Nov. 20, 1769; m. ]>ecket; lived 

in Unity, N.H. ; d. 1829. 



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IX. MoJh/, b. Nov. 15, 1771 ; m., 1793, Josiali Ilemen- 

way ; settled in Framingham. 
X. Lydia, b. June 28, 1775; m., Aug. 19, 1794, 

Solomon Brackett. 
XI. Josiah, b. May 25, 1778; m., Apr. 2, 1801, Nancy 

Jones. 



John Parkhurst, son of Josiah, m., Dec, 1783, Sally 
Bullard. He came to Marl, about 1788, and located 



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either on the farm with liis father or the place adjoining, 
afterwards owned by Ebenezer Coburn. Children, first 
two b. in Framinghani, the others in INIarl. 

I. JoJiJi, b. Dee. 30, 1784, He studied medicine 
Avith Dr. Carter, and removed to Pennsylvania. 
II. Daniel, b. May 0, 1787. 

III. Joshih, b. March 12, 1789. 

IV. ASV/^b.A])^ 10, ITOo; m., Se])t. 5, 1813, William 

EA'ens. 



Luke Parkhurst, son of Josiah, m., Nov. 10, 1831, 
Laurana, dan. of Abraham and Huldah (Wells) Priest. 
Tie d. about 1874. His wife d. Oct. 13, 1853. 

I. DanielJ., b. Sept. 1, 1832. 
II. Josiah, b. March 24, 1834. 

III. ISfancij 31., b. June 10, 18o6. 

IV. Lnth'er C, b. Feb. 21, 1S30. 
V. Laurana, b. May 10, 1S41. 

VI. Martha, b. Sept. 17^ 1843. 
VII. Zuke, b. Aug. 9, 1845. 
VIII. Elmira, b. 1847. 



Alexander Parkman wash, in Westboro, Mass., Feb. 
17, 1746. He was the son of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman of 
Westboro, who was b. in Boston, Sept. 5, 1703, and or- 
dained Oct. .28, 1724. Alexander m. Keziah, dau. of 
Dea. William Brown of Framinghani. He Avas a cloth- 
ier by trade, and must have settled in Marl, as early as 
1778. His residence Avas in the southerly ])art of the 
toAvn, Avithin the limits of the ])resent village of Troy, 
where he had a fulling-mill a short distance beloAV tlie 
saAV-mill since OAvned by Charles Carpenter. Here he 
worked for several yeai\s; and, it being a time Avhen fam- 
ilies manufactured their OAvn cloth, he found i)lenty to 
do in the usual season for dressing, A share of the 
public business Avas also intrusted to his care. He Avas 
toAvn clerk in 1784 and 1785, and occu])ied other impor- 
tant positions; and Ave have no doubt he discharged liis 
duties to the satisfaction of the people. He renaoved 
with his fanuly to Cherry Valley, N.Y., in 1788. 

I. Btttij, bap. in F"'raming]iani, Dec. 3, 1769. 
II. liohert Jireck, d. in Parkman, O. 
.III. I'ollif, b. in Marl., Nov. 16, 1779. 
"iv. Johii, b, in Marl,, March 25, 1782. 



PARMENTER.* 

John Parmkntek, ]n-ol)ably the coiinnoii ancestor of all bearnigthe 
name in New England, Avith his son Jolni, was among the first settlers 

* TUo name of rarmeuter is said to lie uf Freucli origin, aud denotes a mountaineer. 



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and proprietors of Sudbury, Mass., and took the freeman's oath May 13, 
lOlU. lie was selectman in KMl ; and he (or his son .lohn) was on a com- 
mittee of inspection into the moral condition of families, etc., Feb. 28, 
1(J55. His wife, Bridget, d. Apr. G, IGGO. No record of his death is 
found, but his will was proved 1G7L Ills son John m., and settled in 
Siidbui-y; and in 1GG5 he was allowed to kee]i a house of entertainment 
in that town. He d^ Apr. 12, IGGG. His widow was Amee, who d. in 
Sudbury, 1G81. He was the father of five children, among whom was 
George, who ni., 1G79, Hannah -lohnson, and settled in Sudbury. 

Their eldest son, George, b. INIay 5, 1G79, m., 1701, Mary Bent. Deliv- 
erance, son of George and Mary (Bent) Parmenter, b. Dec. 10, 1709, m., 
17-'31, Ruth Hayden. Their son. Deliverance, Jr., m., Feb. 11, 17G2, 
Mary Osborne, and settled in Sudbury. They had eight children, among 
whom were Oliver and Thaddeus, who afterwards settled in ]\Iarl. 
Deliverance, -Jr., was a zealous patriot. On the memorable 19th of April, 
1775, he was ploughing in the field near his house when the news reached 
him of the battle of Lexington and Concord. He immediately unyoked 
his oxen, drove them into the yard, and with gun in hand started on the 
run to meet the British. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and 
remained in the service till October, when he returned home. The follow- 
ing spring, he again enlisted, and remained in the army three years. 



Oliver Parmenter, son of Deliverance and Mary 
(Osborne) Parmenter, was b. in Sudbury, Oct. 12, 1762, 
He Avas in the war of the Revolution, entering the ser- 
vice when only fifteen or sixteen years of age. Soon 
after the close of the war, he ni. his cousin, a dan. of 
Jason Parmenter of Bernardston, Mass. He resided 
in that jdace until the death of his wife, which took i)lace 
about 1790. He then came to Marl., Avorked for his 
brother Thaddeus a short time, and then juirchased a lot 
of Avild land in the north part of the town, now Avithin 
the limits of Roxbury. His house was located on a 
knoll, a little north of the Daiken meadoAV, so called. 
He m. (2d), Apr. 4, 1793, Vianna Fay of Athol, Mass. 
It is probable he made but little improvement on his 
land, as his Avife d. Avhen he had resided here but a few 
years. He then disposed of his jjroperty, and removed 
to Springfield, Vt., where he soon after m. Nancy 
McLentice. He resided in Sjtringfield many years, but 
in his old age he removed to Moriah, Essex Co., N.Y., 
Avhere he d. at an advanced age. 

L Tis(7c(Ie, ; d. young. 

II. 31<tn/, ; m, Russell Titus, a blind man ; 

settled in Moriah, N.Y.; d. May 8, 1852. 

III. Osborne, m. Lydia Gowing of Rockingliam, Vt.; 

settled in Moriah, N.Y., Avhere he resided till 
1838, wlien he removed to Wisconsin, and d. 
the same year. 

IV. Pdiuilhi, ; d. re. 10 years. 

Thaddeus Parmexter, the second son of Deliver- 
ance and Mary (Osborne) Parmenter, was b. in Sudbury, 



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March 15, 1767. He Avorked with his father, shoemak- 
ing, till the age of twenty-one. In the spring of 1789, 
he came on foot from Sudbury to this town, bringing 
with him all his worldly possessions tied \ip in a bundle 
and swung on his axe over his shoulder. He purchased 
the lot of land in the south-west ])art of the town which 
now comprises the farm owned by George A. Nutting. 
Having been brought up to Avork in his father's shop, 
he found himself but poorly ])re])ared for the task he 
now saw before him. Consequently, he made but little 
progress at first in levelling the forest. But his neigh- 
bor, Francis Barker, kindly rendered him assistance, and 
taught him how to fell the trees to the best advantage, 
so he soon had quite a clearing. He m., Dec. 3, 1789, 
Ruth, dan. of Benjamin and Ann (Yose) Tower of Sud- 
bury, b. Oct. 27, 1762. Soon after his man-iage, he 
removed his wife to Marl., and during the winter resided 
in the house with Francis Barker. The following s])ring, 
he constructed a log house, which was so far completed 
on election day that he thatched the roof with hemlock 
bark, his Avife standing xipon the ground and handing 
him the pieces while he tied them on Avith elm bark. 
He d. June 12, 1844. His widoAv d. June 7, 1851. 

I. Sail;/, b. Aug. 1, 1790 ; m., Feb. 26, 1822, Joseph 
Corbin ; removed to Rochester, N.Y. ; d. Dec. 
19, 1826. 
II. Jetheel, b. Jan. 4, 1793.-]- 

III. Zi/pa/i, b. 1794 ; d. in infancy. 

IV. Phebe, b. May 4, 1795; m. Jonas WoodAvard, q.v. 
v. Olive, b. Nov. 22, 1796 ; m. Josiah Woodward, rj.v. 
n. Edwards, b. Sept. 12, 1798; m., Jan. 15, 1822, 

Eliza Frost of Mt. Holly, Vt. In 1821, he re- 
moved to Shefford, Canada, Avhere he remained 
some fifteen years, then returned to Mt. Holly, 
Avhere he d. March 8, 1878. His Avife d. May 
14, 1860. 

1. Lucretia, b. Dec. 5, 1822; resides in Mt. 
Holly, Vt., um. 

2. Oscar, b. July 3, 1825; m., June 1, 1852, 
Janett Ackley. He d. July 3, 1852. 

3. Frederick, b. Nov. 10, 1828; m., Oct. 19, 
1851, Ann P:iiza Baker, b. in Mt. Holly, 
Vt., Aug. 3, 1831; resides in Mt. Holly. 
They have tAVo sons : Charles W., b. 
Sept. 8, 1852, m. Ella Sjjicer; he is prin- 
cipal of the High School in Waltham, 
Mass., Frederick Elmer, b. June 17, 
1855; resides in Detroit, Mich. 

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Aug. 28, 1856, Polly B. Tarbell, b. in 
Mt] ITolly, March 26, 1884; resides in 
Mt. Holly, Vt. They have one son, 
Edward C, b. Nov. 4, 1857. 
5. Charles, b. Feb. 12, 1834. lie commenced 
the practice of law at Windsor, Vt., 
Sept., 1864, biit the folloAving month 
enlisted in the 6th Reg. Vt. Vols., and 
was killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, 
Oct. 19, 1864. 
VII. Lucas, b. 1802; d. Aug. 22, 1813. 



Etheel Parmenter, son of Thaddeus, m., Dec. 4, 
1816, Rebecca, dau. of Bezaleel and Abigail (Wood) 
Baker ; settled on the home farm ; d. Nov. 3, 1829. His 
widow d. Nov. 10, 1841. 

I. ^/;>iiV«, b. Jan. 9, 1818; m. Charles R. Bemis, q.v. 
II. Austin Geon/e, b. Sept. 20, 1822.-J- 

III. Jane Rebecca, b. July 6, 1826; d. Aug. 31, 1828. 

IV. 3Iary Judith, b. Oct. 28, 1828 ; d. Aug. 16, 1830. 



Austin G. Parmexter, son of Etheel, m., Aug. 13, 
1851, Emeline F., dau., of Joseph and Eunice (LoAvell) 
Collins. She d. July 9, 1862. 

I. George C, b. Nov. 30, 1861. 

Mr. Parmenter m. (2d), March 11, 1863, Louisa, dau. 
of Ziba and Eunice (Buss) Nason. 



Jacob Parmenter appears on the tax list of 1815. 
He was commonly known as "Toddy Parmenter" on 
account of his love for the ardent, so common m those 

'a child of Jacob Parmenter d. Nov. 30, 1807, re. 3 
years, 4 months. (Fish records.) 

Salh/ Parmenter, who m. Josiah Lawrence, March 19, 
1803, may have been his daughter. 



Edward Partridge was b. Dec. 17, 1785. His grand- 
father, Edward Partridge, b. in 1710, was a soldier m 
the Revolutionary war, and one of .the original mem- 
bers of the church in Oakham, Mass. Edward Part- 
rid^^e, Jr., m. Editha Bullard, b. in Oakham, iMass., June 
11 *1788 ; d. in Marl., Nov. 14, 1845. He removed from 
Oakham to Marl, about 1838; d. in Troy, Oct. 21, 18^1. 
I. (^reemcoof?, b. Aug26, 1819; m. Emily Kilburn ; 

resides in Winchendon, Mass. 
II. ^Uas B., b. May 27, 1821; in. Mary Emerson; 
resides in Swanzey, N.H. Their son, bilas 



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Emerson, b. in Cavendish, Vt., May 14, 1848, 
. m.. May 11, 1875, M. Anna, ilau. of Jose])h and 
Lucinda (Mclntire) Dunn of Ludlow, Vt., b. 
Marcli 15, 1851 ; resides in Marl. 
iir. Xuci/,h. Feb. 18, 1823; m. George B.Jackson; 
resides in Attleboro Falls, Mass. 
Hannah X., b. May 22, 1824; ni. Charles Jack- 
son ; resides in Attleboro, Mass. 
Edward, b. Dec. 20, 1825; m. Martha A. II. Strib- 

ling ; resides in Erin, Tenn. 
Barnard JJ., b. Jan. 10, 1S28; m. Mrs. Alniira 
Fish ; resides in Francisville, Ind. 
VII. Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1829; m. Marcus Robinson; 

resides in Kokomo, Ind. 
VIII. Ziafai/ette, h.^i^-y 'IQ, 1831; resides in Erin, Tenn. 
IX. Susan P., b. Dec. 19, 1832; m. Thomas Kendrick; 
resides in Ware, Mass. 



IV. 



VI. 



Joseph Peck and family are mentioned by Benjamin 
Tucker as among the settlers in 1770. The name fre- 
quently occurs on the early records, but nothing is 
known of the family. 



Widow Lydia Peck, and Ichabod, Seth, Jeremiah, 
Joseph, Mary, and Lydia Peck, from Cumberland, K.I., 
warned to leave town, Aj^r., 1780. • 

Daniel Peck, published to Mehitable Harvey of 
Swanzey. Ebenezer Page of Keene published to Lydia 
Peck of this town, July 6, 1782. (Town records.) 



Justus Perry, M.D., b. in Barre, Mass., 17G0; set- 
tled in Marl., as a physician, about 1786. (See Chap. 
XII.) He served as town clerk in 1788, and the records 
of that year were transcribed by him in a neat and beau- 
tiful handwriting. He m. Martha, dau. of Jonathan and 
Martha (Leland) Frost. He d. Aug. 11, 1800. His 
widow afterwards m. Cajit. David Wheeler, q.v. 

I. Sylvia, b. Jan. 14, 1787 ; m. Adolphus Wright ; 
resided in Keene, where she d. Dec. 19, 18(37. 

II. Jmtus (Gen.), b. Feb. 8, 1789; m. Mary O. 
Edwards of Boston. She d., and he m. (2d) 
Hannah Wood of Concord, Mass. ; resided in 
Keene, where he d. Dec. 10, 1842. (See Chap. 
XIII.) 

III. JT^rr///'/, b. Feb. 13, 1795; m. Lamson. He 

d. in 1827, and she m. (2d), 183G, John Foster, 
who d. in 1854. She d. in Keene, ISSO. 

IV. LiKirctia, 1). Apr. 10, 1797 ; m. John Wood ; re- 



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sided in Keeuo, whei-e he d, 
Chicago, Aug., 1875. 



1833. She d. in 



Jacoi! TiiELrs, son of Ebenezer and Lucy (Allen) 
Phelps, h. in Marl, Mass., Oct. 4, 1755, ni., Sej)t. 10, 
1783, Prudy Dudley of Harvard. He resided for several 
years in the north part of the town, in what is now Rox- 
bury. His wife d. July 2-J, 180G; and he m. (2d) Re- 
becca Walker. He d. about 1810. We have the names 
of three children. Perhaps there were others. 

I. /Samuel. 
II. Moses. 
III. Sally. 



Putnam Phelps, a brother of Jacob, b. in IMarl., 
Mass., Dec. 18, 1762; m., Feb. 5, 1789, Eunice Good- 
now. Soon after his marriage, he came to Marl., and 
settled near what is now the Esty place in Roxbury. 

I. Peter, d. about 1810. 
II. JBetsey, b. Jan. 27, 1792. 

III. Aaron, b. Oct. 7, 1795. 

IV. Sally, b. Nov. 7, 1798. 
V. Lydia, b. Aug. 28, 1804. 



PHILLIPS. 

James Phillips appears in Providence, R.I., the last part of the 17th 
century. His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish extraction, and probably 
settled near Newport, R.I., soon after the arrival of Roger Williams. 
James Phillips became a citizen of Smithfield, II .1., at its incorporation, 
and d. there in 1748. In 1743, he conveyed some real estate to his sou 
Joshua. The consideration named is " love and good-will." Of his other 
children, there is no other record except that his sou Michael was ap- 
pointed administrator of his estate. Joshua m. Freelove , and had 

Joshua and James (twins), Richard, b. Sept. 4, 1754, Gideon and Paine 
(twins), b. Nov. 7, 17(33, Freelove, and Patience. In 1767, he sold his 
property, given him by his father, and removed with his fannly to Rut- 
laud, ^Nlass., from which place his sous, Joshua, Richard, Gideon, and 
Paine, enlisted, and served their country in the war of the Revolution. 
At the close of the war, Richard settled iii. Dublin, he having ui., 1778, 
Olive, dau. of David Evens of Hopkintou, Mass., b. jNIarch 7, 1755. 
Their sou, George Washington, afterward resided in Marl., and is niun- 
ber 1 in the following record. 

Gideon, b. Nov. 7, 1763, m., 1786, Chloe Shattuck of Hubbardston, 
Mass., b. Aug. 16, 1765, d. July 5, 1809 ; and he m. (2d) widow Huldah 
Abbott, who d. in 1830. He d. in Roxbury, June 13, 1840. Deacon 
Reuben, eldest son of Gideon and Chloe (Shattuck) Phillips, b. March 
24, 1788, m., 1803, Rebecca, dau. of Enoch and Rebecca (French) Foster; 
settled in Roxbury, where he d. Aug. 20, 1861. His wife d. Jan. 17, 
1858. They had fourteen cliildren. Washington, the third son and sev- 
enth child, is nund)er in the register. 



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George Washixgtox Phillips, son of Richard and 
Olive (Evens) Pliillips of Dublin, b. March 2, 1783, ra., 
Oct. 7, 1804, Lucinda, dau. of David and Lucinda 
(Wright) Beniis, b. Apr. 12, 1786. He d. in the army, 
during the war with Great Britain ; and his widow ni., 
July 25, 1815, Asa Wilcox of Surry. 

I. Frtelove Paine, b. June 10, 1805 ;m. Otis Phil- 
lips ; she d. in Worcester, Mass., July 28, 1853. 
II. Lucinda ir, b. March 21, 1807; m., June 8, 1831, 
William Wilson, Jr., of Keeue. She d. Apr. 15, 
1847. 

III. Elcira, b. May 10, 1809 ; m., June 1, 1825, Gilman 

Grimes of Hancock; d. July 30, 1827. 

IV. George W. A., b. June 16, 1811. 



WASHiiSroTON Phillips, son of Dea. Reuben and 
Rebecca (Foster) Phillips, b. Feb. 7, 1826; m.. May 7, 
1850, Eliza Ellen, dau. of Rnfus and Louisa (Barnes) 
Day of Nelson, b. Sept. 5, 1827. He has resided in Nel- 
son, Roxbury, Harris ville, and Marl., to which place he 
removed with his family Aug., 1877. Children all b. in 
Nelson. 

I. Laura JEllen, b. Nov. 8, 1851; d. in Ilarrisville, 

July 19, 1873. 
11. Ererttta Jane^h. Jan. 23, 1854 ; ni., Jan. 23, 1873, 
Melbern A. Wood of Hancock. She d. in Marl., 
Nov. 14, 1877. 
iiL Mary L.estina, b. May 10, 1856; m., Jan. 1, 1881, 

Charles A. Bemis. 
IV. KlUwortli Wai<Jdjujton, b. Aug. 5, 1861. 



Andrew Phillips, b. Jan. 6, 1750 (genealogy not 
traced), came from Sonthborough, Mass., in 1777 ; and 
was the first settler on the Herrick farm, now owned by 
Merrill Mason. He is said to have been a man of good 
habits and comfortable pecuniary circumstances, but 
not a man of great business talents. He was twice mar- 
ried: (1st) to Sarah Fairbanks, who d. Oct. 16, 1793; 
and (2d) to jNIary Smith, probably in 1794. He d. in 
Chesterfield, Nov. 26, 1822. Children by first wife. 

I. MartJui, b. Aug. 28, 1778; m. Jackson; d. 

Dec. 24, 1858; resided in Chesterfield. 
II. E^'perience, b. Nov. 6, 1788; d. Oct. 6, 1802. 



SiMOX PiPEK (genealogy not traced) m. Abigail, dau. 
of Reuben and Sarah (Kendall) Ward. He resided for 
a few years in Marl., and then removed to Maine. 

I. Ahiijail. 



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II. fi!i))wn. 

III. John. 

IV. Fannie, b. Aug. 20, 1798 ; ra., Feb. 3, 1817, P:iisha 

W. Bishop of Swanzey. 
V. Ollre, b. Jan. 24, 1801 ; m., Oct. 21, 1822, Freder- 
ick Mills of Leroy, N.Y. 



CvRUS PirER, son of Cyrus and Catlirine (Greenwood) 
Piper, b. in Dublin, Nov.' 23, 1810, m., 1844, Eliza, dan. 
of Phinehas and Sarah P. (Smith) Gleason, wlio d. Feb. 
4, 1845; and he m. (2d), 1846, Abl)y C, dau. of Capt. 
John and Beulah (Smith) Wight, wlio d. Feb. 15, 1861 ; 
and he m. (3d), 18i53, Jerusha, dau. of John Allison of 
Weathersfield, Vt. He resided in Marl., from 1840 to 
1850. Since 1850, he has resided in Keene. 

I. ]SM)d E., b. Feb. 2, 1865. 
II. Louis A., b. Oct. 14, 1866. 



David Platt, an Englishman by birth, came to Marl, 
about 1852, and engaged for several years in the manu- 
facture of pails at the brick mill, but left town about 
1865. No record of the birth of his children has been 
received. 

I. Angeline, m., Dec. 5, 1850, Nelson Howe. 
II. Mirtha, m. George H. Stone, q.v. 

III. Edward, m., and resides in Winchendon. 

IV. Sarah. 

V. Albert, d. several years since. 



Bexjamix Pltmptox came to Marl, about 1805, and 
resided for a short time on the farm now owned by 
Calvhi Farrar. He afterwards resided on the i)lace now 
owned by the heirs of Gilbert Russell. He d. July 3, 
1820, £6. 60. We find the names of three children. 

I. /Shnbael. 
II. Metcalf. 
III. Jael Gushing. 



Samuel O. Pope, b. in Salem, Mass., March 4, 1824; 
m., March 21, 1854, Viana A. Ferrin, b. in Bridgewater, 
N.H., Feb. 15, 1820. The family have resided in Boston 
and Lynn; removed to Marl., Apr., 1876. Children all 
b. in Lynn, except Harriet, who was b. in Boston. 

I. Harriet G., b. Feb. 15, 1855. 

II. Betsey V., b. Oct. 22, 1858 ; m. Wilbcr Fish of 
Cliftondale, Mass. 

III. Samuel A.,h. March 16,1860; d. Apr. 16, 1860. 

IV. Oliver A., b. Nov. 11, 1861. 



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V. lEram G., h. Aug. 11, 1804. 
VI. Enos B.,h. March 13, 1867 ; d. May, 1867. 
VII. Clara Z., 1). Nov. 11, 1868. 

There were other families by the name of Pope who 
have resided in town, from whom Ave liave received 
no registers. 



POETER. 

Richard Porter settled in Weymouth, Mass., in 1635. In the New 
England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 25, p. 13, his name 
occurs among a list of passengers at \\'eymouth, England, ^larch 30, 
1635, bound for New England. He was a member of the original church 
in Weymouth, and for many years served, the town as selectman, consta- 
ble, etc. Xo record of his marriage is found. He d., probably, in 1689. 
He had four children. His eldest son. John, m., Feb. 9, 1660, Deliver- 
ence, dan. of Nicholas and ^Martha (Shaw) Byrum. He resided in Wey- 
mouth, and is said to have been one of the most enterprising men of his 
time, and was a useful, honored citizen, holding all the various town 
offices at diiferent times. He d. Aug. 17, 1717. His widow d. Sept. 30, 
1720. His son Thomas ni., about 1706, Susanna, dau. of ^latthew and 
Sarah (Hunt) Pratt, b. 1684. Ezra, son of Thomas and Susanna (Pi'att) 
Porter, h. Sept. 8, 1725, m., 1751. Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Ruth 
(Richards) Lovell, b. Dec. 17, 1723. She d. ; and he m. (2d) Patience, 
dau. of Solomon and Temperance Plathaway, b. Oct. 21, 1741 ; lived in 
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Joel Porter, sou of Ezra and Ruth (Lovell) Porter, 
1). in Weymouth, Mass., June 10, 1755; m., 1780, Lovina 
Woods, b. 1757 ; came to Marl, in 1780, and located in 
the south-east part of the town, near the foot of Monad- 
nock Mountain, his land lieing situated in Marl, and 
Dublin. In 1792, he built a house on the Dublin part 
of his farm, into which he moved his family. This Avas 
set off to Marl. 1)y an act of the Legislature, in 1818. 

Mr. Porter served iibout two years in the Avar of the 
Revolution (see Cha]). IIL). He d. Sept. 8, 1824. His 
wife d. August, 1819, as. 62. Of the children, the live 
oldest were b. in Maii., the others in Dublin. 

1. Joel, b. March 19, 1783 ; d. 1786. 

II. David.h. A\M'. 15, 1784; m., March 20, 1809, Deb- 

orah Farrar; removed to Sulliv.Mn, afterwards 
to Gilsum. He d. Aug. 24, 1867. She d. Julv 
15, 1870. 

III. Zoviua,h. Nov. 10, 1786; m., 1847, Jesse KnoAvl- 

ton, Avho d. in 1849, and she m. (2d), 1851, 
Chester Lvmnn, Esq., of Swanzey. She d. Jan. 
6, 1876. 
IV. James, h. July 13, 1788; m., 1812, Betsey Will- 
iams ; removed to Potsd.-im, N.Y. 
V. Joel, b. June 22, 1790; d. Oct., 1810. 



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VI. Ezra, b. July 23, 1792; m., Oct., 1821, Ada, dnu. 
of Abiel and Rlioda (Drake) Alger ; removed 
to Winclieiidon, Mass. 
VII. Xoah, b. July 6, 1794.+ 

vjii. Joseph, b. May 6, 179G; m., 1824, Orathe Wliit- 
comb ; removed to Florida. 
IX. Lkvij, b. Aug. 27, 1798 ; m. Chester Lyman. 
X. Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1801 ; d. in Nashua, 1852. 



Asa Porter, a brother of Joel, b. in Weymouth, 
Mass., Nov. 3, 1756; m. Eunice Williams of Groton, 
Mass., b. July 23, 1760. He was in several of the most 
famous battles of the Revolution. (See Cha]». III.) He 
came to Marl, about 1780, and resided for a short time in 
the " Tomb," so called, a sort of dug-out in the side-hill, 
at the corner of the roads near the Alger i)lace. He 
afterwards purchased a lot of wild land, Avhich comprises 
the farm now owned by Fxdler Clark. Here he resided 
until his death, Dec. 1, 1852, being the oldest ]K'rson that 
has ever d. in Marl. His wife d.^Dec. 18, 1821. 

I. Asa, b. May 3, 1779; d. Oct. 14, 1780. 
II. Zi/dia, h. March 17, 1781 ; in. Israel Flood, q.o. 

III. Poll>/, b. Nov. 24, 1782 ; d. young. 

IV. Eunice, b. July 27, 1784; m. Nathan E. Wild, q.v. 
V. Ban, b. Sept.'5, 1786; d. March 6, 1790. 

VI. Asa, b. Julv 5, 1788.-J- 
VII. Abtl, b. March 8, 1791. 

viii. 3Iari/, b. June 8, 1793; m. Calvin Starkey of 
Troy; removed to Towusend, Vt. 
IX. Levi, b. March 21, 1795.+ 

X. Reuben, b. June 8, 1797; m. Prudence Hills; 
removed to Chesterfield. 

1. Charles Lovell, b. Feb. 18, 1826. 

2. Ellen Maria, b. Jan. 16, 1828. 

3. Sumner Williams, b. March 3, 1830. 

4. Elisha Hills, b. Nov. 13, 1831. 

XI. Permilla, b. June 15, 1799 ; m. Levi Gates, Jr., (j.v. 

XII. Locell, b. Feb. 20, 1801 ; d. Nov. 28, 1824; mn. 

XIII. Elvira, b. March 12, 1803 ; resides in jNIarl., uin. 

XIV. Adaline, b. Jan. 1, 1807 ; m. Fuller Clark, (j.c. 



Noah Porter, son of Joel, m., March 5, 1820, Abigail 
Hobert of Groton, Mass., b. Aug. 17, 1797. After resid- 
ing a short time in Groton, he removed to J.affrey, and 
thence to Marl., Avhere he resided for many years. In 
his old age, he removed to the village of Troy, where he 
d. Dec. 10, 1880. His wife d. in Marl. July 30, 1875. 

I. Lorinda JL, 1). in Groton, Dec. 29, 1820; m. 
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II. lioanctj vl., b. in Jnffrcy, July 16, 1822 ; m. Joseph 
J. Piper of Jaffrey. He cL, and she m. (2cl) 
Abel J. Burpee of Sterling, Mass. ; resides ^in 
Troy. 

HI. /Sarah Z., b. in Jaffrey, Sept. 15, 1824; m. Will- 
iam Ward ; resides in Troy. 

IV. Charles W., b. in Marl., March 26, 1826; ni. Sabra 
Wbeeler of Ac worth ; resides in Swanzey. 

V. Catharh>e II., b. in Marl., Feb. 4, 1828; in. (1st) 
Josiah Newell of Jaffrey, and m. (2d) I. Wheeler 
of Ac worth. 

VI. Geovffe W.,^x in Marl., Dec. 29, 1829; ni. Eliz- 

al)eth Wlieeler of Acworth ; resides in Keene. 

VII. Harriet W., b. in Marl., July 9, 1833 ; m. Asa C. 

Henienway ; resides in Keene. 
VIII. I-yancis J., 'h. in Marl., Feb. 10, 1836; m. Ellen 
Iliggins of Hinsdale ; d. Oct. 27, 1862. 

IX. i:/i.za A., b. in Marl., May 20, 1840 ; d. Nov. 23, 
1856. 



Asa Porter, son of Asa, m. Sybel Osborne of Troy, 
and first settled in. Weathersfield, Vt. He afterwards 
resided in Marl., Troy, and Waltham, but in 1855 he 
removed to Oregon, where he soon after d. 

I. Henri/ A., b. Oct. 12, 1817 ; m. Czarina Foristall, 

Apr. 7, 1842. 
IT. Leonard W., b. Sept. 14, 1820 ; in. Mary Howard 
of Ho])kinton, Mass. ; removed to Boston. 

III. Ahnira, b. Jan. 1, 1823 ; m. Luke Bemis of Wal- 

tham, Mass. 

IV. Lorinia, b. Dec. 25, 1828 ; m. Amos W. Buttrick 

of Winchendon. 
V. Louisa, b. March 14, 1831; m. Oliver Smith of 
Winchendon. 



Levi Porter, son of Asa, m. Sally, dau. of 'Moses 
Sawyer of Sharon, N.H. ; settled on the farm noAv owned 
by his son, George A. Porter. He d. Apr. 6, 1867. His 
Wife d. Aug. 19, 1866. 

I. Moses Sawyer, b, Aug. 23, 1824 ; in.. May 4, 1870, 
Emily, dau. of Elijah and Amorite (Wild) 
Gates ; resides in Leominster. 
II. L^evi Williams, ^). A]n\ 5,1826; m., June 1, 1853, 
Caroline Pliilista, dau. of Charles and Emily 
(Frost) Gilbert; resides in Leominster. 
III. George Auyastas, 1). Jan. 9, 1828 ; m., Oct. 24, 
1861, Lucy A. Smith of Fitchburg; resides on 
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1. George Wilber, b. Feb. 8, 1871. 
'2. Joseph Warren, b. Oct. 17, 1873. 



Levi Porter, another brother of Joel, resided in 
toAvn a short time about 1785. He ni. Margaret, dau. of 
Jonathan and Alice (Alden) Capron. They had one dau. 

I. Zone, b. March 7, 1785; ni. Benjamin Twiss; 
removed to Vermont. 



PRATT. 

Joshua Pratt came over in the third ship, " Ann," in 1620, and waa 
among the forefathers at Plymouth. Of his children, Thomas took the 
freeman's oath. May 2Q, 1G17, and settled early in Watertowu, Mass. 
lie had eleven children, among whom was Ephraim, b. in Sudbuiy, Nov. 
1, 16S7, m., 1708, Martha Wheeiock. He d. in Shutesbury, Massl!, May, 
ISOl, at the age of 116 years. It is said he took no animal food for 
forty years, and was able to mow a good swath one hmidred and one 
years in succession. At the time of his death, he could count fifteen 
hundred descendants. 



Moses Pratt, a grandson of Ephraim and Martlui 
(Wheeiock) Pratt, b. in Shutesbury, Mass., Aug. 12, 
1765 ; m. Patty, dau. of James and Martha Banks, b. Nov, 
25, 1779. They resided for many years in Marl. He d. 
June 4, 1855. His wife d. Aug. 16, 1854. 

I. Betsey, b. Jan. 11, 1799 ; m., June 3, 1813, Porter 

White. She d. Dec. 3, 1831. 
n. Martha, b. Nov. 27, 1801 ; d. March 28, 1862. 

III. Willard, b. Nov. 8, 1803.+ 

IV. JVcoici/, b. Dec. 11, 1805 ; m. James Nason, q.v. 
V. Jlaiy, b. May 25, 1808 ; m. Moses Putney, q.v. 

VI. Ira, h. June 6, 1814; d. 1818. 
VII. Albert, b. Dec. 13, 1817 ; d. 1818. 
VIII. Zaura, b. Apr. 8, 1820; d. 1829. 
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Soplironia Goodspeed, b. hi Hubbardston, Mass., May 29, 
1809. This family removed to New Ipswich, March, 
1850, where Mrs. Pratt still resides. He d. Jan. 3, 1859. 

I. Mary A., b. Sept. 16, 1830 ; m., Jan. 28, 1848, 

Slocum Colman of Hubbardston, Mass. ; resides 

in Gardner. 
II. Zaura E., b. in Troy, July 26, 1832; m., Jan. 5, 

1855, Joel Colman of Hubbardston; resides in 

Gardner. 
III. Sophronia G., b. in Troy, Sept. 18, 1833 ; ni., Feb. 

11, 1857, Stephen Bowker; resides in Royalston, 

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IV. Catharine TT':, b. in Troy, Nov. 29, 1835; m. Phi- 
lander Colnmn of Hubbardston. She d. Nov. 
29, 1858. 
V. Charles II., b. July 14, 1838; m., Sept. 4, 1862, 
Abbie "W. C. Sinionds; resides in New Ijiswu-h. 
He served three vears in the late war, being a 
meml)er of Co. G; 13t]i Reg. N.H. Vols. 

VI. David r., b. June 30, 1840 ; m., Nov. 24, 1864, 

Helen "Weston ; resides in Wincliendon, Mass. 

He served three years iu the 13th Reg. N.H. 

Vols. 

vii. Otis P., b. May 12, 1842; m., Oct. 24, 1867, 

Emma C. Ball ; resides in Greenville. 
nn. Louisa L., b. May 27, 1844; m., May 27, 1872, 
William Hawkins of Wilton. 

IX. Edward JK, b. in New Ipswich, Sept. 15, 1853. 



Ira Pratt, son of Moses, m. Lizzie A. Davis of Rock- 
ingham, Vt. She d. several years since. 

I. Mary Jane, b. in Troy, Feb. 9, 1853 ; m. Richard 

Cram. 
II. Ida May, b. May 8, 1855 ; m. Francis Bates. 

III. Minnie Adell, b. in Keene, Se])t. 9, 1863. 

IV. Myrtie Aurilla, b. Feb. 3, 1867. 

Albert Pratt, adopted son of Moses, m., April 30, 
1861, Nancy W., dan. of John W. and Nancy B. (Fos- 
ter) Wheeler of Fitzwilliani. He now resides in Troy, 
where his wife d. May 13, 1875. Children b. in Troy. 

I. Eannie M, b. Sept. 20, 1865. 
II. Edith M, b. 1869; d. July 9, 1871. 
III. A son, b. and d. Dec. 18, 1873. 



Asa Pratt (genealogy not traced) appears ofi the 
tax-list of 1794. He resided for a few years in a house 
whicli formerly stood in the orcliard on the Newton 
farm, now owned by George Tliatclier. We learn noth- 
ing respecting his family except that while residing here 
he had a child scalded to death. 

There was a Jared Pratt Avho resided in town for a 
few years about this time, who may have been one of 
this family. 



Daniel Priest, son of Daniel and Betsey (Partrin) 
Priest was b. in Bolton, Mass., Dec. 17, 1773. His 
parents removed to Jalfrey soon after his birth. He 
m., March 25, 1802, Abigail, dau. of Dea. James and 
Betsey (Whitcomb) Flood, and resided for many years on 
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Augustus Smith. He Avns a carpenter, and a very good 
workman at that trade. Most of the liouses built at 
that time were finished by liim, and give evidence tlial 
he was an uncommonly skilful mechanic. He d. June 
11, 1839. 

I. Gilman, b. Aug. 14, 1803; d. May, 1849. 
II. Carroll, b. SeiJt. 17, 1806; d. Dec. 20, 1810. 
HI. Ilearij H., b. Oct. 6, 1810; m., May 1, 1839, 
Martha Coolidge of Gardner, wliere he now 
resides. 
IV. ^arali, b. Oct. 1, 1812; in., May 3, 1838, David 
Brick of Gardner; d. in Fitchburg, June 6, 
1842. 
V. .SV7(^s-, b. Aug. 14, 1814.+ 

VI. FranJdin F., b. March 7, 1818; m.. May 28, 1845, 
Abbie Coolidge of Gardner, where he now 
resides. She d. Sept. 11, 1860. 
VII. FUza, b. Aug., 1819; m., Sept. 19, 1844, William 

Bruce ; resides in Hudson, Mass. 
VIII. Jahtes, b. June 28, 1821 ; m., Sept., 1845, Elvira 
Ray of Gardner ; d. in California, 1862. 



Silas Priest, son of Daniel, m., Dec, 1839, Nancy M. 
Wilder of Jaffrey, b. June 25, 1822. They resided in 
Marl, until about 1848, when they removed to Ashuelot. 
They now reside in Gardner, Mass. First four children 
b. in Marl., the rest in Ashuelot. 

I. Nancy, b. Se])t. 9, 1840; m. Logan Burl of Win- 
chester. 
II. JIaria jS., b. May 23, 1842. 

Fliza A., b. Dec. 27, 1843 ; m. Joel Blanden of 

Troy. 
WiUiahi mnnj, b. July 15, 1845 ; m. Nellie Phil- 
lips of Ashuelot. 
Ahhie A', b. Sept. 22, 1849; m. (1st) George 
Capron of Troy. He d., and she m. (2d) 
Emmet Fitch, q.o. 
James G., b. Aug. 6, 1851 ; d. Dec. 12, 1857. 
Florence A., b. May 5, 1854; d. June 7, 1855. 
Anna, b. Oct. 13, 1855; m. Henry Tenney of 
Winchendon. 
IX. Jiose F., b. Oct. 17, 1857 ; m. Albert Gushing of 

Baldwinsville. 
X. Frank A'., b. July 1,8, 1859. 
XI. Fred 6'., b. Aug. 26, 1861. 
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of relating improbable stories, of which the following 
will serve as a sample : " When I was down below, sir, 
I saw a machine for making nail-hammers, which was 
worked by tAvo horses. A junk of iron of a ton's weight 
was put into a hopper at the top, alongside a jjiece of 
wood, and the hammers came out at the bottom all 
handled and ready for use, just about as fast as you can 
count, sir." They had one child. 

I. JLaurana^ b. Apr. 2, 1811 ; m. Luke Parkhurst, 
q.v. 



Jacob Pkoctor is the eldest of a family of three 
brothers and four sisters, children of Edmund and Eliz- 
abeth (Goodrich) Proctor of Lunenburg, Mass. Edmund 
Proctor was the second son of Nathaniel and ' Mercy 
(Russell) Proctor of Littleton, Mass. The ancestor of 
the Proctor family was one of five brothers who came 
from England, and settled in Littleton and vicinity. Sub- 
sequently, a branch of the family settled in that ])art of 
Cavendish, Vt., knoAvn as Proctorsville. Jacob Proctor 
was b. in Lunenburg, Mass., Feb. 20, 1816, m., Jan. 27, 
1848, Nancy, dau. of James Bowers of South Acworth, 
b. in Marlow, Dec. 18, 1816. He came from Nelson to 
this town in 1867. 

I. Edmund «/., b. in New Ipswich, Aug. 4, 1849 ; um. 
II. Anna E.^ b. in South Acworth, Feb. 9, 1857; um. 



Moses Putney, son of Jedediah and Abigail (Knights) 
Putney, b. in Fitzwilliam, May 12, 1812 ; m., Feb. 17, 
1841, Mary, dau. of Moses and Patty (Banks) Pratt. He 
came to Marl, to reside in 1858. 

I. f Mary Z., b. Aug. 23, 1842 ; m. Henry A. 

rp • j Atherton, q.v. 
II. ^^^'"is.<j j^^,.^;^^^ j^^ ^^ A^^g 23, 1842; d. Sept. 2, 

[ 1842. 

III. Elizabeth M., b. Sept. 18, 1845; m. Henry A. 

Atherton, q.v. 

IV. Sarah A., b. Aug. 30, 1847 ; d. Jan. 9, 1865. 
V. Susan 3£, b. Oct. 13, 1849 ; um. 



Sumner Raymond, son of Paul and Sarah (Gale) Ray- 
mond, was b. in Winchendon, Apr. 5, 1799. He was a 
tanner, and resided for several years in Rindge, from 
which place he came to Marl., and located on the farm 
now OAvned by Henry Esty. He m., Dec. 19, 1824, Irene, 
dau. of Dr. Thomas and Rebecca (Green) Jewett of 
Rindge, who d. Aug. 29, 1847; and he m. (2d) Ann C. 
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1869; and his widow m. (2d) Samuel Parsons, who d. 
about 1875. She now resides in Vernon, Vt. Children 
by first wife. 

I. Elmira Green, b. Nov. 29, 1825; m., 1850, Frank- 
lin J. Carlton. She d. in Shirley, Mass., Ai)r. 
24,1857. ' 

II. Cynthia Anne, b. Jan. 25, 1829; m., July 19, 1853, 
Charles R. Whiteonil) ; resides in Wiiicliendon. 

III. r Thomas, b. May 2, 1831 ; m. at Moline, 
Twins J ^^•'' 1856, Hannah Lawton. 

IV. -" " '"^- WiW^ecc«, b. May 2, 1831; d. June 25, 

[ 1832. 
V. WilUam, b. Oct. 21, 1833 ; d. in Moline, 111., A])r. 

29, 1860. 
VI. Samnel, b. in Bellows Falls, Vt., March 10, 1839; 

was a member of the 3d Minn. Vols.; d. on 

board the steamer " Undine," bound for Fort 

Donaldson, March 22, 1862. 



Ebexezer Rhodes came from Walpole, Mass., about 
1770, and Avas the first settler on the farm now oAvned 
by Levi Jones. His wife was Sarah Page, a sister of 
Libieus Page. She d. Oct. 6, 1821, «. 76. He d. July 
4, 1825, se. 80. 

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II. Sarah, b. Apr. 11, 1770 ; d. 1777. 

III. Deliverance, b. Feb. 8, 1772 ; m. Jonathan Bemis, 

q.v. 

IV. Thomas, b. Jan. 6, 1773 ; d. Apr. 11, 1790. 

V. Lois, b. May 1, 1775 ; m. Timothy Bemis, q.v. 
VI. iSally, b. Jan. 31, 1776; d. in infancy. 
vn. Anna, b. Aug. 9, 1779; d. Feb. 2, 1844, um. 
vni. Libieus, b. Apr, 10, 1781.-(- 
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X. Stephen, b. Sept. 14, 1784; m., Dec. 14, 1808, 
Ruth, dau. of Daniel and Lydia (Smith) Ball ; 
removed to the State of New York. He liad 
two children b. in Marl. 

1. Mary,b. Dec. 19, 1809. 

2. George, b. Sept. 3, 1810. 

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Ebenezer Rhodes, son of Ebenezer, m. Sarah, dau. of ^'J 

Robert and Sarah (Newton) Converse. They were m. 
by the Rev. Mr. Hall of Keene, wlio received a quantity 
of beans for the mnrriago fee. He was the first settler 
on the farm now owned by Elijah Gates, but removed to 
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only two are found upon the town records. 

I. Chloa, b. July 14, 1790. 
II. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 13, 1792. 



LiBiEus Rhodes, son of Ebenezer, m-, Dec. 30, 1800, 
Relief, dau. of Daniel and Lydia (Smith) Ball. Sl>o d. 
Dec. 26, 1842. He d. 1864. 

I. iSarah,h. May 17, 1802; m. John Cummings of 

Athol, Mass. ; d. July 20, 1846. 
11. Nancy, b. Nov. 18, 1803 ; m. William Butler of 

Pennsylvania; d. Nov. 17; 1836. 
III. Thomas, b. Jan. 13, 1806; m. Eliza Edson of 
Andover, Vt. ; d. June 23, 1872. 
Bobert, b. June 28, 1807; m., Jan. 1, 1830, 
Aseneth Abbott of Andover, Vt. ; resides in 
Dresden, N.Y. 
V. ASYi7^/«c<7?,b. Oct. 29, 1809; resides in Eastport, Me. 
Dulcena, b. July 15, 1811 ; m., Feb. 22, 1834, Joel 
Howard of Andover, Vt. 
VII. Philinda, b. Nov. 10, 1813; m., Jan. 1, 1835, 

Nathan Mann. 
VIII. /So^jhia C, b. Jan. 6, 1815; m., Jan. 1, 1836, 
Charles Cummings of Athol, Mass. 
IX. Aaron A., b. Dec. 24, 1819; m., Nov. 2, 1841, 
Susan, dau. of Reuben and Anna (Cass) Mann; 
resides in Windham, Vt. 
X. Charles W., b. Feb. 24, 1824; m. Sarah T. Gros- 
venor of Paxton, Mass. ; resides in Lancaster, 
Mass. 



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Silas Rhodes, son of Ebenezer, m., Aug'.'^ 19, 1804, 
Beulah, dau. of Benjamin and Rhaney (Harvc)^) Thatcher, 
who d. Nov. 3, 1826. In 1830, he removed with his 
family to Malone, N.Y., where he resided two years, 
thence to Cleveland, Oliio, where he m. (2d), Dec. 27, 
1836, Rutli Ann Sawyer. He d. July 6, 1859. Children 
l)y first wife. 

I. Ci/rus, h. A])Y. 25, 1805 ; resided for many years 

in Swanton, Vt. 
n. lii/fus, 1). Nov. 4, 1806 ; m. Eveline AVheeler of 
Keene, wlio d. Oct. 30, 1871, ve. 64. He resides 
in Stockliolm, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. 

III. Bo.ranna, b. Aug. 12, ISOS ; m. Josc])li Merrill ; 

removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where she d. June 
14, 1844. 

IV. Maruida, b. May 16, 1810 ; d. Aug. 26, 1810. 
v. Affvon, b. Mav 31, 1812; d. May 22, 1818. 



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VI. Harriet^ b. Nov. 2U, 1814; in. Simcuii Morey ; d. 

Sept. 27, 1845. 
VII. Silas, b. Dec, 20, 1816; resides in St. Francis, Cal.; 

is a mason by trade. 
VIII. Charles, b.. Feb. 27, 1819; m. Nancy Pitman; 

resides in St. Francis, Cal. ; is a mason by trade. 
IX. Levi, b. Feb. 1, 1821. He resided in Cleveland, 

until the Mexican war, when lie received from 

James K. Polk a commission in the army, and 

went to Mexico, wliere he d. July 4, 1847. 
X. Edwin B., 1). Ai.r. 23, 1823; m. Jane Harris; is 

a merchant ; resides in Solon, Cuyahoga Co., 

Ohio. 
XI. James, b. Aug. 16, 1825 ; resides in Cleveland. 

Children by second wife. 

XII. Fanny Delila, b. May 29, 1838; d. July 13, 1839. 

XIII. Aluin, b. Dec. 24, 1840 ; resides in Sidney, 111. 

XIV. Lovina, b. Jan. 10, 1845 ; d. Jan. 29, 1846. 

XV. Herman, b. March 10, 1847 ; resides in Jackson- 
ville, Ark. 
XVI. lieuben II., b. May 10, 1851 ; resides in Ilhnois. 



Justus Rhodes, son of Ebenezer, m. Sophia , and 

d. Sept. 17, 1828. A son of his, living in New York, was 
written to for a record of the family, and replied that 
he possessed all the record there was, which he would 
forward when it could be made to appear what the fam- 
ily had to do with the history of the town now they had 
left it. The birth of one child only is on the town 
records. 

I. Justus Addison, b. June 3, 1807. 



RICHARDSON. 

The Richavdsons of New England are mostly descendants of three 
brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas, who came to this country from 
England, Ezekiel in 1630, and his two brothers soon after. Samuel 
came in the fleet with Winthrop, 163G, and settled first in Charlestown, 
Mass. In IGil, he, with his two brothers and several others, went to 
Wobum and commenced a settlement, but did not move their families 
imtil the following year. The church in Woburn was constituted Aug. 
14, 1642. These three brothers and four others were the " seven pillars " 
(Proverbs ix., 1). They were the nucleus around which the new church 
was to be gatliered, and to them was committed the responsible duty of 

deciding who should belong to it. Samuel Richardson ni. Joanna . 

He d. March 23, 1658. They had eight children. Lieut. John, the eldest 
son, baptized in Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 12, 1639, m. (1st), Oct. 22, 1658, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Michael Bacon of Woburn, b. Jan. 4, 1611-42. He ni. 
(2d) INIary, dau. of Bartholomew and Ursula Pierson. He m. (3d) Mar- 
garet Willing, who d. Oct. 28, 1726. He was a soldier in King Philip's 
War, 1675-7'6. He d. Jan. 1, 1696-97. His son Jacob, b. Feb. \r>, 1675- 



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76, m., Nov. 9, 1697, Hannah Converse, b. June 12, 1680, d. Sept. 7, 
1748. He d. in Woburn, Aug. 9, 1763. Edward, son of Jacob, b. March 
12, 1705, m., April li, 1730, Jeruslia Wynian, b. in Woburn, July 23, 
1712. He resided in Wolnirn till 1735 or later, and then removed to 
Reading. He d. June 22, 1793. His wife d. Apr. 10, 1782. His son 
Barnabas, b. in Woburn, Marcli 16, 1733-34, m., June 14, 1758, Rebecca 
Tidd, b. May 11, 1738, d. Jan. 14, 1788. He was a cooper, and resided in 
Woburn, where he d. Jan. 5, 1816. Abijah, son of Barnabas, b. in 
Woburn, March 20, 1761, m., March 5, 1789, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph 
and Abigail (Felton) Richardson, b. Feb. 23, 1763. In 1791 or 1792, he 
removed with his family to Peterborough, and thence in 1794 to Dublin, 
where he d. July 12, 1840. His wife d. Jan. 9, 1853. 

Dea. Al)ijah Richardson, eldest son of Abijah and Elizabeth Richard- 
son of Dublin, b. in Woburn, Aug. 1, 1789, m., Apr. 29, 1819, Mary Hay, 
b. 1796. He was for many years a deacon of the Orthodox Church in 
Dublin. His son, Samuel A. Richardson, M.D., is numbered 54 in the 
following register. 

Samuel, the third son of Samuel and Joanna Richardson of Woburn, 
b. May 22, 1646, was four times married, and had fifteen children. A 
hostile incursion was made by the Indians Apr. 12, 1676, when his first 
wife and two of his children were cruelly slain while he was at work in 
tlie field. He passed his life in Woburn, and d. Apr. 29, 1712. By his 
fourth wife, Sarah Howard, he had Thomas, b. Sept. 25, 1684, m., Sept. 
29, 1713, Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Johnson) Wyman, b. 
Nov. 11, 1693. He was in Lovewell's fight at Pigwacket, May 8, 1725, 
and was one of the nine who escaped unhurt. He d. in Woburn, Jan. 
12, 1774. His son Israel is number 1 in the register. 

Thomas Richardson, the youngest of the three brothers, came from 
England about 1635, and settled first in Charlestown, but removed to 
Woburn in 1641, and d. Aug. 28, 1651. His wife, Mary, survived him, 
and became the second wife of Michael Bacon of Woburn. She d. May 
19, 1670. Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Richardson, b. in Wobm-n, 
Oct. 4, 1645, m. (1st), in Cambridge, Jan. 5, 1669-70, Mary Stimpson, 
who d. June 7, 1690 ; and he m. (2d) in Billerica, Dec. 29, 1690, Sarah 
Patten. He removed to Billerica about the year 1667, and d. there Feb. 
25, 1720-21. Nathaniel, son of Thomas and Mary (Stimpson) Richard- 
son, b. in Billerica, Jan. 25, 1679-80, m.. May 7, 1703, Mary Peacock, 
who d. Oct. 18, 1756. He d. Apr. 4, 1753. Their third son, William, b. 
in Billerica, May 5, 1713, m., Dec. 9, 1742, Mary Hobert of Groton. He 
resided in Townsend, where he d. Apr. 30, 1773. His wife d. Sept. 2, 
1763. Abel, third son of \A'illiam and Mary (Hobert) Richardson, b. in 
Townsend, Apr. 22, 1751, m., INIarch 6, 1783, Tabatha Bennett of Hollis, 
N.II. He settled in Asliby, where he d. Dec. 7, 1843. His wife d. 
March 14, 1839. His son William, b. in Ashby, June 27, 1791, m., 1815, 
Rebecca Lawrence, b. in Ashby, Feb. 3, 1797. She d., and he m. (2d), 
about 1835, Polly (Barrett) Wiggin, a widow. He resided for many years 
in Ashby, but late in life he removed to Ashburnham, where he d. Dec. 
3, 1872. His son, Ivers L. Richardson, is number 56 in the register. 



Israel Richardson, the ninth son and eleventh child 
of Thomas and Rebecca (Wyman) Ricliardson, b. in 
Wol)uvn, Aug. 2, 1730 ; m. (1st), Aug. 13, 1762, Elizabeth 
ITutcliinson of Sutton. He w^as a carpenter by trade, but 
devoted the princij)al part of his time to farming. He 
settled first in Tem])leton, wliere all liis cliildren Avere b. 



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He came to Marl, in 1788, and located on the farm now 
owned by his grandson, Stillman Richardson. 

I. Betseij, b. June 3, 1765 ; m., 1785, William Cutler; 

d. in Charlemont, Mass., Aug. 22, 1837. 
II. Joanna, bap. July 27, 1766 ; m., about 1787, Ebcne- 
zer Eaton. He d., and she m. (2d), about 1800, 
Simeon Metcalf ; d. in Barre, Mass., 1803. 

III. llannah, b. 1768 ; m., May 23, 1791, William 

Morse ; d, in liubbardston, Mass., Nov. 25, 
1809. 

IV. Azuba/i, bap. Apr. 17, 1769 ; m.. May 23, 1787, 

Levi Stockwell of Athol. 
V. liebecca, b. 1770 ; m. Elisha Hunt ; settled in 

Florida, Mass., where she d. Apr. 30, 1850. 
VI. Salh/, bap. May 2, 1773. 
VII. jVafha/iiel, b. March 11, 1777.-|- 
VIII. Jiath, bap. May 10, 1778. 
IX. Artej/uts, b. Feb. 17, 1780; m., Nov. 23, 1801, 
Nancy Richardson ; she d., and he m. (2d), May 
23, 1804, Mary Thompson, b. in Buxton, Me., 
Oct. 4, 1779 ; settled in Maine, where he d. June 
13, 1844. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson d. before the removal of 
the family to Marl.; and Israel m. (2d) Mirriam Wheeler, 
a sister of Capt. David Wheeler of this town, b. in Marl., 
Mass., Dec. 4, 1746, d. June 28, 1836. He d. Nov. 3, 
1815. 

X. Z,i/(Ua, b. Sept. 29, 1784 ; m. Francis Lowell of 
Washington, N.H. She caused to be erected 
the first house in that part of the town known 
as Lowellville, and from her that village takes 
its name. She d. Dec. 8, 1867. 

1. Eunice, b. 1806 ; m. Joseph Collins, q.v. 



Nathaniel Richardsgi^', son of Israel, m., 1807, 
Sarah, dan. of William Barker of Nelson, b. July 10, 
1784 ; settled on the home farm, where he d. Nov. 16, 
1843. His widow d. Apr. 16, 1849, 

I. Wmiam, b. Jan. 18, 1808.+ 

II. 6^earye, b. Nov. 18, 1809; d. Dec. 18, 1858, uni. 

III. Darius, b. Sept. 8, 18ll.-|- 

IV. Mart/,h. Jan. 10,1814; m., July 23, 1845, Joab 

F. Adams of Winchester, where they now 

• rGSlClG 

V. Artemas, b. Feb. 29, 18 16.+ 

VI. Lorisfi /?., b. July 10, 1818; m. Christopher 
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viii. Charles, b. Dec. 2, 1822; m., May 14, 1860, 
Rebecca Hardy of Ilollis, b. Aug. 12, 1820; re- 
sides in Hollis. They have two adopted chil- 
dren. 

1. Albert H., b. March 28, 1858. 

2. Carrie E., b. Aug. 19, 1860. 

IX. Hannah, b. Ang. 12, 1825 ; m. Thompson H. 
Richardson, q.v. 

X. Horatio, b. Jan. 5, 1827 ; d. Jan. 8, 1827. 

XI. Head N., b. July 12, 1830; m., June 20, 1854, 
Ann B. Duncklee, b. in Marlboro, Vt., Feb. 29, 
1832. He d. at Willianistown, Vt., July 18, 
1856. His widow d. Dec. 15, 1859. 



William Richardsoj^, son of Nathaniel, m., Apr. 26, 
1836, Harriet, dau. of William and Betsey (Needham) 
Greenwood; settled first in Marl. ; removed to Dublin 
1844, where he resided until April, 1864, when he 
returned to Marl., where he still resides. His wife d. 
Aug. 5, 1864. Children, the two eldest b. in Marl., the 
remainder in Dublin. 

I. Warren W., b. Oct. 12, 1837 ; m., Oct. 8, 1863, 

Hannah E., adopted dau. of David and Betsey 

(Parker) Mclntire. 

1. Frank M., b. March 20, 1868 ; d. May 28, 

1873. 

2. Earnest B., b. Dec. 28, 1870 ; d. June 21, 

1878. 

3. Gracie May, b. Apr. 6, 1872. 

II. Carol! ne G., b. Oct. 12, 1839 ; m., Jan. 4, 1860, 

J. Franklin Mason ; resides in Harrisville. 
III. Herbert W., b. Sept. 4, 1845. 
. IV. Edwin. G., b. Nov. 11, 1850 ; d. July 27, 1873. 
V. Ervin, b. Sept. 19, 1853; d. Jan. 8, 1854. 

Darius Richardson, son of Nathaniel, m. (1st), May 
9, 1839, Rebecca D., dau. of Sewell and Rebecca Page, 
b. Aug., 1819, d. Nov. 11, 1849. 

I, Henri/ D., b. Jan. 10, 1840; um. 
II. Delemn C, b. Sept. 17, 1842; m., Sept. 19, 1871, 
Sarah Edna, dau. of Josiah H. and Martha (Ma- 
son) Knight. 

1. Katie M., b. July 11, 1872. 

III. Sarah R., b. March 3, 1847 ; m., Apr. 12, 1864, 
J. Appleton Mason ; resides in Harrisville. 

Mr. Richardson m. (2d), Sept. 24, 1850, Ruth T., dau. 



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of Josiah and Olive (Parmenter) Woodward, who d. 
Nov. 10, 1879. 

IV. Ella Z>., b. July 6, 1852; m., Jan. 24, 1874, Wil- 
ber F. Wallace. 



Artejias Richardson, son of Nathaniel, m., Feb. 1, 
1841, Lovina G. Bemis of Windham, Vt., b. Aug. 20, 
1821. 

I. Lkcius J., b. Jan. 80, 1842; ra., Jan. 1, 1867, 
Emily R. Hill of Winchester. He d. Jan. 6, 
1868. 

II. Charles E., b. Dec. 2, 1845 ; m., Nov. 1, 1865, 
Louisa C, dau. of Matthew and Nancy W. (Ad- 
ams) Richardson. 

1. Frank A., b. Sept. 9, 1866. 

2. Forrest E., b. Aug. 24, 1868. 

III. Ellen Z., b. Nov. 9, 1847; m., Aug. 30, 1877, 

Noyes G. Harrington ; resides in Leominster, 
Mass. 

IV. Anna E., b. Dec. 15, 1851 ; d. Dec. 14, 1869. 



Stillman Richardson, son of Nathaniel, ra., June 5, 
1850, Sarah P., dau. of Daniel and Aseneth (English) 
French, b. in Orford, Dec. 12, 1822. After residing a 
few years in Maine, he returned to Marl., and located on 
the old homestead, where he still resides. 

I. Daniel X., b. in Hiram, Me., Sept. 19, 1851 ; m., 
December 9, 1880, Louisa C., dau. of Matthew 
and Nancy (Adam's) Richardson. 
II, Martha A.^ b. in Hiram, Me., March 11, 1854; d. 

March 8, 1855. 
m. Martha A., b. in Hiram, Me., Feb. 29, 1856 ; d. 

Dec. 13, 1856. 
IV. A)oi X., b. in Marl., Jan. 3, 1858 ; m., Apr. 24, 

1879, Charles F. Hayes. 
V. George Oi'son, b. in Marl., Dec. 13, 1859. 



Thompson H. Richardson, son of Artemas and Mary 
(Thompson) Richardson, b. in Baldwin, Me., March 20, 
1819; m., Feb. 4, 1845, Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel and 
Sarah (Barker) Richardson. He resided for some years 
in Hiram, Me., then removed to Marl., where he now 
resides. Ten years of his life were spent among the 
gold mines of California. 

I. Horatio S., b. Mav 21, 1846; m., Aug. 20, 1872, 
Ella C, dau. of ^Franklin R. and Fannie (Hol- 
man) Thurston. He is a druggist in Cam- 
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n. Leroy B., b. Dec. 17, 1847 ; d. May 14, 1849. 
III. Emnia^ b. May 7, 1850; um. 



Samuel A. Richardson, M.D., son of Dea. Abijah 
and Mary (Hays) Richardson of Dublin, b. Dec. 23, 
183U; m., Dec. 18, 1856, Mary Jane, dau. of Dr. Charles 
W. and Mary (Griffin) Whitney of Troy, b. Aug. 13, 
1830. He settled in Marl, as a physician, 1855. (See 
Chap. XII.) 

I. Mary Bell, b. Apr. 12, 1861 ; d. Dec. 16, 1872. 



IvERS L. Richardson, son of William and Rebecca 

(Lawrence) Richardson, b. in Ashby, Aug. 23, 1815, 

came to Marl, in 1843, and June 2, 1847, he m. Elmina 

W., dau. of Levi and Permilla (Porter) Gates. 

I. Lem Ivers, b. July 10, 1848. 

II. Ann Janet, b. March 5, 1850; d. March 14, 1850. 

III. Oreu William, b. Dec. 26, 1853. 

IV. Jennie Anna, b. Nov. 24, 1855. 

V. Nellie Maria, b. July 27, 1860 ; d. Oct. 26, 1864. 



Thomas Richardson from Attleboro resided for some time in Nel- 
son, where his wife Esther d. Feb. 5, 1795, re. 69. He afterwards m. 
Judith , who d. 1809, a?. 79. He d. May o, 1806, ?e. 82. The chil- 
dren of Thomas and Esther Richardson were John, b. Aug. 14, 1750, 
Amos, b. Oct. 6, 1755, Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1757, Charity, b. May 12, 1761, 
all b. in Attleboro. John Richardson m. Dorothy Vining; settled in 
Nelson, where he d. Aug. 14, 1814. His wife survived him, and d. Jan. 
4, 1833, <e. 81. They had thirteen children, among whom was IVIatthew, 
who m. Nancy Brackett ; resided for a short time in Boston, and then 
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(Brackett) Richardson, b. in Boston, May 30, 1812 ; m. 
Nancy W. Adams, b. May 30, 1819, d. July 28, 1879. 
For the most part of his life, he resided in Nelson, but 
came to Marl, in 1864, where he has since resided. 

I. Joseph May, b. in Nelson, Aug. 31, 1839 ; m., July 
13, 1862^ Melvina, dau. of Sterns and Nancy 
(Smith) Tarbox. He was a member of Co. G, 
16th Reg. N.H. Vols. ; served nine months ; 
came to Marl, to reside in 1863. They have 
one adopted child. 

1. John Wardwell, b. Feb. 1, 1875. 

II. James F., b. in Keene, July 7, 1842 ; m. Mary 
Darling of Dublin. He was a member of Co. 
G, 2d Reg. N.H. Vols ; served three years. 
III. Louisa <'., b. in Nelson, June 9, 1849; m. (1st) 
Charles E. Richardson, (/.y./ and (2d), Dec. 9, 
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IV. Edioard Payson^ b. in Nelson, Nov. 16, 1851 ; m., 
Nov. 2, 1870, Nettie A., dau. of John and Mary 
(Batcheller) King of South Royalston, Mass., 
b. May 26, 1852. 

1. Willie Joseph, b. in Winchendon, Dec. 25, 

1872; d. in Marl, Feb. 19, 1873. 

2. Grace Louise, b. in Marl., June 4, 1874. 

3. J. Herbert, b. in Marl., July 27, 1876. 



Thomas Riggs settled on the Sargent place at an early 
date. His name appears on the tOAvn records in 1767, 
when he was chosen one of a committee of five to locate 
a "burying-yard." He was a shoemaker by trade, but 
devoted his time chiefly to farming. He held many im- 
portant offices, and was one of the board of selectmen 
when the town was incorporated. He d. March 8, 1779. 
He Avith two of his family were buried on the farm east 
of the present buildings. His widow m., Sept. 7, 1786, 
Moses Pratt of Dublin, 

I. James, b. Aug. 10, 1770. 

II. John. Gill, b. May 26, 1772 ; m. Esther, dau. of 
Thomas and Molly White of Dublin. - 

1. Josiah, b. 1795. 

2. Esther, b. 1797. 

8. Ephraim, b. 1799. 
4. Lucinda, b. 1801. 

HI. Moses, b. Oct. 15, 1774; m. Esther Adams of 

Dublin. 
IV. Sally, b. Jan. 8, 1776. 



Benoni Robbins came from Attleboro, Mass., about 
1770, and purchased the farm now owned by Ivory E. 
Gates. The Robbins brook derived its name from him. 
In 1788, he exchanged farms with Phinehas Farrar, and 
took up his abode in the south-east ])art of the town. 
His trade was tliat of a cooper. Mr. Robbins is said to 
have been a man of more than ordinary physical power, 
of which he was too apt to make a vain disi)lay. He 
seemed to suppose that a constitution so firm was a sure 
guarantee of a long life ; and, when in 1801 he contracted 
the small-pox, he at first looked upon the disease as a 
trivial thing, which his vital energies would soon over- 
come, but, as it steadily progressed, and he saw his sys- 
tem gradually yielding to its power, he was led to see the 
folly of his reliance, and died in the most heart-rending 
agony. He had several children, but we have been un- 
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Isaac Robbins, a son of Benoni, m. Mary Barker, 
probably a dau. of William Barker, and had the follow- 
ing children b. in Marl. 

I. Olive, b. Nov. 9, 1787. 

n. Patty, b. Dec. 27, 1788 ; d. Apr. 16, 1790. 

III. Anna, b. June 17, 1790. 

IV. William, b. Aug. 8, 1791. 
V. Peleg, b. Apr. 20, 1793. 

VI. Samuel, b. Oct. 1, 1794. 
VII. Polly, b. May 4, 1797. 
VIII. A child, b. Nov. 3, 1798. 

IX. Eosioel, b. Feb. 18, 1802. 

X. Peuel, b. May 20, 1803. 

XI. Richard, b. Feb. 5, 1805. 
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Amos Robbins, b. in Nelson, Sept. 12, 1803; m., Feb. 
23, 1826, Philena Priest, b. in Brownington, Vt., Oct. 9, 
1806. He came to Marl, to reside about 1832. He also 
resided at different times in Keene, Swanzey, Jaffrey, 
and Nelson, where he d. Feb. 26, 1870. His widow n^w 
resides in Harrisville. 

I. Levi E., b. in Nelson, Nov. 20, 1827 ; d. July 31, 

1829. 
II. Levi E., b. in Nelson, Dec. 25, 1829; m., Novem- 
ber, 1850, Amanda Martin of Barton, Vt. He 
d. Apr. 24, 1864. 
III. Eveline E., b. in Nelson, Feb. 13, 1831 ; d. March 
8, 1832. 
George W., b. in Marl., March 31, 1833; m., Jan. 
31, 1856, Rosana Lewis of Bridgewater, Vt. ; 
she d. in Morgan, Vt., Oct. 16, 1863 ; and he m. 
(2d), Nov. 18, 1869, Katy Packard of Quincy, 
Mass. ; resides in Nelson. 
Charles G., b. in Marl., Aug. 31, 1834; m., (1st), 
Jan., 1854, Adeline Bemis of Morgan, Vt., and 
(2d), Oct., 1860, Augusta Perry ot^ Dublin; re- 
sides in Morgan, Vt. 
VI. Elvira E.,\>. in Jaffrey, Jan. 31, 1836; d. Apr. 

6, 1845. 
VII. Mary J., b. in Roxbury, July 2, 1838 ; d. Apr. 6, 

1845. 
VIII. Francis IL, b. in Marl., Sept. 6, 1840 ; m., Octo- 
ber, 1867, Hannah Lawrence of Holland, Vt., 
where he now resides. 
IX. Minot IL, b. in Keene, July 2, 1842 ; m., Oct. 10, 
1870, Julia Albee of Morgan, Vt. ; resided in 
Harrisville, where he d. A})ril 26, 1880. 
X. .l///^//v^b. in Marl., Sej.t. 12, 1844; d. Apr. 12, 
1845. 



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XI. Horace //., b. in Marl., May 2, 1846 ; m., Feb. 16, 
1871, Heni-ietta J., dau. of Rufus and Louisa 
(Barns) Day of Nelson, b. Nov. 29, 1845; re- 
sides in Nelson. 
XII. Al)na, b. in Swanzey, Jan. 13, 1849 ; m., Sept. 7, 
1867, Henry D. Holmes of Harrisville. 



Col. Richard Roberts was from Bolton, Mass. He 
m., Feb. 9, 1765, Sybil Goodenow, b. May 31, 1747. He 
came to Marl, to reside in 1768, and located first where 
Hamilton Parker now resides in Troy. He afterwards 
lived in several different places in town, and at the time 
of his death he resided on the place now occupied by 
C. H. Caldwell. Col. Roberts was a man of ordinary 
height, but very cor])ulent, with a stern, commanding 
appearance, and withal a benevolent disposition; and, 
having a larger amount of wealth than most of his neigh- 
bors, he was able to assist the poor in many ways. He 
was a man of untiring energy ; and, in nearly all the pub- 
lic business of the town, he acted a cons})icuous part, 
thus showing the estimation in which he was held by 
those who had the best means of knowing his real merit. 
He d. in his chaise, Sept. 10, 1801, while returning from 
Keene, and was found by the side of the road near the 
village of South Keene. 

I. Zilpha, ; m. Col. Joseph Frost, q.v. 

II. PM)e, b. Apr. 25, 1772 ; m., 1789, Benjamin 
Frost, q.v.; he d., and she m. (2d), Jan. 4, 1803, 
Henry Morse of Swanzey. 

III. Zucinda, b. Dec. 4, 1776; m., March 7, 1796, 

Thomas Benney of Westminster, Vt. 

IV. An infant son, who d. in 1777. 



Jonas Roberson was a native of Bedford, Mass. He 
came to Marl, in the spring of 1794, and located in what 
is now Troy, where he kept a store for several years. 
(See Chap. XI.) He m., Sept. 6, 1796, Elizabeth, dau. 
of Reuben and Sarah (Kendall) Ward. He removed to 
Fitzwilliam in 1806; and d. August, 1819. 

I. Eliza, ; m. Dr. Wills, and removed to the 

West. 
II. J'onas. 

III. 3Iaria, m. D. B. Clark of New Milford, Conn. 

IV. Jo/w, d., se. 30. 
V. Abel B. 



Peter Roes, from Coventry, Ct., was in town as 
early as 1793, in which year he was chosen constable and 
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pounds and six shillings. His name frequently appears 
on the records, with the prefix " Doct. " to his name ; 
but we cannot say that he was a regular, practising phys- 
ician. That he was not faithful to his trust as collector 
is seen from the fact that in the warrant for a town- 
meeting, in Feb., 1794, there appeared the following art- 
icle, " To chuse a constable and collector for to collect 
the Taxes for the year A.D. 1793, that was Delivered to 
Peter Rose to collect, for by the means of his absconding 
from this Town there is no constable nor collector as 
the Law Directs." 



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John Rogers was b. in Westboro, Mass., Nov. 13, 
1747. His descendants claim that he was the twelfth 
generation from John Rogers, the martyr, who was 
burned at the stake in Smithfield, England. He m., 
1769, Esther Ball, b. in Grafton, Mass., Dec. 9, 1745. At 
what time he became a settler here we have not learned, 
but it was previous to 1773. We cannot point out his 
place of residence until 1780, in which year he was living 
in a log house at the " Goodenough knoll," so called, near 
where J. Merrill Davis has since resided. His Avife d. 
Dec. 13, 1811. He then went to reside Avitli his son-in- 
law, Capt. Shubael Stone, where he d. June 4, 1827. 
Mr. Rogers is rejiresented as being a strong, active man, 
and withal a great hunter, spending a large proportion 
of his time in pursuit of game. 

I. Polly^ b. Jan. 31, 1770 ; m. Shubael Stone, q.v. 
II. John, b. Apr. 1, 1772; d. May 18, 1796. 

III. Eli, b. Apr. 25, 1774 ; d. in Watertown, N.Y., in 

1817. 

IV. Thomas, b. June 15, 1776; d. Nov. 17, 1778. 

V. Josiah, b. Aug. 22, 1778 ; removed to Scio, N.Y. 
VI. Esther, b. Aug. 12, 1780 ; m. Ephraim Keyes ; re- 
moved to Ohio. 
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1782; m., Aug. 17, 1800, 

George Goodenow ; removed to Pisa, N.Y. 
Ahijah, b. March 9, 1785. 

I^ally, b. March 12, 1789 ; m. Silas Cofiin of Win- 
chester, and removed to Rindge. 



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IX. 



Ephraim Root came from Coventry, Conn., and set- 
tled in what is now Troy village. He built a saw-mill a 
little below the one since owned by Charles Carpenter. 
For some years, he was one of the most prominent men 
in that part of the town, and with his sons-in-law gave 
quite an impetus to the business of the place. But, for 
some reason, he was not successful in the prosecution of 
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his property passed into the hands of his creditors. He 
d. in indigent circumstances, May 25, 1811. 

I. Jietset/, m. Ebenezer Bacon, q.v. 
'II. A daughter^ m. Samuel Bacon. 



SxEPHEif EussELL Is oue of whom we have but little 
knowledge, except that he came from New Ij)swicli 
about 1793, and was the first to locate on tlie farm now- 
owned by Lovell P. Butler on Butler Hill in Troy. He 
resided there a few years ; and then, exchanging farms 
with Jacob Osborne of Keene, he removed to tliat place, 
and d. soon after. His wife was Bridget Jaquith of New 
Ipswich. 

I. John, b. Oct. 27, 1796. 
II. Nancy, b. Dec. 23, 1798. 

III. IStephen, b. June 19, 1801. 

IV. Becca, b. Nov. 8, 1803. 



Abner Russell, son of Jonathan and Rachel (White) 
Russell, b. in Dublin, March 3, 1791 ; m., 1816, Betsey, 
dau. of Ebenezer and Lydia (Eaton) Herrick. He re- 
sided for many years on the farm now occupied by 
George W. Gillson. He was a consistent member of the 
Methodist Church for more than thirty years, and the 
meetings of that denomination were frequently held at 
his house previous to their building a house of worship 
in Pottersville. He d. March 24, 1855. Plis wife sur- 
vived him, and d. in Harrisville, Jan. 21, 1875. 

I. Ehen IL, b. March 29, 1817.+ 
II. Gilbert, b. Feb. 28, 18 19.+ 

III. Jonathan F., b. May 12, 1821 ; d. in infancy. 

IV. Mary E., b. May 27, 1823; m. Merrill Mason, q.v. 
V. William A., b. July 16, 1825 ; m. Carrie A., dau. 

of Rev. S. Dudley. He d. in Keene, Sept. 6, 
1878. 

1. Alvin D., b. Sept. 23, 1850 ; m., Sept. 26, 

1872, Lizzie H. Crockett of Newbury- 
port, Mass. 

2. Carrie E., b. March 23, 1856. 

3. Grade S., b. Oct. 5, 1863. 

VI. rp • ( Emih/ 31., b. Jan., 1832 ; d. Apr. 5, 1837. 
vii. -Lwms. I .|„^g/^Y^ jy;^ 1, jjjjj^ 183.2 . ^^ ^[^^ 2, 1837. 

VIII. Joseph Merrill, h. July 7, 1834; m., Aj)ril, 1854, 
Helen M., dau. of Elisha and Hannah (Cham- 
berlain) Knowlton of Dublin. He now resides 
in Harrisville. 

1. EUa M., b. Aug., 1856; d. Dec, 1858. 



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2. Fred A., b. Sept., 1857. 

3. Ella R., I). Dec, 1859. 

4. Frank M., b. Jan., 1862. 

5. Chester W., b. Sept., 1864. 

6. Burdette E., b. May, 1867. 



Eben H. Russell, son of Abner, m., Nov. 23, 1841, 
Almira, dau. of Samuel and Anna (Kendall) Mason of 
Dublin, b. Sept. 8, 1823. Mr. Russell lias resided at dif- 
ferent times in Dublin, Marl., Harris ville, and Troy. He 
returned to Marl, in the spring of 1878, where he now 
resides. 

1. Anna E., b. in Walpole, Oct. 30, 1842; d. Feb. 

7, 1864. 
n. George II., b. in Marl., Oct. 6, 1844 ; d. Aug. 1, 

1864. 

III. Mary Ehiogene^h. in Dublin, Aug. 7, 1846; m. 

Austin E. Chamberlain of Hanover ; resides in 
State Centre, Marshall Co., Iowa. 

IV. ErniUi M., b. in Marl., Nov. 14, 1848; d. May 27, 

1861. 
V. Willie A., b. in Troy, May 18, 1857 ; m., Sept. 3, 

18-8, Jennie A., dau. of Curtis and Emeline 

(Thatcher) Capron. 
VI. Eva A., b. in Nelson, Nov. 4, 1862. 



Gilbert Russell, son of Abner, m., Jan. 25, 1842, 
Nancy, dau. of David and Rebecca (Moors) Heaton of 
Keene, b. March 9, 1823. He d. July 28, 1880. 

I. Stella 31., b. June 28, 1847; m., Nov. 12, 1871, 
Newell McQuade. 

1. Edward Everett, b. Sept. 19, 1875. 

II. 3Iary E., b. June 23, 1855 ; m. John Connelly. 
III. Samuel A., b. May 3, 1860. 



Ebex Russell, a brother of Abner, b. in Dublin, Nov. 
27, 1797; m., Feb. 18, 1823, Olive Newell of Jaffrey, b. 
March 20, 1801. He resided for some years in Marl., 
then returned to Dublin. The two eldest children b. in 
Marl., the others in Dublin. 

I. Rachel Diantha, b. Aug. 10, 1825 ; d. March 19, 
1837. 

iL Osgood 31., b'. Aug. 12, 1827; m., Sept. 12, 1847, 
Amelia N. Sinclair of Maine. Is a travelling 
salesman ; resides in Rochester, N.Y. 

III. Jonathan 3Tilan, b. June 16, 1830 ; m., Apr. 25, 
1854, Rosilla D., dau. of Noah and Arvilla 
(Lewis) White ; resides at Salt Lake, Utah. 



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AUeu I\., h. Jan. 7, 1833. Pie was in tlie war of 
tlie Rebellion, beino- a member of tlie Gist Re<^. 
N.Y.Vols.; (I. Dec^., 1861. 

r//*^/-A'.s- J., b. Jan. 25, 1836; ni., March, 1858, 
Helen Wakely of Cazenovia, N.Y., where he 
now resides. Is a travelling salesman. 



WiLMOTT A. Russell, son of James and IMoriah 
(Barker) Russell of Nelson, b. at Mt. Auburn, Mass., 
Jan. 31, 1837 ; m. Sarah E. Reeves, b. in Windsor, Me., 
Apr. 19, 1837. 

I. Lizzie Velina, b. in Nelson, Sept. 29, 1861; d. 

May 24, 1864. 
II. JJlIiaii Moridh, b. in Nelson, June 15, 1S64. 

III. Wihnott Suiiiner^ b. in Marl., May 13, 1S69. 

IV. Witty Jcunes, b. in Marl., Feb. 15, 1871; d. June 

25, 1880. 
V. JIarry Alfred, b. in Marl., March 24, 1874; d. 
Apr. 15", 1874. 



Charles Ryan, son of Walter and Lucy (Fuller) 
Ryan, was b. in Boston, Oct. 4, 1815. He was bereft of 
his parents at an early age, and was brought up in the 
family of Capt. Benjamin Whitney of this town, whose 
wife was a sister of Mr. Ryan's mother. He m., May 25, 
1848, Arvilla, dau. of William and Nancy (Whitcomb) 
Farrar, 

I. Anna J£, adopted dau., b. in Ilarrisville, March 
4, 1858 ; m. Frank H. Mclntire, q.t\ 



SARGENT. 

William Sargent came from England in 1638, and was admitted a 
member of the church in Chaiiestown, Mass., March 10, 1&39, and his 
wife Sarah the Sunday following. He resided at Mj^stic Side, now Mai- 
den, where he was a lay-preacher from 1648 to 1650. He is mentioned 
by Johnson in his "Wonder-working Providence," page 211, as a "Godly 
Christian." He removed, probably in 16.57, to Barnstable, where he d. 
Dec. 16, 1682. His eldest son, John, b. at ]\Iystic Side, Dec, 1639, m., 
March 19, 1662, Deborah Hyllier of Barnstable, who d. Apr. 20, 1669; 

and he m. (2d) Mary . She d. Feb., 1670-71, and he m. (3d) Lydia 

Chipman. Samuel, son of John, b. in Maiden, Sept. 15, 1688, m., Dec. 
2, 1714, Elizabeth Pratt. He d. Dec. 7, 1721. His youngest son, 
Thomas, b. Sept. 1, 1720. m., Sept. 27, 1744, Tabitha Tattle; resided in 
Hubbardston, Mass. ; d. Jan., 1795. 



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Samuel Sargent, second son of Thomas and Tabitha 
(Tuttle) Sargent, b. in Hubbardston, Dec. 30, 1748 ; m., 
Jan. 13, 1772, Deborah Sylvester, b. 1750. Soon after 



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liis marriage, he came to Marl., and settled on the farm 
now OAvned hy Willard P. Brigham. 

I. Dehorali, b. Apr. 17, 1772 ; m. Asa Brewer, q.v. 
II. Samuel, b. March 5, 1774.-]- 
. III. John, b. Dec. 19, 1780.+ 
IV. Hxt/t, b. Apr. 14, 1783; d. Nov. 14, 1861, urn. 
V. Tabitlui, b. Marcli 13, 1785 ; m. Daniel Buss, q.v. 
VI. Amos, b. Feb. 17, 1787 ; m., Nov. 5, 1811, Lucy, 
dau. of Thomas and Lucy (Colburn) Hardy, b. 
in Dublin, Nov. 25, 179:i. He d. in Pottersville, 
Oct. 13, 1871. He was for many years a deacon 
of the Baptist Church, c. 
VII. Elhuheth, b. March 9, 1789; m., Oct. 3, 1813, 

Moses Hardy; d. Yoh. 7, 1854. 
VIII. David, b. Sept. 3, 1791.+ 

Mrs. Sargent d. Oct. 17, 1791 ; and he m. (2d) Han- 
nah Adams, b. Nov. 30, 1754, d. March 25, 1844. He 
d. Apr. 2, 1819. 

IX. Hannah,\). A\)Y. 2, 1793; m., March 2, 1814, Isaae 

Davis; d. March 16, 1816. 
X. Thomas, b. March 13, 1795.+ 



Samuel Sakgent, son of Samuel, m., Oct., 1797, 
Sarah Gypsom; removed to Potsdam, N.Y, He d. Apr. 
2, 1841; and his wife d. Feb. 7, 1847. 

I. Samuel, b. Oct. 10, 1799; m., Feb. 14, 1822, Han- 
nah Freelove. She d., and he m. (2d), Nov, 
20, 1837, Eunice Martin. She d. Sept. 4, 1845; 
and he m. (3d), Jan. 7, 1848, Prudence Hem- 
met ; resided in East Middlebury, Vt. 

II. John, b. Sept. 18, 1800 ; m., Dec.'24, 18-iO, Ruth 
Stiles; removed to Bellevue, Mich. 

III. Sarah, b. Feb., 1802 ; m,, 1835, Calvin Norton. 

IV. Amos, b. Aug. 16, 1803 ; m., Jan. 25, 1830, Mar- 

garet Earl. 
V. ClarJy, b. Apr. 23, 1805 ; m., 1 837, Mary Dingman ; 
removed to Buckton, 111. ; d. 1847. 
Lucinda, b. July 1, 1807; m., 1829, William 

Steward. 
Lndna, b. Aug., 1809; d. Dec. 12, 1838. 
Truman, b. Dec. 4, 1810; m., Sei)t. 12, 1837, 
Caroline Bruce ; removed to Essex, N.Y. 
IX. Joseph, b. June 14, 181ii; m., July 17, 1839, 

Emily Bugbee ; removed to Bethel, Vt. 
X. Mary, d. 1816. 

XI. IIannah,\). Apr. 19, 1814; m. Kansum Floyd; d. 
Oct. 1, 1849. 



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John Sargent, son of Samuel, in., Jan. 1, 1806, Anna, 
dau. of Jof^iali and Martlia (Beinis) Lewis, who d. Feb. 
16, 1858. He d. Jan. 5, 1850. 

I. 'John iSyloester, b. Sept. 29, 1808.-|- 
II. Josiah X., b. May 18, 1818.-|- 

III. J/a/-M,«, b. Aug. 21, 1820; m. Jedediah T. Collins, 

q.v. 

IV. J/ary, b. Sept. 28, 1828 ; m., Oct. 1, 1849, James 

Newell ; d. March 12, 1852. 



David SarcxEnt, son of Samuel, ni., March 5, 1821, 
Susanna Bocket. He d. Apr. 6, 1830. Ills widow m. 
(2(1) Arba Greenwood of Dublin, who d. in Marl., July 
21, 1859. She d. in Maiden, Mass., July 30, 1876. 

I. William J3., b. March 8, 1822; m., Oct. 14, 1844, 
Mary Ann Lavery; d. in Maiden, Mass., 1876. 

1. David H., b. Sept. 5, 1847; m., Dec. 25, 

1873, Lucia C. Root of Kingston, Ca. 

2. William E., b. May 2, 1850. 

3. Sarah E., b. Aug. 27, 1857. 

4. George Alfred, b. June 2, 1859. 

5. Susan Jane, b. Nov. 21, 1860. 

II. ASarah Ann, b. Feb. 23, 1824; m., Jan. 20, 1841, 
William R. White, q.v. 



Thomas Sargent, youngest son of Samuel, m., 1816, 
Sarah, dau. of William and Mehitable (Jones) Tenney ; 
removed to Grafton, Mass. He d. Feb. 4, 1854. His 
widow now resides in Chelsea, Mass. 

I. >Sarah A., b. Apr. 13, 1818; d. July 22, 1818. 
II. Hannah A.,\). May 15, 1819; m., Dec. 12, 1855, 
Oliver Merrill. 

III. Horace W., b. Feb. 21, 1820 ; d. March 21, 1821. 

IV. Horace, b. Feb. 14, 1822; m., Jan. 1, 1850, Jane 

C. Guppy. 
V. Prentice, b. May 9, 1825. 



John Sylvester Sargent, son of John, m., Nov. 10, 
1S36, Damaris Read. She d. Dec. 4, 1849; and he m. 
(2d), Sept. 8, 1850, Malinda Read; resides in Swanzey. 
Children by first wife. 

I. Fidelia, b. Dec. 1, 1837; d. Oct. 2, 1849. 
II. Harvey, b. Feb. 17, 1839; m., June 12, 1867, 

Susie n. Gould of East Dover, Vt. ; resides in 

Swanzey. 
m. Milton, b. May 23, 1841 ; d. Sept. 19, 1849. 
IV. Annette, b. Dec. 8, 1843 ; d. Sept. 21, 1849. 



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JosiAH L. Sargext, son of John, m., Auo-. 24, 1841, 
Hannah Miller, who d. Jnno 7, 1843. 

I. Edward E., h. March 18, 1843; m., Oct. 1, 1867, 
Lura D. Yardley of Harrisville, who d. May 
22, 1879; and he m. (2d), Nov. 18, 1879, Mrs. 
Sarah L. ITitchens ; resides in Duhlin. Children 
b. in Harrisville. 

1. Willie E., b. May 8, 1869. 

2. M. Addie L., b. A])r. 7, 1873. 

3. Lewis J., b. Nov. 19, 1877 ; d. Feb. 5, 1 878. 

Mr. Sargent m. (2d), Sept. 5, 1843, Abigail Coombs of 
Londonderry, Vt. 

II. 3Iar)f Adidalde, b. Dec. 30, 1847; m., Dec. 11, 
1871, Charles R. Woodford ; removed to Sar- 
gent's Blnff, Iowa; d. in Marl., Ang. 5, 1873. 
in. Lizzie II., b. Jnne 2, 1861; m., Jnly 13, 1879, 
Frank Mortimer ; d. Sept. 14, 1879. 



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Henry Sawyer, b. in Hancock, March 6, 1789; ni., 
Ai)r. 1, 1821, Roxelana Emerson, b. in Richmond, Feb. 
28, 1797. He came to Marl, abont 1845, and located on 
the farm now occupied by Abraham Corev, where he d. 
March 20, 1861. His wife d. Sept. 24, 186(3. 

I. Mary A., b. Dec. 30, 1821 ; m.. May 23, 1853, 
James M. Johnson of Hancock, where they now 
reside. 
rjioda, b. March 14, 1823 ; d. Feb. 2, 1842. 
Caroline M., b. Oct. 26, 1824; d. Apr. 29, 1844. 
Adaline E., b. Jnly 6, 1826; d. Aug. 26, 1856. 
V. IRirriet A^, b. March 3, 1828 ; d. Oct. 29, 1843. 
VI. EUzaheth II, b. Feb. 26, 1830 ; d. May 27, 1844. 
VII. Daniel II., b. Jan. 6, 1832; m. Sarah Fairbanks 
of Troy ; resides in Keene. 
Wi/rnan, b. Feb. 3, 1835; m. Carrie, dau. of Jo- 
siah H. and JNIartha (Mason) Knight ; resides in 
Winchendon, Mass. 

1. Edson E., b. in :Marl., Dec. 3, 1861. 

2. Mattie F., b. in Winchendon, Aug. 8, 
1874. 



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John W. Saavyer, b. in Alstead, July 28, 1826 ; m., 
1852, Eveline F., dau. of Aaron and Susan (Procter) 
Brigham, b. in Alstead, A])r. 11, 1829. He came to 
Marl, to reside in Nov., 1865. 



Lestina A. 
ardson. 



b. July 16, 1855 ; m. Charles E. Rich- 



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Albert D. Sawveu, )>. in Andovov, Vt., Jan. 20, 1844; 
m., March 14, 1871, Flora T. Pike, 1». in Orange, Vt., 
Apr. 6, 1.S47. 

I. Jennie X., L. IMarcli 14, 1872. 
II. Carrie J/., b. Jan. 11, 1874. 
III. Charlie A., b. May 6, 1876. 



Ahraham Shattuck, b. in Pepperell, Mass., Oct. 29, 
1791; ni., Jnne 22, 1814, Soi)hia Kendall of Dublin, who 
d. Oct. 10, 1814; and he ni. (2d), Nov. 22, 1817, Jerusha 
H. French of Dublin, dau. of Whitcond) P""rencli. She d. 
July 8, 1839. He lived in Marl, from 1832 to 1835, in 
the house now owned by Luke Knowlton, and worked at 
blacksmithinsj in the brick shop Avhich formerly stood on 
Library Square. He d. at Easton, Pa., Dec. 28, 1863. 
He had one child by first wife, and nine by second wife. 
The eight oldest b. in Dublin, the nintli in Marl., and the 
tenth in Peterboro. 

I. Ahraham^ b. Oct. 10, 1814; d. the same day. 
II. Kendall, b. Sept. 24, 1818; d. Oct. 4, 1821. 
in. OrviUe W., b. Aug. 23, 1820 ; m. (1st), Jan. 22, 
1846, Emily G., dau. of Jeremiali and Hannah 
(Smith) Herrick. She d. at Philadelpliia, Pa., 
July 26, 1850. 

1. EmmaE., b. March 23, 1847; m. and re- 

sides at Pendleton, Ind. 

2. Ella H., b. Jan. 31, 1849 ; d. Aug. 15, 1850. 

He in. (2d), March 17, 1859, Harriet J. Pike 
of Plymouth, N.H. ; resides in Columbus, Ohio; 
is superintendent of Cinn.& Muskinghain Valley 
R.R. 

3. Edith. 

4. Ethel. 

5. Eva. 

IV. EUzaheth G., b. Oct. 21, 1822. She graduated 
at the Female Medical College in Philadelphia, 
in 1854, with the first graduating class of the 
institution. Was elected Professor of Anat- 
omy and Physiology in Vassar College, Pough- 
keepsie, N.Y., but d. at Pliiladel])hia, Jan. 27, 
1865, before the opening of the college. 
V. Julia /S'., b. Oct. 21, 1824; resides at Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

Oven K., b. Feb. 8, 1827; d. March 5, 
1832. 

VII. rp • . Orson F., b. Feb. 8, 1827 ; accidentally 
iwins.< j.jjj^^^ -^^^^ ^rj^ jgg^^ ^^ Bethlehem, 

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vni. JSIandana M., b. May 25, 1831 ; resides at Phila- 
delphia. Is teachei- of Natural Sciences. 
IX. Joseph C, b. Feb. 28, 1835 ; ra., Aug. 17, 1858, 
Hattie M., dau. of Josiah II. and Martha (Ma- 
son) Kniyht. 

1. Fannie McClurg, b. Sept. 18, 1861. 

2. Hubert L., b. at Phillipsburg, N.J., Aug. 

20, 1865. 

3. Orville F., b. at Linn Creek, Mo., Nov. 17, 

1868. 

Mr. Shattuck removed to Colorado in 1S70, 
with the " Union Colony," an organization 
whicli originated with N, C. Meeker, Agricult- 
ural Editor of the N.Y. "Tribune," and which 
founded the temperance town of Greeley. 

This Avas the first attempt of Eastern j^eople 
to settle on Western lands in a body, and has 
resulted in the most extensive and tlioroughly 
organized system of farming by irrigation in 
this country. In 1874, Mr. Shattuck repre- 
sented his county in the Territorial Legislature. 
He was principal of the tirst graded school in 
Greeley, organizing and grading it, and was for 
several years vice-])resident and business mana^ 
ger of the colony, resigning that position Nov., 
1876, to enter upon the duties of Superintend- 
ent of Public Instruction of the " Centennial 
State," to which office he was elected at the 
first State election, held Oct. 3, 1876. 
X. Zucius IL, b. June 18, 1839; m. (1st), Feb. 9, 
1863, Evalina II. Knapp of Portland, Me., who 
d. Apr. 24, 1864; and he m. (2d), 1873, Alice 
DeKalb Armstrong of Alexandria, Va. lie 
resided for some time at Brooklyn, N.Y., where 
he was a druggist. He enlisted in 1861 in a 
regiment of three months' men from Massachu- 
setts, and was in the battle of Bull Run. At the 
end of his terni of service, he again enlisted in 
the 11th Reg. U.S. Infantry, in which he served 
till the close of tlie war. During the last year, 
he was Hospital Steward, connected with the 
head-quarters of the Army of the Potomac. 
He d. at Alexandria, Va., June 29, 1877. 



JoxATiiAN Shaw came to this town about 1768, and 
settled a little west of the George Farrar place, so called, 
now within the limits of Troy. He resided here some 
ten or fifteen years, and then removed to Vermont. We 
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north-east of Troy vil[;it>"e, on the road leading to West 




Hill. He resided here Avith his family till 1797, when he 




sold his farm, and removed to Vermont. 


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Thomas Bruee of Fitzwilliam. 


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Benoni Shirtliff resided for a short time about 1806 
in the "Old Red Tavern." He afterwards removed to 
Keene, and ke])t a hotel where the Cheshire House now 
stands. 

I. lSo2ohia. 
II. Charlotte. 
III. George G., b. Dec. 7, 1806. 



SiMEOx Smeed, Betty his wife, and their children, 
Ithiel, Filena, and Eliel from Keene, warned to leave 
town 1793. Tliey resided in that part of the town now 
Roxbury. 



Darius Smeed is mentioned among the tax-payers of 
1793. 



SMITH. 

Jonathan Smith of Xeedham, Mass., m. Martha Ruggles. They had 
ten children, among whom was Aaron, b. March 28, 1780, m., Dec. 14, 
1755, Beulah Woodward, b. 1734, d. Apr. 11, 1796. He d. Dec. 4, 1795. 
Abner and Ruggles, sons of Aaron and Beulah (Woodward) Smith, set- 
tled in Dublin. Abner, b. March 30, 1762, m., Jan. 23, 1791, Hannah 
Prentice of Xeedham, b. June 5, 1764, d. Aug. 14, 1813. He d. Apr. 7, 
1833. They settled in Dublin in 1791. Their son Luther is number 1 
in the following register. 

Ira Smith, another son of Abner, b. Apr. 20, 1799, m., June 3, 1823, 
Mary, dau. of Sanmel and JNIary (Willavd) Mason ; settled in Pottersville, 
where he d. Jan. 11, 1875. His widow d. Apr. 15, 1879. Their son, 
Franklin M. Smith, is numbered 21 in the register. 

Ruggles Smith, b. Sept. 10, 1766, m. Lucy Kingsbury of Needham, b. 
March 17, 1777, d. Feb. 11, 1852. He d. March 11, 1833 ; settled in Dub- 
lin, INlarch, 1797, on the farm now owned by Norris Allen. Their son 
Curtis is number 10 in the register. 



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LuTiiEK Smith, youngest son of Abner and Hannah 
(Prentice) Smith, b. in Dublin, Feb. 25, 1808 ; m., May 4, 
1837, Mary L., dau. of Josephus and Eleanor (Gilchrist) 
Snow, b. in Dublin, Nov. 16, 1814. Mr. Smith settled 
first in Dublin, where he remained until Oct., 1845, when 
he removed to Marl., to the i)lace now owned by Isaac 
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I. Eleanor J/., b. in Dublin, Ajjr. 8, 1838 ; d. Apr. 

23, 1838. 
II. Eleanor 3/., b. in Dublin, Oct. 9, 1839 ; d. in Marl., 

March 18, 1849. 

III. Alfred J)/., b. in Dublin, Jan, 2, 1842 ; d. in Marl., 

Sept. 5, 1861. 

IV. Ahhie A., h. in Dublin, May 6, 1845 ; m., Apr. 9, 

1867, John H. Mason ; resides in Dublin. 

1. Fred L., b. March 29, 1868. 

2. Fannie E., b. Dec. 20, 1869; d. Oct. 24, 

1880. 
Mrs. Mary L. Smhh d. July 13, 1849; and he ni. (2d), 
June 6, 1850, Mary, dau. of Nathan and Sally (Wright) 
Griffin of Nelson,' b. Feb. 16, 1817. Mr. Smith d. Sept. 
22, 1878. 

V. Evander E., b. in Marl., Aug. 20, 1855; um. 
VI. Harvey M., b. in Marl., May 25, 1857 ; d. July 14, 
1857. 



Curtis Smith, son of Ruscgles and Lucy (Kingsbury) 
Smith, b. in Dublin, Dec. lo, 1807; m., Sei)t. 8, 1835, 
Caroline, dau. of Josephus and Eleanor (Gilchrist) Snow, 
b. in Dublin, Nov. 18, 1816. Settled first in Dublin, 
afterwards removed to Marl., where he d. Nov. 8, 1861. 
His widow d. Feb. 23, 1863. Children all b. in Dublin. 

I. Luther Curtis, b. May 26, 1836; d. Sept. 11, 

1849. 
II. Buggies, b. Nov. 14, 1840.+ 
III. Sarah Caroline, b. Aug. 12, 1844; m., Feb. 28, 

1866, Albert S. Corey; resides in Maryland. 



RuGGLES Smith, son of Curtis, m., Apr. 10, 1861, 
Caroline Hardy of Greenfield. 

I. Fred C, b. March 7, 1862. 
II. Flora C, b. Oct. 5, 1863. 

III. Albert C, b. Sept. 24, 1865. 

IV. Ilattie M., b. March 26, 1867. 
V. Amia jS., b. Nov. 22, 1868. 

VI. Willie B., b. Jan. 25, 1869. 
VII. Harry B., b. Nov. 16, 1871. 



Franklin M. Smith, son of Ira and Mary (Mason) 
Smith of Pottersville, b. Aug. 24, 1830; m., Nov. 29, 
1855, Cliloe Titus of Keene, a native of Maine. He came 
to Marl, in 1805, and resided on the " Hemenway ])lace," 
in the north-east ])art of the town (noAV occupied by 
Charles Howe), where he d. A]>r. 7, 1874. His family 
now reside in Pottersville. Children all b. in Dublin, 
except Mary Isabell, who was b. in Marl. 



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I. Sarah Mlith, h. Oct. 26, 1856. 
II. /m, I). Jum' 6, 1859; d. Nov. 14, 1864. 

III. Jfori/ Isabella 1». July 2, 18G7. 

IV. Fannie Florence, b. Aut"-. 27, IHCO ; d. ]\[ay 22, 

1874. 



Gkorge H. Smith, b. in Alstond, Aug. 7, 1835; m., 
Apr. 7, 1S57, Eluiini E., dan. of Isaiah and Emily S. 
(Parker) White. He Avas a member of Co. E," 6th 
Reg. N.II. Vols. He is a blacksmith and machinist ; re- 
moved to Keene in 1871, where he still resides. Chil- 
dren, five b. in Marl., remainder in Keene. 

I. Willie IT., b. Fel). 13, 1858 ; d. Feb. 25, 1858. 
II. Anna X., h. March 12, 1859. 

III. Fthel B., b. Sept. 24, 1865. 

IV. Sarah j5., b. Sept. 22, 1867. 
V. Ilwriet B., b. Jan. 27, 1870. 

VI. Bertha Z, b. Fel). 3, 1873. 
VII. Leon IL, b. July 16, 1875. 
VIII. Margaret i., b. Dec. 31, 1877. 



Charles Smith was b. hi Fitzwilliam, Nov. 2, 1S21. 
He is the son of Elijah Thayer Smith, who had a family 
of seventeen children, twelve of whom lived to mature 
age. Charles resided with his parents on the farm nntil 
the age of twenty-one, soon after which he removed to 
Fitchburg, and thence to Westboro, Mass., and in 1845 
to Worcester, where he resided for twenty years. In 
1861, at the breaking out of the Rebellion, he enlisted for 
three years in Co. A, 25th Reg. Mass. Vols., and accom- 
])anie(i Gen. Burnside's expedition from Amiapolis, Md., 
to Cape Hatteras and Roanoke Island, and participated 
in tlie battle at tlie latter place. At the close of the war 
in 1865, lie removed to Marl., where he lias since resided. 
He ni., Oct. 30, 1845, Harriet, dan. of Dea. Isaac Stowell 
of Troy, b. Aug. 29, 1827. Children, with the exception 
of tlie yonngest, b. in Worcester. 

I. Henry C, b. Sept. 18, 1848; in., July 8, 1869, 
Clara A. Rollins. 

1. Clarence Henry, b. Dec. 28, 1871. 

2. Charles Wolcott, b. Nov. 17, 1876. 

II. Etta S., b. March 28, 1852 ; m. J. Milton White, 
q.v. 

III. Amy Gertrude, b. Oct. 26, 1855 ; in., Nov. 24, 

1880, Frank II. L. Feaslee. 

IV. Carrie A., b. Ai»r. 26, 1864. 

V. Nellie M., b. in Marl., May 28, 1866. 



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Dea. Augustus M. Smith, b. in Dana, Mass., Jan. 8, 
1812; m., Apr. 10, 1838, Harriet Eliza Jolnison, b. in 
Westboro, Mass., Nov. 13, 1815. After residing in 
various places in Mass., he, in the fall of 1859, re- 
moved to Marl. He was chosen deacon of the Baptist 
Church in Woodville, Mass., in 1844, and again in Troy 
in 1860, which office he held at the time of liis death, 
Sept. 26, 1876. 

I. Augustus Mas07i, b. in Hopkinton, Mass., Feb. 
14, 1839; is a Baptist minister, being licensed 
to preach in 1862, and since that time has 
labored mostly in Maine; um. 
II. Harriet Aw/tiHa^ b. in Westboro, Mass., May 21, 
1841 ; d. in Lawrence, Mass., A])r. 2, 1858. 

HI. Martha Eliza., b. in Westboro, Aj»r. 12, 1843 ; m., 
P\'b. 19, 1877, James E. Boudreau of Fitzwilliam, 
who d. Jan. 2, 1877. She d. Oct. 16, 1875. 

IV. Charles Y., b. in Ho)»kinton, Mass., May 81, 1845; 
m., Nov. 6, 1872, Esther D., widow of Thomas 
L. White; resides iu Marl., Mass. 

1. Dora M., b. Nov. 13, 1875. 

V. William, Johnson, b. in Ho})kinton, M.ass., Feb. 
12, 1848; is at present pursuing the study of 
theology ; um. 
VI. George Edward, b. in Andover, Mass., July 19, 
1850 ; m., May 14, 1873, Addie Chickering of 
Southboro, Mass. ; resides in Marl., Mass. 
VII. Ellen 3Iaria, b. in Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 31, 

1852; um. 
VIII. Annie Louisa, b. in Lawrence, Dec. 31, 1857; um. 
IX. Ephraim ^<hertnan, b. in Lawrence, Aug. 29, 
1859 ; m., Oct. 1, 1879, Hattie E. Rice of Troy. 



Leoxard Snow, son of John and Mercy (Twitehell) 
Snow of Dublin, b. June 24, 1815; m.. May 28, 1844, 
Martlia, dau. of Cyrus and Catharine (Greenwood) Pi])er 
of Dublin, b. Oct." 1, 1817. Immediately after his mar- 
riage, he came to Marl, to reside, and wt)rked at tlie car- 
penter's trade. He removed with liis family to Boston 
in 1853, where he still resides. He is a member of the 
firm of Snow & Haselton, manufacturers of children's 
carriages, etc. 

I. Martha P., b. Oct. 23, 1848 ; m., Aj.r., 1874, Will- 
iam J. Stewart of Cambridge, Mass. ; resides 
in Winchester, Mass. 

Mrs. Snow d. Nov. 3, 1848; and he m. (2d), Dec. 17, 
1850, Mary E. Shedd of Pei)pereU, Mass., b. Oct. 10, 

1818. 



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II. G. Lxjman, b. in Brighton, Mass., Nov. 16, 1856. 



Sa^muel Soper was an early settler on the farm now 
owned by David S. Derby, being a resident tlierc in 1778. 
He remained in town but a few years, but wliile liere he 
took an active j»art in the affairs of town and church, 
serving one year on the board of selectmen, lie was 
cliairman of the Committee of Safety in 1778, also one 
of the tithing-men (he same year. In 1788, he was one 
of a connnittee of three to examine candidates for admis- 
sion to the church. Abont 1787, he removed to Chester- 
field. 

I. Joseph, b. Dec. 9, 1777. 



Augustus Southwick, son of Jedediah K. and Dor- 
cas (Twitchell) Southwick of Dublin, b. July 12, 1816; 
m., Aug. 22, 1844, Mary H., dau. of Silas and Achsah 
(Holman) McCoUester. Settled first in Potlersville. 
After a residence of a few years in that town, he re- 
moved to Marl., and located on the Enoch White place, 
where he has since resided. 

I. Frederick A., b. June 20, 1845; m., March 28, 
1871, S. Abbie, dau. of Cyrus E. and Sarah 
(Jones) Hardy, M'ho d. Feb. 21, 1874; and he 
m. (2d), Sept. 1, 1875, S. Eva Potter; resides 
in Carthage, N.Y. 
II. J. Kilburn, b. Nov, 8, 1847 ; um. 

III. Silas 3IcCollester, h. Awg. 19, 1849; m., Aug. 9, 

1877, Louisa E. Wilmott of Carthage, N.Y. 
He d. in Carthage, Oct. 11, 1878. 

1. Maud J., b. in Carthage, N,Y., July 1, 
1878. 

IV. Sarah 0., b. Feb. 27, 1853 ; m., March 20, 1880, 

Orison H. Moore ; resides in Dublin. 



Henry A. Spofford is the eighth generation from 
John and Elizabeth S]iofford, Avho came from England 
and settled in Rowley, Mass., about 1640. He is the son 
of Abijah and Betsey (Sweetzer) Spofford of Fitzwilliam, 
and was b. in that town, July 22, 1839; m., Se})t. 17, 1861, 
Martha H. Metcalf of Royalston, Mass. He came to 
Marl, to reside Jan., 1871, and for several years kept the 
store in Lowellville. They have one adopted dau. 

I. Jessie 3f., b. in Athol, Mass., Sept. 27, 1864. 



Peter Starkey was b. in Attleborough, Mass., in 
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that town. He removed his family to Monadnock No. 
V. in 1776, and located in what is now Troy. At this 
time, he had a wife, whose name Ave have not learned, 
and one son. Eiglit otliers were afterwards added to liis 
family, whose names avo give beloAV. 

I. Otis, b. Feb. 25, 1774. 
II. Peter, b. Sept. 25, 1777. 

III. Nathan, b. March 12, 1779. 

IV. Lahan, b. Jan. 30, 1782. 

V. Benjamin, b. June 14, 1785. 
VI. John, b. Apr. 3, 1788. 
VII. Calvin, b. March 17, 1790. 
VIII. Lona, b. Apr. 25, 1792 ; d. at an early age. 
IX. Luna, b, Sept. 11, 1794. 



Jonathan Starket, son of Peter and Mary (Sweet) 
Starkey, b. in Avhat is noAV Troy, Oct. 10, 1808 ; m., 
March 4, 1835, Roena, dan. of Ebenezer and Ruth (Gates) 
HemenAvay. He d. in Marl., Dec. 22, 1839. His widoAV 
now resides in Swanzey. 

I. Mary Eliza, b. in East Boylston, Mass., March 31, 
1836; m., March 12, 1856, William Parker; 
resides in West Harrisville. 
II. Luther Ilememoay, b. in East Boylston, Mass., 
Sept. 15, 1837 ; m., Feb., 1857, Mary Jane, dau. 
of Zopher and Adaline (Williams) White ; re- 
sides in South Keene. 
III. Elmer JoiuttJia)), b. in Marl., July 9, 1839; m., 
March 31, 1858, Laura H. McCollester ; resides 
in Peterborough. 



Isaac Starkey, son of Peter and Lucy (Graves) 
Starkey, b. in Troy, June 18, 1818; m., July 18, 1843, 
Fannie C., dau. of Ebenezer and Ruth (Gates) Hemenway. 
He noAv resides in Swanzey. 

I. Holla French, b. in Marl., April 18, 1844; d. in 

Westminster, Mass., Aug. 8, 1846. 
II. Muth Ilemenirai/, b. in Swanzey, March 31, 1848 ; 

d. Jan. 19, 1863. 
HI. Martha Adams, b. in Marl., May 5, 1853 ; m., July 
4, 1873, Orson L. Mason, q.v. 
Martin Holla, b. in SAvanzev, July 24, 1855 ; d. 

Aug. 15, 1857. 
3Iilan, Edgar, b. in SAvanzev, May 22, 1857 ; m., 
May 22, 1878, Flora E. Gay of Acworth ; re- 
sides in South Keene. 
Martin Peter, b. in SAvanzey, May 22, 1859; d. 
Jan. 1, 1863. 



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CiiARLKs Stay was b. in Burlington, Vt., March 22, 
1840. lie resided for some years in Sullivan. He was 
a member of Co. G, 1st N.ll. Reg.; afterwards re-enlisted 
in Co. F, 4th Vt. Keg., in which he served four years. He 
came to Marl. Aug., 1865; m., Nov. 21, 18G5, Lizzie M., 
dau. of riersey and Sarah (Emerson) Ward well of Sulli- 
van. 

I. Clarence Z., b. May 2, 1868. 
II. ErneM TFi, b. June 12, 1870. 

III. Ilerhert Leslie, 1>. IMay 26, 1874.' 

IV. Charles, b. Apr. 11, 1880; d. Apr. 14, 1880. 



Walter E. Stockwell, son of Clark and Lucy 
(Adams) Stockwell, b. in Palmyra, Mich., Se])t. 22, 1838; 
m.. May 1, 1862, Lucy A., dau. of William R. and Sarah 
(Sargent) White. He d. in Marl., June 2, 1867. His 
widow afterwards m. Marshall D. Adams, q.v. 

I. Carrie 31., b. May 23, 1863. 
II. Ada M, b. Aug. 7, 1866. 



Albert W. Stockwell, a brother of Walter E., b. 
in Hartford, Vt., July 20, 1841; came to Marl, to reside, 
1862; m., March 12, 1862, Sarah A. Hemenway, and 
after a residence here of six years removed to Keene, 
where he resided eight years, and then retui'ned to Marl., 
where he has since resided. 

I. Jennie L., b. July 3, 1866. 



STONE. 

The ancestor of the Stone family of Marl, was Rev. Timothy Stone, a 
Dissenting minister in the west of England. He had three sons who 
came to this country, Simon, Gregory, and Samuel. Simon and Gregory 
embarked in the ship " Increase " at Ipswich, England, Apr. 15, 1635. 
Simon settled in Watertown, Mass., and Gregory in Cambridge. John, 
eldest son^of Gregory, left London at the age of sixteen, and resided with 
his father^in Cambridge till the age of twenty-one, when he removed to 
Sudbury, and afterwards to Framingliam, and at the deatli of his father 
returned to Cambridge. Nathaniel, son of John, b. May 11, 10(30, m, 
Sarah Wayt of Maiden, Apr. 25, 1G84. Hezekiah, the sixth son of 
Nathaniel, b. March 5, 1710, m. Ruth Howe of Sudbury. 



Dea. Eliphalet Stone, the eldest son of Hezekiah 
and Ruth (Howe) Stone, b. in Framingham, Mass., Dec. 
5, 1735; m. Lydia, dau. of William and Keziah (Cloyes) 
Goddard of Berlin, who was b. Sept. 4, 1737. He came 
to Marl. 1771, and purchased of his brother-in-law, Moses 
Goddard, a lot of land near the Stone ])ond, which now 
com))rises the farm owned by Clark Hill and the one ad- 
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many years a deacon of the cliurch. He d, Feb. 9, 1817. 
His wife d. March 18, 1821. 

I. Calvin, h. Jan. 11, 1701.-}- 

II. Beula/), ni. Jonatlian Frost, q.v. 

III, Jo/m, b. 1764.-J- 

IV. IShuhael, b. Dec. 14, 1763.-J- 

V. Cynthia, b. 17G8; m., March 29, 179G, John 

Farrar, q.'V. 
VI. Ruth, b. 1770; m., Marcli 15, 1796, Sihis Raj^mond 

of Rindge. 
VII. Abigail, 1). 1772; m. Phinelias Farrar, q.i\ 
vm. Luther, b. Nov. 17, 1775 ; d, in New Orleans, in 
1806, urn. 
IX. Patty, b. Jan. 13, 1777 ; drowned in Stone Pond, 

July 25, 1784. 
X. Asa, b. Dec. 1, 1779 ; d. Apr. 14, 1785. 



Lieut. Calvin Stone, son of Eliphalet, m., June 18, 
1794, IMehitable Dodge; settled on the home farm; was 
a clothier by trade, which business he followed for many 
years. He d. Oct. 12, 1820. His wife d. Apr. 1, 1813. 

Am, b. Sept. 6, 1794; d. Sept. 13, 1794. 
Harriet, b. Jan. 14, 1796; d. Oct. 15, 1820. 
Sarah, b. Oct. 15, 1797 ; m. James Nason, q.v. 
Solon, b. June 9, 1799; m. Philettie Hubbard of 

Putney, Vt. ; d. April, 1828. 
Calvin, b. June 10, ISOl.-}- 
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Capt. John Stone, son of Eliphalet, m. (1st), March 
12, 1788, Elizabeth Stanley; settled north of the Stone 
pond, the line between Marl, and Dublin running through 
the centre of the house. 

I. John, b. May 20, 1788; d. Nov. 29, 1804. 
II. Polly, b. Nov. 22, 1789; m. Seth Fisher; re- 
moved to Francistown. 

III. Betsey, b. Oct. 2, 1791; m. Jesse Worsley; d. 

1833. 

IV. Abif/ail, b. Nov. 15, 1793 ; in., Jan., 1815, Robert 

Hardy ; removed to Rutland, N.Y. 
V. Andreio, b. Oct. 11, 1796; m. Hannah Shirtliff of 

Watertown, N.Y. ; d. 1833. 
VI. Martha, b. Jan. 19, 1798; m. Socrates Fay; 

i-emoved to P^ramingham, Mass. 
VII. Silas, b. Jan. 12, 1800.-f 
VIII. Aaron, b. Feb. 28, 1802.+ 
IX. Mahala, b. P'eb. 20, 1804; d. Oct., 1804. 



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X. 3fahala^ b. Aug. 8, 1806 ; m., June, 1831, Fran- 
cis Coolidijc; removed to FraniinsTliani, Mass. 
XI. X//c?ia, 1). June 4, 1808; m., Apr. 1:5, 1830, Ben- 
jamin Alcott of Kcene. She d. 1844. 
XII. Emellne, h. May 8, 1810; m., June, 1831, Peter 
LaAVSon ; removed to Lowell, Mass. 

XIII. Louisa^ b. Jan. 14, 1812 ; d. Jan. 14, 1867. 

Mrs. Stone d. Nov. 4, 1813; and he m. (2d) Mrs. 
Rebecca (Coolidge) Ward, widow of Reuben Ward. 
She d. Oct. 24, 1856. He d. Apr. 18, 1849. 

XIV. John C, b. Aug. 22, 1S19.4- 

XV. Caroline E., b.^Aug. 28, 1821; m., Feb. 15, 1849, 

William J. Logan of Bellows Falls. 
XVI. liufh Helen, b. Feb. 24, 1824; in. P'red Rogers of 

Bellows Falls, where they now reside. 
XVII. George H., b. Dec. 21, 1825; m., Feb., 1866, Mrs. 
Starkweather of Walpole ; removed to Bellows 
Falls. 



Shubael Stone, son of Eliphalet, m., 1791, Polly, dau. 
of Jolin and Esther (Ball) Rogers ; settled on part of 
home farm, where he d. Juiu' 21,1823; and his widow 
m., Dec. 12, 1825, Hezekiah Stone of Fitzwilliam. She 
d. in Leominster, Mass., March 18, 1850. 

I. Jesse, b. Dec. 9, 1791 ; m. Lucy Emery of Broom- 
field, Me. ; d. in Ripley, Me., Apr. 21, 1871. 

1. Samuel E., resides in Ripley, Me. 
2; Sherman, d. in Maine, Feb. 8, 1878. 

3. Cyrus, settled in Somerville, Mass. ; d. in 

Maine. 

4. Lucinda A., m. (1st) Willard Scovell, and 

(2d) Nathan Winch; resides in Marl. 

5. Harriet A., drowned in Stone pond, June, 

1825. 

6. Ann Maria, resides in Woburn, Mass. 

7. Leonard, resides in Monson, Me. 

8. Allen, resides in New York City. 

II. Cyrus (Rev.), b. June 9, 1798 ; m. Atossa, dau. of 
Col. Josei)h and Zilpha (Roberts) Frost. She 
d. Aug., 1833, at Bombay, India; and he m. 
(2d) Abigail Kimball, a native of Maine. (See 
Chap. Xill.) 
III. Perky D., b. Jan. 15, 1795. At the age of seven- 
teen, he went to Keene, and learned the cabinet- 
maker's trade of Dea. A. Wilder. He removed 
to Adams, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1817, and m., Dec. 15, 
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Co., N.Y. He worked at his trade in Adams 
forty-four years. In 1821, he was elected dea- 
con of the Presbyterian Church, and in 1828 
Avas made ekler. 

Lydia, b. Nov. 20, 1796 ; d. July 13, 1799. 

Jeremiah, b. Nov. 2, 1798 ; was a physician ; m. 
Esther Wilds of Topstield, Mass. ; settled in 
Provincetown. (See Cliap. XIII.) 

Persis, b. Oct. 14, 1800; m., Oct. 17, 1824, 
Auorustus Noyes of Westmoreland ; d. Aug., 
187'6. 

StUlman, b. Aug. 20, 1802; m., June 2, 1880, 
Sarah Mason of Sullivan. He was killed in tak- 
ing down a saw-mill in Maine, Nov. 19, 1853. 

3I((ria, b. Aug. 12, 1804; m. (1st) Almon Bailey, 
q.v. : and (2d) Hiram Collins, q.v. 

Marinda, b. May 16, 1806; m., Feb., 1826, Jeffer- 
son Jones of Fairfield, N.Y. He d., and she m. 
(2d) Joshua Talford of Brooklyn, N.Y. She 
d. Feb., 1881. 

Luther, b. Apr. 14, 1809; m.Ruth French of Mil- 
ton, Mass.; d. in South Boston, April, 1876. 

Arvilla, b. Jan. 11, 1812; m. Alonzo Mason of 
Sullivan. 

Benjamin FranJdin, b. A]»r. 6, 1814; m. Lucy 
Barker of Watertown, Mass. ; resides in Chel- 
sea. 

Jidia R., b. Sept. 26, 1817; m., June 1, 1837, 
Ezra Towne ; resides in Toj)sfield, Mass. 



Calvin Stone, son of Calvin, m., Dec. 25, 1826, 
Elvira, dau. of Ebenezer B. and Mary (Hildreth) Wal- 
lingford ; settled on the home farm. In the autumn of 
18G1, he enlisted in Co. F, 6th Reg. N.H. Vols. ; d. Jan. 
20, 1864; and his widow m., May 1, 1867, Aaron Brig- 
ham, who d. Feb. 16, 1876. 

I. Charles A., b. Nov. 18, 1827; d. June 14, 1845. 
II. Harriet E., b. July 31, 1829; m., Nov. 6, 1851, 
Henry C. Piper; resides in Dublin. 
George Hildreth, b. May 3, 1831; m.. May 12, 
1859, Martha E., dau. of David Piatt. He was 
a lieutenant in Co. 1, 14th Reg. N.H. Vols. ; and 
d. of wounds, Sept. 25, 1864. 
Solon W., b. May 5, 1834.+ 

J/ari/ Lizzie, b. June 19, 1S40; m., Oct. 22, 1862, 
David Ileald ; resides in Milford. 
VI. Alanson C, b. Nov. 8, 1847 ; d. May 9, 1863. 
VII. Ida M., b. Nov. 24, 1849; d. July 16, 1859. 



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Silas Stone, son of Capt. .Tolin, m., Dec. 22, 1824, 
Asenath, dan. of .John and Lydia (Byam) Stone of Dub- 
lin, b. Oct. 6, 1701> ; settled first in Dublin; removed with 
his family to Marl. j\[areh 20, 1850; d. Dec. 9, 1867. 
His children were all b. in Dublin. 

I. Edwin, b. Oct. 9, 1826; d. Apr. 24, 1837. 
II. Elizabeth S., b. Jan. 22, 1828; d. Aj.r. 3, 1837. 
HI. Eimira E., b. Jan. 17, 1830; d. Ai)r. 8, 1837. 
IV. X. Jennette, b. Jidy 2, 1833; m., July 5, 1863, 

Bradley E. Wright. 
V. Elizabeth Eimira, b. Oct. 21, 1836; m., Jan. 19, 
1858, Eli B. Knowlton. 



Aaron Stone, son of Capt. John, m., June 12, 1828, 
Mary, dau. of Reuben and Rebecca (Coolidge) Ward. 
He d. June 30, 1869. 

I. Ellen B., b. Dec. 16, 1830. 
II. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 4, 1833. 

III. Mar If Jane, 1). Dec. 7, 1836. 

IV. Andreio (J., b. May 16, 1839; m. Mary Hulbert of 

Ashtabula, Ohio. He is a lawyer, and resides 
in Lawrence, Mass. (See Chap. XIII.) 



John C. Stone, son of Capt. John, m., Apr. 17, 1856, 
Ellen M. Fay of Fraraingham, Mass., b. Jan. 25, 1831. 

I. Malora B., b. Feb. 20, 1857 ; m., June 22, 1878, 

Lyman E. Bigelow. 
II. Ehie J., b. June 15, 1858; m., Oct. 30, 1877, 
Arthur J. Clapp of West Upton, Mass. ; resides 
in Franklin, Mass. 

III. Delia M., b. Apr. 28, 1860. 

IV. George F., b. Feb. 18, 1862. 

V. LoKi.-<a S., b. Dec. 20, 1863; d. May 27, 1865. 
VI. Lizzie M., b. Sept. 5, 1865; d. Feb. 21, 1866. 

Mrs. Stone d. Feb. 19, 1866; and he m. (2d), Oct. 20, 
1866, Marion E. Munroe, b. Dec. 25, 1846. 

VII. Nellie M., b. Oct. 8, 1867. 
VIII. Frank Leslie, b. Feb. 14, 1869. 

IX. Eddie M., b. Oct. 12, 1870. 
X. Herman C, b. Aug. 9, 1872. 

XI. Freddie Elmer, b. Dec. 25, 1874 ; d. Feb. 15, 1876. 



Solon W. Stoke, son of Calvin, m., Jan. 9, 1858, 
Maria S., dau. of Franklin and Roxanna (Tenney) Clapp; 
resided in Marl, till 1875, when he removed to Keene, 
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bench saw in the mill now owned by J. & L. Knowlton, 
his right hand was caught on the saw, and injured in 
such a manner as to render amputation necessary. 
I. Gertrude, b. 185S. 
II. Willie C, b.July 11, 18G1. 
Mrs. Stone d. A]>r. 18, 1870; and he m. (2d), July 10, 
1879, Lucretia P. Richardson of Keene. 



Seth Stone, probably not connected with the above 
family, came from Cambridge, 1791, and ])urchasod lot 
No. 6, in the 4th Range. He was chosen titliing-man in 
1792, and field-driver m 1793, 

Ebenezer Stone, published to Sarah Hammond of 
Topsfield, Mass., Jan. 15, 1785, may have been his son. 



Joseph Sweetser, son of Phillii) and Sarah (Richard- 
son) Sweetser of Leominster, Mass., was b. in that town, 
Aug. 25, 1757. Of his life previous to his coming to 
JNIarl., we know but little beyond the fact that he had a 
wife, whose name we have not learned, by whom he had 
two children. 

I. Sally, m. Judge Solomon Strong of Leominster, 

Mass. 
II. Joseph, settled and d. in Lowell. 

Plis second wife was Persis Miles of Westminster, 
Mass. He came to Marl, in 1792, and located on the 
farm now owned by the heirs of Moses Hunt, which com- 
prised also the farm recently owned by Granville L. "White. 
He kept a tavern for several years, and in connection 
with it a store, which was ke]>t in an old building a few 
rods north-Avest of the Hunt house. But, being unfortu- 
nate in his business transactions, he sold his farm, tavern, 
and store to his brother Phillips. He d. Jan. 3, 1831. 

III. Nancy, b. Dec. 25, 179U ; m., Apr. 17, 1817, Rev. 
Cyrus Mann, for many years pastor of the Con- 
gregational Church in Westminster, Mass. 
She d. in Fitzwilliam, Aug. 9, 1871. She was 
educated at the acadeniy in New Ipswich, and 
became the wife of Mr. Mann at the age of 
twenty-seven. We cpiote the following from the 
"Congregational Quarterly" of Ajn-il, 1873: 
"She })erformed the duties of a pastor's wife 
during the twenty-eight years of her husband's 
pastorate in that place with great fidelity; and 
her memory as well as that of her husband, 
whom she survived thirteen years, is cherished 
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and exercised great inrtuenoe in moulding the 
eliaraeter of tlie young ladies of tlie ])arish, 
many of wliom became the Avives of ministers 
and foreign missionaries, and liave done good 
service in the church of Christ." 

[V. T/iomas, 1>. Jan. 3, 17*J8 ; m. TJ])ton of Fitch- 
burg, Mass. ; settled first in Boston, afterwards 
in Lowell, where he d. a few years since. 

V. J^/tillip, b. Jan. 26, 1795; settled in Indianapolis, 
Ind., where he was for many years a prominent 
lawyer; d. 1843. 



Phillips Swep:tsek, Esq., a younger brother of 
Joseph, b. in Leominster, Mass., Apr. 27, 1760 ; m., May 
29, 1785, Persis Joslin of VVinchendon, Mass. lie re- 
sided for a short time in Winchendon, and then removed 
to Royalston, where he remained till 1799, when he came 
to Marl, to reside. He ke])t a ])ublic-house for many 
years, and, being somewhat eccentric in his character, 
was widely known as the i)roprietor of the famous 
" Sweetser tavern." 

I. ^6'(;/ier,b. Sept. 20, 1786; m. Erasmus Butterfield, 

q.V. 
11, Xiuke, m. Mrs. Hepsabath Chadwick of Jaffrey. 

III. P/ti/lij)s, m., Sept. 5, 1816, Mary Pond. 

IV. Mari/, m., Aug. 23, 1812, William Carter ; d. se. 27. 
V. Fannie, b. Feb. 11, 1794; m., Aug. 27, 1817, 

Alexander Ballon ; d. in Providence, R.I., Dec. 
26, 1875. 
VI. Sarah, d. ne. 4 years. 

VII. Persis, h. Sept. 16, 1799; m. James Batcheller, 
M.D., q.V. 

Mrs. Sweetser d. Jan. 7, 1824; and he in. (2d) Mrs. 
Betsey Wright, formerly of Fitzwilliam. He d. Sept. 16, 
1884. 



Dea. Ch\eles D. Tarbell, son of Reuben and 
Beatrice (Beard) Tarbell, b. in Rindge, July 20, 1832 ; 
m., Nov. 18, 1856, Elmira F., dan. of Benjamin and 
Elmira (Stimpson) Whitney. For several years, he, in 
company with his brother-in-law, Jared I. Whitney, man- 
ufactured chair seats at the mill near the outlet of Meet- 
ing-house ])ond. -He afterwards resided in So. Keene and 
Bellows Falls. In Sept., 1870, he removed to Littleton, 
N.TL, where he now resides. 

I. Frank Leslie, b. March 20, 1859; d. March 7, 

1867. 
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Stearns Tarbox, b. in Stoddard, Oct. 29, 1807 ; m., 
Apr. 3, 1831, Nancy Sniitli, b. in Medticld, JNIass., Feb. 17, 
1808. They resided for many years in Stoddard and 
Nelson; came to Marl. 1805. Mrs. Tarbox d. Jan. 11, 
1879. 

I. Liicxj A., b. in Stoddard, Feb. 18, 1832; d. Feb. 
14, 1833. 
Charles A., b. in Nelson, Feb. 18, 1834.+ 
Lucy A.^ b. in Stoddard, A])r. 27, 1830; d. Aug. 
10, 1849. 

Melvhia, b. in Nelson, Feb. 24, 1841 ; m. 

Jose|)h M. Richardson, q.r. 

Twins. ^ Elmlna, 1). in Nelson, Feb. 24, 1841 ; m., 

I Sejtt. 7, 1805, Luman J. Crouch of 

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Charles A. Tarbox, son of Stearns, in., March 1, 
1855, Alma A. Beaverstock of Nelson. Resided for sev- 
eral jears in Marl., on tbe Sargent place. lie now lives 
in Nelson. 

I. Frank A.^ b. in Nelson, Jan. 23, 1857 ; m., Oct. 

23, 1879, Hattie A., dan. of Emerson T. and 

Almira (Colburn) Knight. 
II. Arthur C, b. in Nelson, Sept. 3, 1804. 

III. Alice M, b. in Nelson, Nov. 17, 1868. 

IV. Willie JI., b. in Marl., Dec. 11, 1870. 

V. Anna i., b. in Sullivan, March 10, 1874. 



TAYNTOR. 

Joseph Tayntor, b. 1618, embarked in the ship " Confidence," at 
Southampton, England, for New England, Apr. 24, 1088. He came in 
company witli tlie family of Nicholas Guy, a carpenter, wliose dau. Mary, 
b. 1019, he m. a])Out lOiO, and settled in Watertown, Mass., where he d. 
Feb. 20, 1089-90. His widow d. in 1705. Jonathan Tayntor, a son of 
Joseph, 1). July 10, 1054, m., Dec. 0, 1081. Elizabetli, dau. of Daniel War- 
ren of Watertown. She d. June 14, 109'J, leaving four cliildren ; and he 
m. (2d), March 5, 1702, Mary llandall. He d. in 1712. Dea. Joseph 
Tayntor, son of Jonathan, b. May 25, 1088, m., Apr. 20, 1715, Thankful, 
dau. of John and Deborah (Howe)- Barrett of Marl., Mass., where he set- 
tled and d. Feb. 19, 1704. His eldest son, .John, b. in Marl., Mass., Nov. 
1, 1710, m., Jan. 1, 1739-40, Hannah Goodell, who d., and lie m. (2d) 
Sarah Ward. He resided in Shi-ewsbury, Mass., and Woodstock, Conn., 
but s])ent the last years of his life in this town, with his son .Tedediah, 
and d. in 1805. 



Jedediah Tayntor, son of John and Sarah (Ward) 
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22, 1770, Mary, dan. of Daniel and IVFary (Oaks) Maynard 
of Marl., Mass., b. July 15, 1751. He served seven years 
(from fourteen to twenty-one) to learn the ('ar|)enter's 
trade. He resided in Marl., Mass., after his marriage, 
until June, 1776, when he came to this town, and located 
on the farm since owned hy his <j:raiulson, John T. Wis- 
wall, where Osgood K. Wiswall now resides. He had a 
large frame ami great ))hysicMl strength ; wMsanianof lim- 
ited edu(;ation, but of superior native talent. It was his 
custom to sit up late at night to read after the rest of his 
family had retired ; and it is said that when reading Rol- 
lins' Ancient History (ten volumes), which was kept in the 
old Town Library, nearly three miles from his house, tak- 
ing but one volume at a time, he would read and return 
three volumes a week beside doing a full week's work at 
farming. He is also said to have read the Bible through 
once a year for forty years. He was a cori)oral in a 
company of minute-men of Marl., Mass., who marched to 
Lexington at the alarm, Aj)r. 19, 1775; was at the battle 
of Bunker Hill and in the army at Cambridge at the time 
Washington took command. After coming to this town, 
he again joined the army, and was orderly sergeant in 
one of the com])anies, under Col. Graton. He was after- 
wards a lieutenant in the State Militia, Avas a delegate to 
the convention that adopted the Federal Constitution, 
and a representative in the State Legislature. He d. 
March 26, 1817 ; and his widow d. June 29, 1842. 

I. Darius, b. March 7, 1772 ; left home when about 
twenty years of age, and was never heard from. 
II. Mary, b. Apr. 6, 1775; m. Major John Wiswall, 
q.v. 

III. Jedediah, b. Aug. 7, 1781 ; d. Apr. 2, 1786. 

IV. Darnel, b. June 6, 1790; d.Aug. 9,1793. 

V. William, b. July 19, 1793 ; d. Aug. 4, 1793. 
VI. Betsey, b. Apr. 7, 1795; d. Oct. 5, 1805. 



TEMPLE. 

Richard Tkmple, of Reading, Mass., was the son of Robert of Saco, 
Me., who was killed by the Indians in 1076. Richard was b. 1008, and 
m., 1690, Deborah, dau. of Dea. Thomas Parker. lie d. 1737. Thomas, 
sou of Richard, b. 1714, m. Sarah Parker and settled in Framingham, 
Mass. 

The Temples of England, from whom this family descended, have fur- 
nished some of the most illustriou.s personages in English history, among 
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Ebenezer Temple, son of Thomas and Sarah (Parker) 
Temple, b. in Framingham, Mass., March 15, 1754; m. 
Olive, dau. of Isaac and Lois (Townsend) Gibbs. He 
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he remained a few years, and then removed to tlie place 
now owned by Elias A. Thatrher, Avhere he d. Oct. 7, 
1805. 

I. Anna, b. Aug. 25, 1777; m., Apr. 2, 1810, Jona- 
than Pease of Gilsiim ; d. in Nelson, Jan. 31, 
1835. 
Foster, b. March 31, 1779; m. Sarah Dunham; 
settled in Charlestown, Mass. ; d. in Gilsum, July 
12, 1839. 
Patty, b. Ai)r. 15, 1781 ; m. Nathan Goddard of 

Swanzev. 
Isaac, b. May 1, 1783 ; d. Feb. 28, 1809. 
Thomas, b. Fel). 21, 1786; m., Aug. 22, 1805, 
Jane Banks. 
VI. Joseph, b. March 6, 1790 ; d. March 7, 1790. 
VII. Jesse, b. March 21, 1792; m., Feb. 24, 1&24, Bet- 
sey Ellis of Gilsum; d. in Marl., May 31, 1860. 
viir. Asenath, b. Nov. 6, 1797; m., Oct. 16, 1816, Beza- 
leel Lord Mack of Gilsum ; d. in Nashua, Ai)r. 
20, 1828. 
IX. Sajyhira,}). Nov. 27, 1800; m.,Apr. 13, 1833, Oli- 
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TENNEY. 

Thomas Texney, b. in Rowley, Euglaiid, in 1G14; m. Ann ; 

came to America with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers in 1()38, and settled in Row- 
ley, Mass. He d. Feb. 20, 1700, O.S., a\ 86 years. He held several mili- 
tary, civil, and ecclesiastical offices, llis wife, Ann, tlie motlier of his 
children, d. Sept. 25, 1657 ; and he m., Feb. 24, 1058, Elizabeth Panot. 
He had six children. The eldest, John, b. Dec. ll, 1640, m., Feb. 26, 
1663, i\Iercy Panott, and settled in tliat part of Rowley now called Grove- 
land. His wife d. Nov. 27, 1667. He was afterwards twice married. He 
was an active man in public affairs in town and church, holding offices 
then held for merit and unsought, such as ensign, deacon, constable, 
moderator, and selectman. Samuel, son of Jolm, b. Nov. 20, 1667, m. 
Abigail Bailey. She d. 1689; and he m. Sarah Boynton, who was the 
motlier of eleven cliildren, and d. at the age of 37. His third wife was 
Hannah Moody. He d. Feb. 3, 1748. He lived a long, honest, aiul use- 
ful life, holding every office of trust that the church and town could con- 
fer upon iiim. In 1725, he was among the fifty members of the Mass. 
Provincial Assembly at Boston who voted against the king's charter, a 
bolder step even than it was in 1776 to sign tlie Declaration of Indepen- 
dence. He was for many years town clerk, and wrote a beautiful hand, 
a lieutenant in military affairs, and an elder in the church. 

His son Samuel, b. in Bradford, Dec. 17, 1697, m., Jan. 5, 1720, Sarah 
Wooster, by whom he had eleven children. His second wife was Eliza- 
beth Fales, to whom he was m. Dec. 28, 1749. He moved to Littleton, 
Mass.. in 1727, and d. 1777. 

William, son of Samuel and Sarah (Wooster) Tenney, was b. in Brad- 
ford, .Ian. 20, 1721, m. Sarah Proctor. He removed to Littleton, w'ith his 
fatlier, and had a large farm near Magog Ponil in the middle of the town. 
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William Tenney, son of William and Sarah (Proc- 
tor) Tenney, b. in Littleton, Mass., July fi, 1749; in. 
Mehitable Jones of Berlin. In 1772, lie came to Marl., 
and purchased lot No. 6 in the 2d Range, for which 
he paid thirty ])Ounds lawful money. This is the farm 
now owned by Amos A. Mason. It is quite probable 
that he did not move his family till 1774 or 1775. He d. 
Sept. 14, 1S28. His wife d. March 27, 1831, te. 81. 

I. William, b. May IG, 1772.+ 

II. ^fehitable, b. May 8, 1774; m. Zopher Whitcomb, 
q.v. 

III. Li(thei\ b. Apr. 22, 1770.-|- 

IV. iSusaioia, b. July 28, 1778; m., June 12, 1798, 

Silas Davis ; removed to Vermont. 
V. Patty, b. Apr. 29, 178(3; m., Apr. 3, 1805, Samuel 

Gao;e. 
VI. JonatlHiit, b. Dec. 24, 1782.+ 
VII. Jonah, b. Jan. 13, 1784; removed to the South. 
VIII. Archie, b. Sept. 30, 1785.-|- 
IX. W>er, b. Oct. 1, 1787.+ 
X. An infant, b. Feb. 8, 1789; d. Feb. 16, 1789. 
XI. Samuel, b. June 2, 1790.-|- 
XII. Calvin, b. Dec. 6, 1792.-|- 

XIII. Sarah, b. March 30, 1795 ; m. Thomas Sargent, 
q.v. She is the only one of the family now 
living (1881). 



William Tenney, son of William, m., June 7, 1797, 
Betty, dau. of Dea. Silas and Abigail (Houghton) Fife. 
She d. June 22, 1821 ; and he m. (2d), Nov. 29, 1821, 
Betsey Lewis, b. Aug. IG, 1804, d. Jan. 7, 18G1. Mr. 
Tenney lived on the farm now owned by Sanniel O.Pojje. 
He was a shoemaker, and worked at that trade when not 
engaged at farming. He d. Dec. 22, 1867. 

I. Betseij L., b. Aug. 13, 1825 ; m., Dec. 4, 1849, 
Henry Bigelow of Hudson, Mass., where they 
now reside. 

1. Lucius Henry, b. Sept. 28, 1851 ; d. Sept. 

27, 1855. 

2. Ann Maria, b. Oct. 31, 1856. 

3. Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17, 1858. 

4. Adin Duane, b. Aug. 24, 1868; d. Dec. 24, 

1868. 

II, William Henry, b. June 20, 1837 ; m., Dec. 16, 
1863, Sarah F. Grout of Maine. He d. in Hud- 
son, Mass., July 29, 1874. 

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2. Helen Lillian, b. Aug. 12, 1868. 

3. Willie Herbert, b. Dec, 1873. 

HI. C/uo'Ies Herbert, b. May 28, 1843; m., May 2, 
1868, Abbie A. Wheeler of Hudson, where they 
now reside. 

1. Bessie E., b. Sept. 6, 1870. 

ly. Lydia Maria, b. Feb. 17, 1846 ; m., Nov. 8, 1866, 
William Henry Strong of Hudson ; resides in 
Boston, 

1. Edith Rose, b. March 10, 1868. 

2. Cora Louise, b. Nov. 29, 1872. 



Luther Texney, son of William, m., Dec. 4, 1800, 
Judith, dau. of James and Huldah (Goodell) White ; he 
resided for many years on the farm now owned by the 
heirs of George V. R. Farnum, and tlien removed to 
Grafton, Vt., where he d. Feb. 16, 1840. His widow 
d. Sept. 25, 1869. 

I. Luther, b. Oct. 7, 1801. 
II. Cahnn, b. Oct. 12, 1803. 

III. Ehnira, b. Apr. 11, 1806; d. Aug. 15, 1809. 

IV. Arvilla, b. May 9, 1808. 

V. ( Elmira, b. March 24, 1811. 

VI. Twins. -^ Ehlna T., b. March 24, 1811 ; d. March 

( 16, 1853. 
VII. Judith W., b. June 29, 1813. 
VIII. LeoHard,\). Sept. 16, 1816; d. Aug. 26, 1863. 
IX. Eleanor, b. Apr. 6, 1819. 
X. Abigail, b. Ai)r. 22, 1822. 



JoNATHA2>r Tenney, son of William, m., Apr. 12, 1803, 
Betsey Jones of Berlin, Mass., b. July 7, 1784. He re- 
moved to Landsgrove, Vt., where he d. Oct. 21, 1825. 
His widow d. Aug. 1, 1870. 

I. Lyman, b. Feb. 11, 1804; d. Apr. 11, 1805. 
II. Eliza, b. A])r. 1, 1806; m, Alvin Wheeler. 

III. Lmbel, b. Apr. 1, 1808; d. Dec. 22, 1809. 

IV. Lyman, b. June 10, 1810; m. Almina Davis; re- 

sides in Orange, Mass. 

1. James Lyman, b. Aug. 22, 1842 ; m. Jennie 

Dike. 

2. George Henry, b. Dec. 17, 1844; d. May 

31, 1845. 

3. Edward E., b. May 3, 1847. 

V. Isabel, b. June 2, 1814 ; was twice m., and d. Nov. 
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VI. Martha, b. Feb. 19, 1815; d. June 19, 1817. 

vii. Kafhrine, b. Feb. 18, 1818; m. Spaulding. 

She d. Oct. 13,1850. 
VIII. Sauiuel J., b. Feb. 2, 1821. 

IX. Lucy Ann, b. Oct. 21, 1824; ui. ratterson; 

d. Aug. 1, 1870. 



Archie Tenney, son of William, m., Apr. 10, 1809, 
Susanna Jones of Berlin, Mass. In 1826, he purchased 
the Lewis farm, now owned by Ezra Livermore, wliere 
he resided for many years. He afterwards lived in Keene, 
on the place now owned by Levi T. White. He d. Nov. 
7, 1870. His wife d. Sept. 19, 1860. 

I. James Madison, b. Sept. 15, 1809; d. Feb. 16, 

1813. 
II. Iioxa>ina, b. March 1, 1811 ; m. Franklin Clapp, 
q.v. 

III. Jidia Ann, b. Nov. 12, 1812; d. Apr. 15, 1813. 

IV. William, b. Sept. 23, 1814.+ 
V. /Samuel, b. Oct. 25, 1816.-f- 

VI. Fawiie, b. Jan. 28, 1819 ; m. Frederick Wallace, 

q.v. 
VII. Caroline, b. March 31, 1821 ; m. Christopher Til- 
den, q.v. 
VIII. Harrison, b. Feb. 27, 1823; d. June 13, 1840. 
IX. Hartwell, b. Apr. 4, 1825; m., July 18, 1850, 
Josejihine P. Stearns, of Ashburnham, Mass., b. 
Se2:)t. 3, 1830 ; resides in Ashburnham. 

1. Nellie J., b. Sept. 6, 1857 ; d. July 31, 1859. 

2. Charles S., b. Sept. 27, 1860. 

3. Mabel W., b. July 6, 1863. 

X. Lucretia, b. March 19, 1827 ; m. David W. Bill. 
XI. Louisa, b. June 29, 1829; m. Lucius Taylor, who 

d. Apr. 7, 1874, and she d. Sept. 10, 1879. 
XII. Lyman A., b. Aug. 21, 1833.-}- 



Ebek Texxet, son of William, m., Jan. 5, 1808, Lydia 
Adams of New Salem, Mass., b. May 30, 1789. He was 
a tanner by trade, and carried on that business for many 
years on the home farm. 

I. Martha A., b. Oct. 30, 1808; m. George W. 

Howard, q.v. 
II. Hannah, b. Nov. 28, 1810 ; m. Robert Carpenter; 
removed to Orange, Mass., where she d. Nov. 
9, 1835. 
in. Tliomas, b. Sept. 29, 1812; removed to Orange, 

where he d. Aug. 22, 1863. 
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V. Charles, h. March 31, 1817 ; d. Jan., 1834. 

VI. .S'arah JV., h. Feb. 3, 1819 ; m., Sei)t. 21, 1837, 
William Boyden ; d. Aug. 25, 1845. 

VII. JVajH-i/ W., b. Jan. 18, 1821 ; m., March 2G, 1846, 
William Boydcn; d. Sept. 15, 1851. 

III. Amasa A., b. March 18, 1828; m., July 22, 1846, 
Mary E. Kendall of Royalston, Mass. He re- 
sided in Mai-1. till June, 1S54, Avhen he removed 
to Templeton, Mass., and after a residence of a 
few years in that place removed to Winchendon, 
where lie now resides. 

1. Henry Murray, b. Aug. 9, 1848; m., Aug. 

1, 1870, Anna Priest. 
Fred Clarence, b. June 30, 1850. 
Jennie Augusta, b. May 15, 1853. 
Willie Leroy, b. May 26, 1855. 
Herbert Leslie, b. Sept. 9, 1858 ; d. July 

22, 1872. 
Flora May, b. May 3, 1863; d. March 4, 

1864. 
7. Harry Amasa, b. July 26, 1867. 

IX. Jacob Whitjiei/, b. Aug. 21, 1824; m. Maria, dan. 
of Asa and Lucy (Mason) Greenwood ; resides 
in Denver, Col. 
X. Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1827; m. Henian Green- 
wood ; resides in Galesburg, 111. 

XI. Francis J/, b. Aug. 16, 1830; m., Apr. 29, 1862, 
Hattie W. Lawrence ; resides in California. 

Mrs. Tenney d. Nov. 3, 1845 ; and he m. (2d), Aj.r. 29, 
1846, Mrs. Lucy Whitney, and resided in Oi'aiige, Mass., 
where he d. March 4, 1864. 



Samuel Tenj^ey, son of William, m. Fannie Wood of 
Minisink, Orange Co., N.Y. He d. in Baldwinville, 
Mass., March 30, 1859. His widow d. in Richmond, Oct. 
20, 1865. 



1815; m. Stillman 
in. Horace Pat- 



I. ^Susan Adaline, b. Apr. 25, 

Taylor; d. Feb. 11, 1858. 
li. Dthorah Ann, b. Feb. 28, 1816; 

terson ; resides in Boston. 

III. WilUani, b. Sej)t. 18, 1818; m. Sarah Works; d. 

March 31, 1871. 

IV. Timothy Addison, b. June 3, 1822; m. Harriet 

Muni^e; d. Apr. 10, 1869. 
V. Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1821; m. Moses Elliott; d. in 

Ptichmond, May 23, 1857. 
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VII. Fcmnie^ b. July 24, 1825; m. Amos Baker, 
vm. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1827; d. Aug., 18-19. 
IX. llnnnah Maria, h. Nov. 23, 1829; ui. George 

Davis ; resides in Nashua. 
X. George WasJiinr/fon, b. Oct. IB, 1831; ni. Ji'uett 

Norcross ; resides in Winchendon. 
XI, j\fartha 7'., b. June 5, 1833 ; d. young. 
XII. Martht Jane, b. May 26, 1838 ; in. Austin Nor- 
cross ; resides in Templeton, Mass. 



Calvix Tenney, son of William, m., Dec. 6, 1821, 
Tabitha, dan. of Jonadab and Tabitlia (Wilson) J^akor ; 
resided for a few years on the Baker ])lace, now owned 
by David S. Derby. In 1828, he built the brick house 
since owned by Emery Cudworth, and resided there until 
after the death of his wife, which occurred Oct. 10, IS;"):!. 
He then sold his farm, and removed to the village, lie 
d. Nov. 4, 1879. 

I. rosJ))f, b. Oct. 24, 1822; m. Barton Blodgett, q.v. 
II. Goodhue, b. Oct. 16, 1824.+ 

III. George Washington, b. June 30, 1828 ; m,, Se]>t. 

16,' 1857, Martha A. Wilber of Westmoreland. 

1. Clinton Wilber, b. Nov. 17, 1873. 

IV. mnry Clay, b. Dec. 26, 1830.-|- 

V. Daniel Webster, b. Sept. 12, 1834.+ 



William Texxey, son of Archie, m., Feb. 20, 1837, 
Anliza Whitcomb of Swanzey, b. Nov, 12, 1816, d. in 
Keene, Jan. 2, 1875. Mr. Tenney Avas for many years a 
manufacturer of wooden ware. He removed to Keene in 
1864, where he still resides. 

I, Williajn JInnroe, b. Oct. 1, 1839 ; m., Jan. 9, 1861, 
Julia S., dau. of Capt. Elias and Alice (Fisk) 
Hardy. 

• 1. Harry Albert, b. Oct. 28, 1861. 

2. Ada Bell, b. July 9, 1866. 

3. Eddie Munroe, b. Sept. 15, 186>^, 

II. ^[idiza Jane, b. Jan. 10, 1841 ; ni. Duniel W. Ten- 
ney, (J.V. 
in. lleiirj/ Harrison, h. Feb. 22, 1847; m., Dec. 25, 
1874, Mary L. Chase; resides in Keene. 



Samuel Tenney, son of Archie, m. (1st) Mary A. 
Bill of C4ilsum. She d. Aug. 15, 1842 ; and he m. (2d) 
Melissa Gurnesey of Franconia. He d. July 15, 1853 ; 
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I. Mary Ann, ra. Charles Witt ; resides in Spring- 
field, Mass. 

11. JE'hriu, m. Fredia Richardson of Boston, where 
he now resides. 

III. Lliioni, m. Washington Wood. 

IV. Emraa, m. Chandler Smith. 



LvMAX A. Texnet, son of Archie, m. (1st), Nov. 1, 
1858, Persis P., dau. of Jeremiah and 8arah (Caqtenter) 
Foster of Nelson, who d. July 20, 1860. 

I. Viola A., b. May 5, 1855; m., Aug. 30, 1871, 

Francis L. King, 
n. Clifford IL, b. Noa^ 22, 1859. 

Ur. Tenney m. (2d), May 1, 1861, Lizzie M. Tolman 
of Nelson. He now resides in Hancock. 

III. Alice X., b. July 21, 1864. 

Goodhue Tenxev, son of Calvin, m. (1st), Dec. 22, 
1853, Philena M. Smalley, who d. Apr. 4, 1859. 

I. Alice, b. March 13, 1859; d. Feb. 28, 1864. 

Mr. Tenney m. (2d), Nov. 27, 1862, Ann E. Whitney 
of Fitzwilliam. 

II. Flora Bell (an adoj^ted dau.), b. in Maria, N.Y., 
Aug. 19, 1872. 



Henry C. Tbnxey, son of Calvin, m., March 18, 1858, 
Julia C. Stebbins of Hinsdale ; resides in Oi-ange, Mass. 

I. Fred (7., b. July 9, 1859. 
11. Loci-hart S., b. Nov. 2, 1865. 

From an early age, Mr. Tenney manifested an unusual 
fondness for books, and zealously apjilied himself to every 
means of obtaining knowledge. His evenings Avere de- 
voted to study, and the facilities for education offered by 
his native town improved to the utmost, and his college 
])reparatory course completed at Westminster, Vt., under 
Prof. L. F. Ward. His close application to study per- 
manently injured his eyesight; and, with the cherished 
object of his ambition almost within his grasp, he was 
forced to forego his plans of college and a })rofessional 
career. 

For the next few years, he followed the vocation of 
teacher in various New England towns, holding succes- 
sively the post of jirincipal in Mettowee Academy, Paw- 
let, Vt.j Peterborough Academy, and the High School in 
Marl. 

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abilities by couferring iijion him various offices of trust 
and honor. These he liHed with justice and prudence 
to the satisfaction of alh 

Leaving his native town, he lived for some time a wan- 
derer's life, visiting the land of gold, the Pacific coast, 
and finally settled in East Jaffrey in 1802, as clerk of the 
cotton manufactory of A. Bascomb & Co. For nearly 
six years, much of the business devolved upon him ; and 
he was held in the highest esteem by his em))loyers. 

Leaving Jaffrey in the spring of 1868, he opened a gen- 
eral store in Orange, Mass., under the firm name of H. C. 
Tenney tfc Co. In the ra])id growth and develojmient 
of the town, this was gradually changed to a jobbing and 
retailing hardware and paint and oil house. 

He was one of the founders of the Orange Savings and 
Orange National Banks, and has always been and still is 
an oflicer of each. 

Mr. Tenney is an able and thoughtful speaker. His 
voice is often heard in the biisiness and literary circles 
of the town of his adoption. He possesses in a marked 
degree the faculty of concentration, or thinking upon his 
feet, ever ready to answer with crushing effect any and 
every attack upon him. 

As a scholar, he is searching and thorough ; as a teacher, 
practical and full of apt illustrations ; as a mei'chant, 
prompt and energetic; as a man in all the various stations 
of life, he is ever the firm lover and champion of right. 



Daxiel W. Texxey, son of Calvin, m., Aug. 1, 1861, 
Jane A., dau. of William and Anliza (Whitcomb) Ten- 
ney, who d. Oct. 5, 1879. 

Mr. Tenney commenced his business life as clerk in 
the store of G. D. Richardson & Co., serving an appren- 
ticeship of one year, after which he opened a store in 
Lowellville, in the firm of Tenney & Nason. 

We next find him on the road, a t^^holesale peddler. 
Being moderately successful in trade, he next developed 
as a manufacturer of wooden Avare in the firm of D. W. 
& W. M. Tenney. 

In 1867, as the head of the Marlboro Manufacturing 
Company, he introduced in town the manufacture of 
woollen goods, opening up a new industry, and giving 
a fresh impetus to business. Gradually, the tub and 
pail business was SAvallowed up in this new enterprise, 
the spindle and loom supplanting the saw and lathe. 
The business was a success imtil the crash of 1877, when 
he was forced to retire. He successively held Avith fidel- 
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stirring genius in tlnis developing her manufacturing 
interests, 

I. Wmie W., b. Jan. 18, 1804. 
II. Jenyiie Jlcn/, b. 3Iav 8, 1865. 
III. Dan. Herhtrt, b. Nov. 15, 1868. 



SiMOX Tex^s'et, a nephew of William Tenney, Sen., 
b. probably in Littleton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1777 ; m., March 
4, 1802, Sybel Brooks of Littleton, b. A].r. 14, 17SL He 
removed to Xew Salem, Mass., where he carried on the 
tanning business, and was also town clerk for a number 
of years. He served three months in the war of 1812. 
He resided at Sand Lake, N.Y. ; from thence lie re- 
moved to Marl., and occupied for a few years a house 
which formex'ly stood opposite the present residence of 
Amos A. Mason, He d. in TTinchester, Xov. 16, 1860, 
His wife d, Oct. 31, 1872, 

I. JEdrcin P., b, Jan, 18, 1803; m., and resides in 

Winchester. 
11. Irene, b. Xov. 13, 1805; d. Xov. 28, 1805. 

III. Caroline, b. May 2, 1807 ; d. Dec. 29, 1807. 

IV, Louisa, b. May 1, 1811 ; m. William Stowits of 

Troy, X. Y. ; removed to 111. 
V. Amos J?., b. May 28, 1815,+ 
VI. Pamilla jP.,b, June 17, 1819 ; m, Albert Jones, q.v. 



Amos B. Texxet, son of Simon, m., Xov. 25, 1841, 
Reliefs., dau. of Silas and Achsah (Holniau) McColles- 
ter. In 1846, he bought the Charles McCollester place, 
where he resided until 1863, when he sold to David 
Mclntire. In 1867, he removed to Xorth Lawrence, 
X,Y., where he was for several years engaged iu manu- 
facturing j^ails. He now resides in Keene. 

I. Oliver S., b. Aug. 8, 1843 ; m. Hattie Harrington, 
II, Ada P., b, Sept. 22, 1848 ; d. Xov. 10, 1864, 



Daniel Teknet (genealogy not traced, but supposed 
to be a cousin of William Tenney, Sen.) lived for some 
time' about 1780 north of the Stone pond. But little is 
known of him, excej)t tliat he was a basket-maker and 
travelled about from place to place, can*ying his baskets 
on his back, offering them for sale. He afterwards re- 
moved to Hancock, and resided on the east side of Long 
pond, where he d, in 1812. His wife Avas Liicy Shattuck 
of Pepperell, Mass, They had three sons, who m, and 
removed to Webster, Ontario Co,, X,Y. 
I, Daniel. 
11. Shadrach. 
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Benja^hx Thatcher, b. Oct. 10, 1760 ; m. Rhany 
Harvey. He entered the war of tlie Revolution at the 
age of 17, and served three years. (See Chai». HI.) He 
came to MarL in 1785, and settled on the farm now 
owned by Charles W. Ca]»rou, where he resided until his 
death, Apr. 10, 1850. His wife d. Dec. 9, 1835. 

I. Balah, b. July 16, 1784; ni. Silas Rhodes, q.v. 
II. llhanii, b. Apr. 14, 1786; d. Apr. 27, 1860, urn. 

III. Benjamin^ b. March 14, 1788.4- 

IV. William, b. March 10, 1790; m., Dec. 7, 1815, 

Sally, dan. of Jonathan and Delila (Rhodes) 
Bemis; d. in Canada, Mav 24, 1838. 

V. Ulias, b. May 22, 1792.+ 

VI. Jemima, b. Sept. 9, 1794 ; d. Sept. 3, 1796. 
VII. Levi, b. Dec. 6, 1796.-[- 

VIII. Cyrus, b. May 9, 1799 ; m. Esther, dau. of Will- 
iam and Esther (Maynard) White. She d. Feb. 
3, 1873, c. 

IX. Jemima, b. June 4, 1801 ; d. Nov. 9, 1859, ura. 

X. Kancy, b. Aug. 24, 1803 ; d. Dec. 5, 1844, urn. 

XI. Joseph, b. Sept. 22, 1806 ; m. Nancy .Joslin of 
Stoddard ; settled in Keene ; d. Nov., 1873. 



Benjamin Thatcher, son of Benjamin, m., Apr. 25, 
1812, Betsey Page of Roxbury, who d. Sept. 19, 1853. 
Hed. Apr. 23, 1847. 

I. A. Jldinda, b. Aug. 26, 1813 ; m., Aug., 1852, 

Albert BosAvorth. 
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m. Eliza Jane, b. Ausr. 5, 1817 ; d. Jan. 7, 1825. 
IV. Mary A., b. May 26, 1819; m., Apr., 1840, Daniel 
H. Bates; d. in Westboi'o, Mass., Sept., 1873. 
V. Sophronia C, b. Apr. 9, 1821; m., Nov., 1843, 
Daniel B. Gary ; d. in ZanesA-ille, O., Feb., 1852. 
VI. Sarah A., b. May 9, 1823 ; d. May 12, 1823. 
vn. Charles, b. Aug. 7, 1824. He entered the army 
in Sept., 1861, was wounded at Gettysburg, 
July 2, and d. Jidy 20, 1863. 
vm. Siimner, b. Jan. 17, 1827 ; m., Apr., 1857, Mary 
Hodge of Owego, N.Y. 
IX. 3Iaria E., b. Sept. 2, 1828 ; d. Oct. 9, 1850. 
X. S. Elida, b. Sept. 27, 1830 ; m., Nov., 1853, M. D. 

Moore. 
XI. Rosaline 3L, b. Sept. 25, 1834; um. 
xn. James, b. March 20, 1837 ; m.. May, 1860, Ellen 
C. Baxter. 

1. Henry L., b. July 14, 1861. 

2. Bertha E., ; d. Jan., 1867, as. seven 

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Dea. Elias Thatcher, son of Benjamin, m., Jan. 16, 
1811, Caty, dau. of Daniel and Dinah (Converse) Wood- 
ward. He resided for many years in Swanzey, but in 
his old age returned to Marl, to reside with his children. 
He was for many years a deacon of the Baptist Church. 
He d. Feb. 7, 1879. His Avife d. Feb. 6, 1879. 

I. Willard, b. June 20, 1811; m. in N.Y. Eliza 

Morse ; d. Nov. 23, 1871. 
II. Mias A., b. Nov. 20, 1814.+ 
HI. Catharine,}). March 20, ISIQ; m. Artemas Bemis, 

q.v. 
IV. David, h. Jan. 11, 1818; um. 
V. Elmira, b. May 10, 1819; m. Elisha Ayer; d. 

March 13, 1855. 
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VII. Esther, b. Dec. 25, 1823 ; um. 
VIII. Bhaney J., b. June 22, 1825 ; d. Sept. 24, 1865, um. 
IX. Nancy, b. March 7, 1827 ; m. Levi T. White, q.v. 
X. Warren, b. May 8, 1831 ; m. Lucy Emerson of 
Royalston, Mass., who d., and he m. (2d) Delia 
Wood of Gardner, Dec. 25, 1878. He d. Nov. 
19, 1879. 

Dea. Levi Thatcher, son of Benjamin, m.. May 5, 
1825, Hannah, dau. of William and Esther (Maynard) 
White; settled on the home farm, where he still resides. 
He was for several years deacon of the Baj^tist Church. 

I. Emiline B., b. Sejjt. 16, 1827; m. Curtis W. 

Capron, q.v. 
II. Anrelia H., b. Jan. 10, 1831 ; m. Charles W. 
Capron, q.v. 



George Thatcher, son of Benjamin, Jr., m., Sept., 
1843, Abiah Haselton of Dresden, N.Y., who d. June 16, 
1868. 

I. Georqe Henry, b. Jan. 30, 1845 ; d. Aug. 16, 1860. 
II. Ella 31., b. March 15, 1848; d. Feb. 27, 1864. 

III. Charles H., b. Sept. 30, 1862. 

Mr. Thatcher m. (2d), Mar. 30, 1870, Ellen J. Howard. 

IV. Infant dau., b. Aug. 7, 1872; d. Aug. 7, 1872. 
V. George Howard, b. Oct. 22, 1876. 

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until 1855, when he became a permanent resident of Marl. 
He was quite extensively engaged in the wood and lum- 
ber business, having bought several fanns, ;iiid reino\ eel 
the wood and timber from them previous to his perma- 
nent settlement in INIarl. In 1<S59, he purchased thu 
Marl. "Hotel jirojicrty" and the brick-mill now belonging 
to the Marl. Manufacturing Comi)any, and, in connection 
with kee})ing the hotel, for six years carried on the })ail 
manufacturing business. In 1867, he built the house on 
West Street which he now occupies, and rented the 
hotel buildings, and about this time sold the brick-mill. 
Since occupying his present residence, he has ke])t him- 
self busy in looking after his real estate interest. He 
found time, however, to invent and get patented, in 1877, 
a road-scraper, which is considered by the best judges in 
road-making and rej)airing to l)e an article of great jjrac- 
tical value, and the best thing out for that purpose. 

Mr. Thatcher is one of the solid men of the town finan- 
cially, and spares no labor or expense in improving every- 
thing coming into his possession. The hotel buildings, 
while owned by him, were remodelled, and wonderfully 
improved and beautified, particularly by the removal of 
the barn to its present position, and the additions made 
to it. On his Newton farm, he has ei'ected one of the 
finest barns in the county. Having no as])iration8 for 
office-holding, he has always declined the solicitations of 
his friends in that direction; but for real, sound judg- 
ment in business matters, and 2)''ii'ticularly in the value 
of real estate, no person in town excels him. 



Elias a. Thatcher, son of Dea. Elias, m., May 4, 
1835, Delina, dau. of William and Esther (Maynard) 
White. 

I. Willard E., b. Nov. 10, 1835 ; m., Oct. 29, 1858, 
FloraUa C. Wyman. He was a member of Co. 
C, 14th Reg. N.H. Vols. ; d. at Offutts Cross- 
roads, Dec. 31, 1862. 

1. Willie A., b. Nov. 13, 1860. 

2. Henry A., b. Nov. 14, 1861. 

3. George W., b. June 2, 1862. 

II. Esther D., b. Feb. 13, 1838 ; m. (1st) Thomas L. 
White, q.v. He d., and she m. (2d) Charles V. 
Smith, q.v. 

III. JDoratha N., b. Aug. 4, 1842 ; d., Dec. 11, 1867, 

um. 

IV. Ella A., b. Oct. 17, 1846; m., July 9, 1876, Frank 

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Philander Thatcher, son of Dea. Elias, m., Apr. 14, 
1846, Roxa L., daw. of Silas Wliitcomb. 

I. Ellen L., b. July 14, 1850 ; d. Apr. 8, 1853. 

II. Herbert P., b. Aug. 9, 1855; d. May 31, 1859. 

III. 3Iary J., b. Oct. 14, 1860. 

IV. Bertie J\, b. Nov. 23, 1865. 



THOMPSON. 

James Tuompson came to this country from Ireland (tradition says) 
in 1712, bringing with him one son, Samuel, then fourteen years of age. 
They settled in what is now llolden, Mass., where they both d. in Aug., 
1755. Samuel had eight or nine children, the youngest of whom was 
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Mass., 1742. He m. his first wife in Royalston, but her 
name has not been ascertained. He came to Marl, about 
1780, where he resided some ten years, and then re- 
moved to Keeue, where he d. Feb. 21, 1813. While a 
resident of this town, he was published to Sarah Scott 
of Fitzwilliara. 

I. Azuhah, b. in Marl., May 2, 1783 ; m. Aldrich 

of Uxbridge, Mass. 
II. Thomas^ b. in Marl., Apr. 6, 1785; d. in Keene, 

June 4, 1857. 

III. Isaac, b. in Marl., March 2, 1787; d. Dec. 20, 

1864. 

IV. Sally, b. . 

V. Aaro7i, b. 1790 ; d. in Keene, March 10, 1847. 
VI. Daniel, b. in Keene, Jan. 31, 1794. 
VII. Jolm, d. 1866. 
VIII. Luther, d. 1856. 



Samuel Thompson (supposed to be a nephew of 
Thomas, Sen.), came to this town from Princeton, Mass., 
1783. His wife was Molly , Names of the follow- 
ing children appear on the town records. 

1. James, b. Apr. 10, 1783. 
II. Moses, b. Apr. 20, 1785, 

III. Samuel, b. June 18, 1787. 

IV. Isaac, b. Apr. 3, 1789. 

V. Jeremiah, b. Sept. 22, 1791. 

James Thompson and Sally Cutting m., Sept. 22, 1796. 



Hugh Thompson m. Polly Lawrence, 1794. 



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villa (Page) Thompson, b. in East SAvanzcy, March 5, 
1830 ; m., June 17, 1851, Laura Jerusha Newton, ]). at 
Saxton's River, Vt., June 15, 1832. They resided in 
East Swanzey until 1870, when they removed to Marl., 
where they have since resided. 

I. 3Iari/ J\, b. in East Swanzey, Feb. 5, 1859. 



David Thurston became a settler of Marl, some time 
previous to 1776. He Avas b. July 8, 1736, but at what 
place we have no knowledge. He m. a young lady by 
the name of Eunice Whitney, and settled first in Leo- 
minster, Mass., where he resided for several years. He 
then came to Marl., and located on the old road leading 
to Pottersville. His wife d. Jan. 5, 1802; and he after- 
wards removed to Owego, N.Y., Avhere he d. Aug. 6, 1826. 
First four children b. in Leominster, Mass., I'emainder in 
Marl. 

I. lienjaniin, b. Dec. 26, 1766 ; m. Sally , and 

removed to Canada. He had the following 
children b. in Marl. 

1. Ginnet, b. Aug. 30, 1792. 

2. Sally,*b. March 9, 1794. 

II. David, b. Oct. 17, 1768 ; m. Fannie Darling of 

Keene ; removed to Owego, N.Y., about 1812. 
The oldest child b. in Marl., the others in Owego. 

1. Fannie, b. June 27, 1809 ; m. Prentiss Ran- 

som; resides in Iowa City, la. 

2. Nancy, b. March 24 ; m, Drury Thomp- 

son ; resides in Mobile, Ala. 

3. George W., resides in Owego. 

4. David Whitney, resides in Syracuse, N.Y. 

5. John Metcalf, resides in Syracuse, N.Y. 

6. Mary Alraeda, m. Anson Garrison. 

7. James Sidney, resides in Elmira, N.Y. 

III. I^evi, b. June 1, 1770 ; m. Sally Newton ; removed 
to Binghamton, N.Y. ; d. Aug. 20, 1861. 

IV. Jo/m,h. July 21, 1772; m., Nov. 4, 1801, Lydia, 
dau. of Daniel Ball ; resided for many years in 
St. Johnsbury, Vt. The following children b. 
in Marl. 

1. Leland, b. May 29, 1803. 

2. Roswell, b. Oct. 22, 1807. 

8. Emily, b. March 8, 1810. 

v. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1775.+ 

VI. Jason, b. June 4, 1777 ; m., and lived in Noble- 
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VII. Eunice, b. June 25, 1780; m., Oct. 6, 1805, Abra- 
ham Garfield ; removed to Loiidondery, Vt. ; 
d. Feb. 23, 1841. 

VIII. Stejihen, b. March 18, 1783 ; d. Jan. 25, 1784. 



Samuel Thurston, son of David, m., Jan. 1, 1800, 
Sally French. He resided for several years in the old 
" Red Tavern," then removed to Alstead, where he d. 
Dec. 23, 1873. His wife d. March 2, 1839. 

I. Louisa, b. Dec. 16, 1800 ; m. Timothy Dort of 

Gilsum ; d. Nov. 5, 1835. 
II. Jonas Gibnwi, h. Oct. 8, 1802; d. Apr. 17, 1804. 

III. Joseph, b. May 30, 1804; m. Betsey Brown of 

Sullivan ; resides in Keene. 

IV. Hartley, b. March 3, 1806 ; m. Arminda Robinson ; 

settled in Berlin, Wisconsin; d. in Alstead, 
1879. 
V. Alden Spooner, b. Sept. 12, 1809; m. Esther Ada- 
line Miller ; resides in Alstead. 
VI. FranJclin liobinson, b. Jan. 22, 1815.-J- 



Franklix R. TnuRSTOif, son of Samuel, m. (1st), 
May 24, 1838, Fannie L.,dau. of Charles and Polly (Con- 
verse) Holman, who d. Dec. 23, 1871 ; and he m. (2d), 
Nov. 28, 1878, Mrs. H. Elizabeth (Nichols) Hoit of Con- 
cord, b. in Boston, July 12, 1829. Children by first wife. 

I. Charles Holman, b. June 3, 1842; m., Nov. 23, 
1864, Amanda C, dau. of Col. Cyrus and Caro- 
line (Richardson) Frost. 

1. Frank Watson, b. Sept. 7, 1865. 

2. Clarence Frost, b. Apr. 1, 1870; d. Sept. 

28 1870 

3. Charles Willis, b. Mav 18, 1872. 

4. Arthur Clemens, b. Oct. 8, 1873 ; d. Feb. 

22, 1874. 

11. Ella Chestina,h. Dec. 4, 1848; m., Aug. 20, 1872, 
Horatio S. Richardson ; resides in Cambridge- 
port, Mass. 



Christopher Tilden, son of Benjamin and Lucinda 
(Boynton) Tilden,b. in Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 25, 1813 ; 
m. (1st), Nov. 25, 1837, Caroline, dau. of Archie and 
Susanna (Jones) Tenney; settled first in Fitchburg; 
came to Marl, to reside Apr., 1840. He worked for sev- 
eral years at shoemaking, and then turned his attention 
to pail-turning, which business he follows at the present 
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I. George^ b. in Fitchburg, Nov. 4, 1838.-f- 
II. An infant dau.^ b. in Marl. ; d. Aug. 3, 1840. 

Mrs. Tilden d. Aug. 12, 1840"; and he m. (2d), July 8, 
1841, Lovisa B., dau. of Nathaniel and Sally (Barker) 
Richardson. 

m. Oliver Washburn, b. in Marl., Oct. 1, 1848; d. 
Dec. 27, 1865. 



George Tilden, son of Christopher, m., June 4, 1860, 
Betsey L., dau. of Leonard and Hannah (Tolles) Roby, 
b. May 30, 1839. Mr. Tilden was a member of Co. E, 
6th Reg. N.H. Vols. 

I. Leonard Elhworth, b. March 28, 1861. 
II. Caroline Hannali, b. Oct. 7, 1869. 



TOLMAN. 

Thomas Tolaiax emigrated to this country from England about 1635, 
and settled in Dorchester, Mass. His first wife, Mhom he probably m. in 

England, was Sarah . She d., and he m. (2d) Katherine , who 

d. Nov. 7, 1677, and he d. Jan. 28, 1690. He had seven children. His 
son John, b. 1642, m. (1st) Elizabeth Collins of Lynn, who was probably 
b. Apr. 8, 1666. She d. Oct. 7, 1690; and he m. (2d), June 1.5, 1692, 
Maiy Paul. He d. Jan. 1, 1724-25. Henry, son of John, b. March, 1678 

-79, m. Hannah . He resided at Dorchester for some years, and 

then removed to Attleboro, Avhere he d. at an advanced age. His wife 
d. Nov. 11, 1735. His son Henry, b. in Dorchester, Feb. 23, 1708, m. 
Mary, dau. of Dea. Benjamin Slack of Attleboro. He resided in Attle- 
boro, and d. Dec. 25, 1762. His -n-idow d. in Fitzwilliam, Dec. 26, 1785. 
Three of his sons, Ebeuezer, Joseph, and Benjamin, settled in Marl. 

1 ; Ebenezek Tolman, son of Henry and Mary (Slack) 
Tolman, was b. in Attleboro, May 31, 1748. He was left 
an orphan at the age of eight years. At the age of four- 
teen, he was apprenticed to a carpenter; and, at the age 
of twenty-one, he removed to Fitzwilliam, and at the 
commencement of the Revolution joined the army, and 
was at the battle of Bunker Hill. (See Chap. IH.) 
March, 1781, he m. Mary Clark of New Ipswich. He 
resided in Fitzwilliam six years after his mai-riage, and 
then came to Marl., where he remained three yeai-s, and 
then removed to Nelson, where he passed the remainder 
of his days, and d. Dec. 27, 1838. His wife d. Apr. 18, 
1824. 

2 I. Polly, b. in Fitzwilliam, Feb. 16, 1782 ; d. Aug. 
18, 1796. 

3 u. Ehentzer, b. in Fitzwilliam, Apr. 23, 1784; m.. 
May, 1816, Hopeful Randall. 

4 III. George, b. in Fitzwilliam, May 31, 1785 ; m., May 
6, 1815, Mrs. Joanna T. Whitteman. 



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IV. Betsey, h. in Marl., June 2, 1788; m., Apr. 27, 

1817, Thomas Baker. 
V. Cynthia, b. in Marl., Jan. 25, 1793 ; m., Apr., 1816, 

Josiah Richardson. 
VI. William, b. in Nelson, Nov. 7, 1795 ; m., Oct. 9, 

1827, Mary Bancroft. . 
VII. 3Iary, b. in Nelson, Fel). 11, 1798 ; m., Sept. 21, 

1836, C. C. Rich. 
VIII. Cyrus, b. in Nelson, Marcli 16, 1800; ni., 1830, 
Lucy Abbott. 



Joseph Tolman, a brother of Ebenezer, was b. in At- 
tleboro, Mass., July 30, 1752. He was apprenticed at an 
early age to learn the art and mystery of the blacksmith, 
at Taunton. Soon after he became of age, he went to 
Fitzwilliam, where he remained till 1778, when he i)ur- 
chased a lot of land in Marl., Avliich is the farm now 
known as the Maj. Tolman place. His wife was Martha 
Clark, who d. March 21, 1852. He d. Apr. 22, 1813. 

I. Thomas, b. July 11, 1783.+ 
II. Joseph, b. Dec. 3, 1784; d. in infancy. 

III. Martha, b. Jan. 23, 1787 ; m., March 20, 1820, 

Daniel Sewall. 

IV. Joseph, b. March 8, 1789; m., Apr. 3, 1815, Mrs. 

Susan Blood, widow of David I31ood. 
V. Nancy, b. Jan. 18, 1793 ; m. Thomas Brown of 

Sullivan. 
VI. Biadama, b. June 5, 1795 ; m., March, 1818, 
Oliver Bemis of Dublin ; removed to Guildhall, 
Vt. 
VII. f^iisanna, b. July 7, 1798; m., 1818, Edward C. 

Hale, 
vui. Betsey, b. Jan. 19, 1800; m., Apr., 1819, Jeremy 
Knowlton of Dublin. She d. in Wisconsin, 
Apr. 16, 1847. 
IX. Louisa, b. March 5, 1802; d. A])r. 19, 1830, urn. 
X. John, b. Oct. 13, 1803 ; m., Sept. 15, 1820, Salome 
Corbin of New Ipswich ; removed to Guildhall, 
Vt. 



Maj. Thomas Tooian, son of Joseph, m., March 12, 
1812, Sarah Clark, b. Aug. 5, 1785 ; settled on the home 
farm. He d. Dec. 14, 1868. She d. June 10, 1864. 

I. Samuel Clark, b. Nov. 9, 1812 ; m., Dec. 19, 1837, 

Ann N. Dearbon. 
11. Thomas, b. March 12, 1814; m., Nov. 30,1836, 
Susan R. Adams ; resides in Troy. A record of 
his family was ai)2jlied for, but none received. 



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in. Mary Leslie, b. Sept. 14, 1815; iii., Oct. 26, 1842, 

John P. Sal>in. 
IV. Willi'im G., V). Jan. 31, 1817 ; m., Marcli 0, 1842, 

Abbie McCollestor; resides in Fiteliburf^. 
V. Ca/iiU, b. May 25, 1818 ; m., Sept. 9, 1842, Rebecca 

Tony of Fitcliburg, -where he now resides. 
VI. Sarah, h. A]n: 28, 1820; m., Oct. 13, 1845, Am- 
nion Woodward ; removed to Lisbon, Me. 
VII. Martha A., b. Nov. 10, 1821 ; d. March 7, 1847, 

um. 
vni. Daniel Loch, b. Jnly 9, 1823.+ 
IX. A daughter, b. May 23, 1825; d. in infancy. 
X. Harriet JVeioell, b. Jan. 30, 1827. 
XI. Leander, b. Oct. 2, 1828; m., Marcli 28, 1848, 
Lncy Copeland of Tliompson, Conn. He d. July 
5, 1857. 



Daniel L. Tolman, son of Maj. Thomas, m., Aug. 20, 
1851, Mary Maria Reed of Keene. He resided a few 
years in Keene, and then settled on the home farm, where 
he remained until 1872, when he removed to Red Oak, 
la., where Mrs. Tolman d. Nov. 13, 1874. 

I. Clara Jtfaria, b. in Keene, Oct. 5, 1852; m., July 

3, 1879, William W. White of Hawthorn, la. 
II. Lizzie M., b. in Keene, Dec. 19, 1853. 
in. Fayette Cahill, b. in Keene, Aug. 25, 1855. 
IV. Laura M., b. in Marl., Aug. 6, 1857 ; m., March 

26, 1879, J. Walter Scott of Stanton, la. 
V. Mary Loxiisa, b. in Marl., May 6, 1860. 
VI. Sarah Emma Augusta, b. in Marl., Oct. 30, 1864. 



Benjamin Tolman, another brother of Joseph, was 
b. in Dorchester, Mass., May 6, 1756. He resided some 
years in Attleboro, from which place he went to Fitz- 
william about the year 1770. He m. Hepzil)eth, dau. of 
Jacob Newell, and resided in Fitzwilliam till 1780, when 
he removed to that part of Marl, now within the limits 
of Troy. In the struggle for American Independence, he 
took an active part. (See Chap. III.) He d. March 9, 
1840. His widow d. July 20, 1842. 

I. Benjamin, b. Apr. 5, 1782 ; removed to Fitchburg. 
II. Henry, b. March 6, 1783 ; m. Polly Harris of Troy; 
d. in Sterling, Mass., March 6, 1851. 

III. Charles, d. at an early age. 

IV. Hepziheth, d. at an early age. 

V. Ch(irles,\). Apr. 5, 1789; m., Jan. 1, 1817, Alta 
Anderson of Albany, N.Y. He was in some of 
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VI. Jacob, h. Oct. 9, 1790 ; removed to Fitcliburg. 
VII. Hepziheth, b. 1793 ; d. in Troy. 
VIII. David, b. 1795 ; m. Martha Ballou ; d. in Troy. 
IX. Wathaii, h. 1797 ; d. in Fitcliburg. 
X. Stephen, b. 1798 ; settled in Troy. 
XI. Sally, b. 1800 ; m., and removed to the West. 
XII. Cahnn, b. 1803 ; m. Mary Bowers ; removed to 
Fitcliburg. 

XIII. Anna, b. 1804 ; m. Amasa Aldrich ; settled in 

Troy. 

XIV. Luther, b. 1807 ; removed to the West. 



Roger Tooth aker was a resident in town in 1796. 
He was best known as a quack doctor, and was generally 
addressed as Dr. Toothaker. His residence was a rude 
hovel which formerly stood near a large rock about half- 
way between where Henry Esty now resides and the 
house of Elijah Gates. His business was not so lucrative 
as many of his profession, and he is said to have been 
miserably poor. His residence here was short, he prob- 
ably leaving for some place where he could have a more 
extensive practice. His wife, Mary, united with the 
church Apr. 10, 1796, by virtue of a letter of dismission 
and recommendation from the church in Merrimack. No 
record of the family has been received. 



Daniel Towne, son of Archelaus and Ruth (Hen- 
ney) Towne, b. in Stoddard, Jan. 17, 1821 ; m., March 7, 
1844, Emily Sophia, dau. of Harrison and Sophia (Bev- 
erstock) Rugg, b. in Sullivan, July 17, 1825, He re- 
moved with his family from Sullivan to Marl., in the fall 
of 1870. 

I. Emihj Rosette, b. in Sullivan, Apr, 25, 1845 ; m., 

Nov. 26, 1868, Albert Davis of Sullivan; resides 

in Nelson. 
II. Clarissa Ann, b. in Langdon, June 15, 1847; m,, 

March 24, 1875, George H. Clapp ; resides in 

Brattlelioro, Vt. 

III. Watso?i Daniel, b. in Langdon, May 20, 1850 ; m., 

Nov. 26, 1874, Jennie Estella, dau. of Minot and 
Caroline E. (Harris) Phillips of Roxbury, b. Jan. 
21,1855; d. Dec. 11, 1879. 

1. Harry Delbert, b. Jan. 9, 1877. 

2. Minot Watson, b. Sept. 21, 1879. 

IV. Daren Wesley, b. in Langdon, Jan. 24, 1853 ; m., 

March 6, 1878, Stella M. Carr of Keene ; resides 
in East Sullivan. 
V. Addie Dacina, b. in Langdon, Oct. 15, 1855. 



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VI. Lizzie liid/i, 1). at North Wliite Crci'k, N.Y., Juiit; 

19, 1858 ; (1. Dec. 2(1, 18G0. 
VII. Elhv)orth. IFwritioii, 1). in Hebron, N.Y., Nov. 4, 

18G1 ; (1. Oct. 7, \m± 
VIII. Ella Soj'/iia, 1). in Hebron, N.Y., Awj;. 1, 18G3. 
IX. Lester Ile/mj, b. in Cambridge, N.Y., Dec. 29, 
1864. 



Georgr W. Towns, b. Jan. 4, 1807, in that part of 
Keene wliieli was afterwards set off to make the town of 
Roxbury. lie m., Sept., 1831, Laura, dan. of Capt. Asa 
and Lucy (Whitney) Lawrence of Rox])ury. He settled 
first in Roxbury, where all but the two young'est of his 
children were b. For the last twenty years of his life, 
he resided in Marl. 

I. Charles A.,h. Dec. 10, 1833 ; in. Lucretia Knight. 

He d. Apr. 12, 1858. 
II. L>fc>/ Whitjn'!/, b. Feb. 25,1836; m., Jan. 1, 1857, 
John Sawtelle. She d. . 

III. Lijumn, b. Dec. 29, 1838; d. Nov. 11, 1839. 

IV. lAinra L., b. Mav 8, 1841 ; d. July 30, 1841. 
V. Eveline E., b. Jan. 30, 1843 ; d. 1865. 

VI. EiiDtia Jane^ b. Dec. 24, 1845 ; m. Joseph Daniels; 
resides in Hartford, Conn. 

VII. Sarah Ann, b. May 8, 1848; d. March 26, 1853. 
VIII. Lora E., h. Jan. 9, 1850 ; d. March 11, 1853. 

IX. Gcor(/e IVoodlmri/, b. in Marl., March 1, 1858 ; re- 
sides in Minnesota. 

Mrs. Towns d. March 5, 1858; and he m. (2d), 1858, 
Nancy Smith of Sullivan. He d. Feb. 15, 1874. 

X. Uetie E., b. in Marl., March 7, 1863. 



Jamks TowN-SE>rD was b. in Wilton, Co. of Wiltshire, 
England, June 9, 1802 ; sailed from Southampton, June, 
1820, to Havre-de-Grace in France, and thence to Amer- 
ica. He m., June 12, 1826, Sarah Killham, b. in Man- 
chester, Mass., Aug. 24, 1801. At the time of his mar- 
riage, he resided in Framingham, but removed to Troy, 
N.Y., Sept. 27, 1827, to start up and put in operation the 
Troy Woollen Manufactory. He resided there two 
years, and then went to North Brookfield, Mass., to- i)ut 
in ojteration a woollen-mill there. Li a short time, he 
again changed his residence, this time removing to 
Lowell, where lie Avas engaged as a dyer and finisher of 
woollen flannels. He afterwai'ds resided for a short time 
at North Amlover and North Dighton; removed to (Til- 
sum, Nov., 183(), from which jtlace he came to Marl., with 
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that time to the i>resent been engaged in tlie manufact- 
ure of woollen yarn, the quality of which is superior to, 
any in the market. Mrs. Townsend d. Dec. 28, 1875. 

1. Sarah Ann, b. in Fr;iminghani, Mass., Ajir. (i, 
1827; m., Sei)t. 13,1853, Albert A. Anthony. 
She now resides, a widow, in Pe]t])erill, Mass. 
II. Jaints F., 1). in Troy, N.Y., Feb. 3, 1829 ; m., Apr. 
3, 1856, Cynthia Elniina, dau. of Thomas J. and 
Lovina (Taft) Baker. 

1. Elizabeth B., b. Oct. 11, 1859. 

III. Mary Jane,h.'\i\ North Brookfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 

1831; um. 

IV. Charlotte JE., b. in North Andover, Mass., June 13, 

1833 ; m., Sept. 27, 1854, George W. Buxton of 
Nelson. Mr. Buxton was a member of Co. A, 
2d Reg., Mass. Vol. ; d. at Alexandria, Va., 
Aug. 31, 1863. She in. (2d), Jan. 1, 1867, John 
A. Prince; resides in Worccsti'i-, M;iss. 

V. Daniel 7i], b. in North Diglitun, Mass., Apr. 10, 
1835 ; um. 

VI, Hannah M., b. in Gilsuin, Alay 25, 1837 ; m., Sept. 
5, 1867, Luke Knowlton, Jr., q.v. 



Richard Tozer, b. in Southboro, Mass., Oct. 13, 1782; 
m., Feb. 14, 1753, Mary Bclkna]). He was one of the 
])r()j)rietors of Monadnock No. V, and, as such, drew 
three lots of land. One of these was in the south part 
of the township, another in the extreme northerly part, 
which he sold to his son John, reserving for himself the 
third lot, which is tlie farm known as the Blodgett jilace, 
iu)W owned by Augustus T. Woodward, where he settled 
about 1770. At that time, he was a man of wealth; and 
it seems was highly esteemed, and held many offices of 
trust among the proprietors. But his last marriage 
proved an unhappy comiection, and his jiroperty grad- 
ually wasted away; and in his old age he was very poor, 
and supported himself and family by collecting ashes 



and milking potash. 
Southboro. 



The following childi-eu b. in 



I. John, b. Apr. 23,1754.+ 

II. Mary, b. iMay 14, 1756. 

III. Peter, b. July 6, 1758; removed to V^ermont. 

IV. An)i((, b. Sej)t. 30, 1760. 
V. Patty, 1). Oct. 26, 1762. 

VI. Ueborah, b. Oct. 0, 1764; in., Feb. 12, 1793, 
Joseph Fellows of Jal'frey. 

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wlio d. Se])t. 7, 1821. ITo <1. May 1), 1817. Tlic fal- 
lowing c'liildren b. in Marl. 

VII. /.ripis, h. JNIarcli H, 1771. 
VIII. Jyi/dia, I). Apr. 2.'>, 1773. 
IX. I7//a, 1). Nov. 5,1770; in. Slmltncl Went w orlli. 
X. XxNic, h. Dec. *27, 1778; in. Adonijah Wheeler. 
XI. J-'J.^ra, h. March ;}1, 17S1. While engagiMl in grind- 
ing an axe, lie bore on to the stone so hanl as 
to rupture a blood-vessel, which caused his death 
instantly. 
XII. .sV>//<w, b. Dec. 29, 1783. 

xiiT. Si/h^ia, b. July 5, 1787; d. in Westmoreland, uni. 
XIV. SiJa, b. June 17, 1791. 
XV. Justics, b. May 15, 1793; d. in Keene. 



John Tozer, son of Richard, m. Mary Fry, and set- 
tled on the farm now known as the Moses Hardy jtlace 
in Roxbury. He was somewhat distinguished for his 
incredible stories, which he narrated with assumed grav- 
ity, anmsing liimself with the staring wonder of credu- 
lous listeners. 

I. HcDinaJi, b. Jan. 18, 1779. 

11. John,^ b. Aug. 26, 1780 ; d. in Boston, Nov. 17, 
1806. 

III. Eben, b. Feb. 23, 1783. 

IV. Ruth.h. Feb. 17, 1785; d. young. 

V. I*o//t/, 1). March 25, 1787 ; in. Samuel Parker of 

Nelson. 
VI. Olire, b. May 23, 1789; m. (1st) Moses Maynard, 
q.v.; (2d), Feb. 8, 1827, John Houghton of Rox- 
bury. She d. Apr. 1,1834. 
VII. FJ>er^ b. June 5, 1792 ; d. in Jamestown, N.Y. 
VIII. J>cviJy b. May 2, 1794; removed to Montrose, 
Mich. 
IX. JUtseif, b. June 30, 1796; m., June 11, 1840, John 

Houghton ; d. in Jaffrey, Jan. 23, 1868. 
X. A7/a..v, b. Nov. 3, 1800; m., Apr. 15, 1827, Betsey 
P'ifield ; d. in Illinois. 



Joseph Tubbs, son of Capt. Joseph and Rhoda 
(Henry) Tubbs, b. in Marlow, Jan. 23, 1789, m. A/.ubah, 
dau. of Dr. Josejih and Azubah (Henry) JMunroe, b. in 
Hillsboro, March 7,1795. In 1811, he removed to Peter- 
boro, where he was for some years engaged in the inaiin- 
facture of cotton yarns, cnndlewicking, etc. He con- 
tinued this business until 1833, when he sold his mill. 
He afterwards removed to Hancock, from which place 
he came to Marl., and located on ihe farm whicli still 
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I whore he d. May 22, 1859. His widow d. in Hancock, 
I.Tan. 16, 1871. 

2 ! I. Thom.ax Bahr.h. Feb. 24, 1815; resides in Han- 
j cock, nni. 

3 { II. Maria, h. Sej.t. 22, 1S17; m., March 15, 1S41), 
Ambrose V. Blood of Hancock, wlio d. Nov. 2<), 
1878. 

4 III. Elijah J/inn-oe, b. Marcli 21, 182:} ; in. Sarali, dan. 
of Zachick and Sally (Snow) Merriain ; d. in JNIan- 
chester, Feb. 8, 1878. 

5 IV. /Sarah Wallace, b. Apr. 12, 1826; m. Benjamin 
F. Merriam, q.i\ 

6 I V. Xo//m^, b. July 25, 1828 ; resides in Hancock, nin. 

7 i VI. Ifem-i/ X., b.'Feb. 24, 1831; m., Dec. 25, 1865, 
I IMary Ann Rogers. He is a dentist; resides in 

Newport. 

TUCKER. 

Bi:n.(AMix Ti'CKEi: emigrated from Wales, and was an early settler in 
lloxhury, Mass. His eldest son, Benjamin, ni., and settled in Roxbury, 
and liad among others Benjamin, b. in Roxbury, March 15, 1704. 



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Ben.iamin Tuckkr, third son of Benjamin, m., A])r. 8, 
1729, ]\[ary, dan. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Whitney) 
Warren of Watertown, Mass., \m\). May 2, 1703. He set- 
tled first in Leicester, Mass., but came to this town with 
his family in Aug., 1765, and located on the old road 
leading from Keene to Boston, his house standing on the 
hill a few rods east of the mill formerly owned by Tar- 
bell and Whitney, wliere he kei)t the first tavern in the 
township. He was one of the most inflnential men 
among the ])ro])rietors, and was one of the eight who com- 
posed the Congregational Church at its formation. He 
d. May 20, 17S5, and his widow d. June 1, 1793. Chil- 
dren all b. in Leicester, Mass. 

I. Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1730; d. Aug. 9, 1814. 
II. Marif, b. March 5, 1732; d. Nov. 26, 1804, um. 

III. Jioijamin, b. Jan. 23, 1734; m. Davis of 

Roxbury, Mass. He was a soldier in the French 
and Indian war. He resided for a few years in 
Marl., and then removed to Vermont. 

1. Benjamin, who was living in Strafford, Vt., 

in 1840, at the age of 78, a Revolutionary 
pensioner. 

2. Jacob Davis ; settled in Strafford, Vt. 

3. Ichabod. He was a lawyer, and resided 

many years in Salem, Mass. 

IV. Ste2)hen, b. Feb. 2, 1786 ; d. June 2, 1738. 



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JiK-^hMu, 1). July 4, 1738; m., 1705, Elizabeth 
Davis of Koxbury, Mass., b. Apr. 7, 1747. He 
came to Monaduock No. V, witli his father and 
brotliers; resided liere for several years, then 
removed to Strafford, Vt. 

1. Esther, b. 17G6 ; m. (1st) Norton, (2d) 

Carpenter; settled in Strafford, Vt., 

where she d. at an advanced age. 

2. Jemima, m. Prince Ho]»kins. She d. in 
Si)ringfield, N.Y., about 1826. 

3. Jane L., m. (1st) Norton, a brother 

of her sister's husband, (2d) Barrett; 

settled in Strafford, Vt. 

4. Eunice, b. 1779; m. Chillingworth Hop- 
kins ; settled in Hamilton, Madison Co., 
N.Y. 

5. f Joshua, b. Aug. 10, 1780; settled 
I in Cherry Valley, N.Y. ; d. at an 

rp • j advanced age. 

6. -''^"^^i Caleb, b. Aug. 10, 1780; settled 
in Cherry Valley, N.Y. ; prol)- 

1 ably d. in 1828. 

7. Elizabeth, b. 1784; m.Abram Shaft; settled 
in Ohio. 

8. f Joseph, b. Feb. 17, 1790 ; settled 
I in Cherry Valley, N.Y. ; d. 

^^^.j^^^ J June 13, 1857. 

9. ■ ■ "1 Benjamin, b. Feb. 17, 1790 ; set- 
tled in Cherry Valley, N.Y. ; re- 
moved to Ohio, in 1837 ; d. 1855. 

VI. Abijah, b. May 23, 1740.-1- 

Caleh, b. Apr. 25, 1742; pub. to Lucy Hardy, 

March, 1783; d. Jan. 12, 1809. 
3roses,h. Apr. 23, 1744; m., about 1781, Sarah, 
dau. of Thomas and Sarah Temjile of P'raming- 
ham, Mass., b. Apr. 14, 1746; settled on home 
farm, where he d. Jan. 10, 1803. 

1. Joseph, b. Feb. 20, 1782. 

2. Moses, b. May 12, 1784. 



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Abijah Tucker, son of Benjamin, came to this town 
with his father and brothers in Aug., 1765. He soon 
after m. a Avidow lady by the name of Elizabeth Rogers, 
and in 1767 built a house on the site now occuj)ied by 
the Congregational Church, which was the first house 
built in the village. He was always called "Dea. Tucker," 
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attendant at chnrcli, and received that title from the fact 
that, being a good reader, he was often selected to line 
out the hymns for singing, in the absence of Dea. Flood. 
He was a man that was always true to his word, and 
withal a zealous patriot. When the tea was thrown 
overboard in Boston Harbor, he pledged liimself to drink 
no more tea during life, and in no instance was he ever 
known to break that pledge. His wife d. Aug. 28, 1820, 
ffi. 94. He d. Dec. 21, 1828. 

I. 3fary, b. Apr. 8, 1768; d. Feb. 3, 1800, urn. 



Ebenezer Tufts came from Billerica, Mass., about 
1795, and settled on the west side of "Horse Plill," so 

called, in Roxbury. His first wife was Hannah , 

who d. May 20, 1802. 

Ehenezei\ was a soldier in the war of 1812. 
Betsey, m., Jan. 4, 1810, Moses Greenfield of 

Deering. 
EUahiam. 

Lydia, b. Aug. 4, 1796. 
Catharine, m., Dec. 21, 1815, Reuben Clark of 

Wrentham, Mass. 
Phebe, b. Apr. 23, 1799. 

Mr. Tufts m. (2d) Betsey . 

vn. Abigail, b. Sept. 24, 1803. 



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Elliot Twitchell, son of Joseph and Hannah (Green- 
wood) Twitchell was b. in Dublin, Aug. 5, 1821. Mr. 
Twitchell, is a carjienter by trade, and came to Marl, in 
1849, and built the house now owned by Luther G. 
Bemis. In 1855, he commenced the erection of another 
set of buildings, which in due time were completed and 
occupied by him until the summer of 1880, when he re- 
moved to another house which he had recently erected, 
where he now resides, um. His aged mother resided 
with hhn for many years, and d. in Marl. Jan. 18, 1877, 
ffi. 85. 

Horace Twitchell, a brother of Elliot, b. in Dublin, 
Nov. 21, 1816; m. Julia A. Adams of Franklin, Mass., 
who d. Dec. 15, 1876. He came to Marl, to reside with 
his brother May, 1878, and d. Dec. 17, 1880, c. 



Thomas UriiAM, probnbly from Templet on, Mass., was 
in town in 1778, and resided on the farm now owned by 
Stillman Richardson. He was one of the selectmen in 
1788. In 1787, lie sold his fMrm nnd left the town. 
Nothing is known of his family. 



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Widow Rkbkcoa UriiAjr, wiirned to leave town Feb. 
28, 1785 (town records). 

, Widow Upliniii d. Apr. 24, 1803, so. 88. (Fisli 
records.) 



Lyman Underwood, b. in New Salem, Mass., Oct. 0, 
18*21 ; in., 1846, Eliuira G. Pliiiiiicy, b. in New Salem, 
Nov. 16, 1827. He came to Marl, from Orani^e, Mass., 
in 1859, Children all b. in Orange. 

I. Granville M, b. March 3U, 1848; d. Aug. 24, 

1851. 
II. J^Jlou a, b. Oct. 8, 1850; d. Aug. 30, 1851. 

III. livth M, b. Feb. 4, 1852; m., June 15, 1869, 

Franklin Leigliton, 

1. Charles C, b. July 9, 1872. 

2. Flossie M., b. Sept. 28, 1877. 

IV. J/inwi. 31., b. Oct. 7, 1855; uni. 
V. J.i/di(t A\, b. Oct. 17, 1858. 

VI. Charles 6'., b. Jan. 3, 1860; d. July 31, 1865. 



WAKEFIELD. 

Joseph Wakefield, said to be a native of Wales, was in Boston as 
early as 1727. His wife was Cassy Bridge. Their son Thomas, b. in 
Boston, Aug. 5, 1727, in., 1750, Dorcas, tlau. of Timothy and Dorcas 
(Eaton) Pratt. He d. 1791. She d. 1802, jl'. 77. Their son Thomas, 
b. in Reading, 1751, m., 1772, Elizabeth, dau. of Phinehas and Lucy (^Col- 
burn) Hardy of Ilollis, b. in Bradford, Mass., July 22, 1750. He resided 
in Amherst, N.H., seven years, and in 1778 settled in Dublin, and in 1804 
removed to Jaffrey, where he d. Jan., IS^iO. 



James Wakefield, son of Thomas and Elizabeth 
(ILirdy) Wakefield, b. in Dublin, Sei)t. 9, 1782 ; m., Oct. 
11, 1803, Hannah, dau. of Elias and Mary (Patterson) 
Hemenway. They came to Marl, immediately after their 
marriage, and located in the north ])art of the town on 
what is still known as the Wakefield place, and was set 
off to help make the town of Roxbury, in 1812. Mr. 
Wakefield was a citizen of marked integrity, and of con- 
siderable })rominence, serving, wdiile a resident of Rox- 
J)ury, as town clerk, selectman, and representative, also 
as Justice of the Peace for many years. He removed to 
Marl, village about 1837. 

I. James P., b. May 31, 1805 ; m., Ai)r., 1830, 
Hannah B. Hall of Roxbury, Mass. ; d. in Wis- 
consin, Dec, 1871. 

St/lvester, b. Feb. 13, 1808; d. May 4, 1823. 

di/rHs,\). Feb. 7, 1811; m., Dec, 1841, Eliza A. 
M., dau. of Capt. Henry Bancroft, a retired sea- 
captain of S])ringfield, Mass. (See Cha]). XIIL) 



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IV. Enoch, b. Dec. 1, 1813; m., May, 1836, Ann 
Howe of Boston. She d. the following Sei)t., 
and he m. (2d), P^b., 1838, Caroline H. Kmgs- 
bury. He resides in Cambridge, Mass., and is 
a real-estate broker in lioston. 
V. Elias, b. Sept. 17, 1817; d. Sej.t. 2, 1819. 

VI. Hannah, b. Aug. 29, 1820 ; m.. May 27, 1845, Joel 
C. Greenwood of Gardner, Mass., who d. Dec., 
1853; and she ni. (2d), March 13, 1856, Edwin 
Sawyer ; resides in Wakefield, Mass. 
VII. Maria, b. June 5, 1827 ; ni., Apr., 1851, S. D. 
Osborne ; resides in Keene. 

Mrs. Hannah Wakefield d. Nov. 13, 1829; and he m. 
(2d) Nancy Parker of Philli]>ston, Mass., who d. Nov. 
13, 1848; and he m. (3d), 1849, Mrs. Rebecca Lord. 
He d. May 21, 1864. By second wife, he had,— 

VIII. Juliette N., b. March, 1831 ; m., Oct., 1851, Obed 
G. Dort of Keene. She was drowned in the 
Potomac River, Aug. 13, 1862, on her return 
from a visit to her husband, who was Major of 
the 6th N.H. Regt., being one of the passen- 
gers on the ill-fated steamer " West Point," 
which came in collision with the "George 
Peabody," causing it to sink with most of the 
jiassengers. 



Frederick Wallace, son of David and Susannah 
(Conn) Wallace, b. in Ashburnham, Mass., June 19, 
1816 ; m., May 15, 1839, Fannie, dau. of Archie and 
Susannah (Jones) Tenney. He resided in Ashburnham 
for several years after his marriage, and about 1849 he 
came to Marl., and located on the farm now occupied by 
his son, Wilber F. Wallace. 

I. Ahby F.,\). in Ashburnham, June 17, 1840; m. 
Hosea Knight, q.o. ,' resides in Winchendon. 
Wilher F., b. in Marl., Nov. 29, 1850 ; m., Jan. 
24, 1874, Ella D., dau. of Darius and Ruth T. 
(Woodward) Richardson ; c. 



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WALLINGFORD. 

Nicholas Wallingkord emigrated from England previous to 1672, 
and settled in Bradford, Mass. lie brought with him two sons, John aiid 
Samuel. Subsecjuently, he had six children, b. in Bradford. John, the 

eldest son, m. Mary , and settled in Bradford. Nicholas, son of rJohn 

and Mary, b. in Bradford, Oct. 28, KiDl, m. Sarah , settled in Bradford, 

and had .lonathan, b. May 8, 1715, who m. Martha , and had David, 

b. in Bradford, Sept. 25, 1744. lie m. Elizabeth Leman. Their son, 
Ebenezer B., settled in Marl., as will be seen in the following record. 

Hon. Thomas VVallingford was also a son of the above-named John. 



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He was b. in Bradford, Mass., July 28, 1697. He went to Dover when a 
young man, and was for many years a member of the State legislature. 
lie engaged in mercantile business, was very successful, and became one 
of the richest men in New Hampshire. He possessed a large estate in 
Portsmouth, and was one of the original purchasers of "JMason's Patent," 
by which he acqiured a great landed estate. As a military man, he rose 
to the rank of Colonel, and distinguished himself as a brave and gallant 
officer. 



Ebexezer B. Wallingfohd, son of David and Eliz- 
abeth (Leman) Wallingford, b. in Hollis, Oct. 5, 1780 ; 
ni., Oct. 20, 1803, Mary llildreth, b. in Newbury, July 
G, 1784. He was a blacksmith, and resided in Dublin 
until 1812, when he came to Marl., and located first on 
the Walter Capron place, in what is now Roxbury. 
After a few years' residence there, he removed to the 
village, and plied his trade in the old sho]) that formerly 
stood on "Library Square." He d. in Claremont, Feb. 
18, 1855. His widow d. Apr. 21, 1868. 

I. Elvira^ b. in Dublin, Aug. 24, 1804 ; m. (1st) 

Calvin Stone, q.v. ; (2d) Aaron Brigham. 
II, Mary^ b. in Dublin, Aug. 10, 1806 ; m., May 16, 
1830, Charles Parker of Framingham, Mass. 
She d. in Boston, March 1, 1870. 

III. George^ b. in Dublin, July 17, 1808 ; m., June 13, 

1838, Helen P. Hitchcock of Claremont; d. 
July 18, 1863. 

IV. Sarah i)/., b. in Dublin, May 27, 1810 ; m., Feb. 

17, 1833, Frederick Handerson of Claremont. 
V. Philander^ b. in Marl., June 6, 1812; m., Jan, 1, 
1838, Caroline M. Treadwell of Newmarket. 
He is a Methodist minister, and resides in 
Claremont. (See Chap. XIII.) 
VI. Elizabeth X., b. in Roxbury, Sept. 8, 1814; d. in 

Claremont, May 5, 1836, 
VII, Faniih^ b. in Roxbury, Sept. 23, 1816; m., Sept. 
8, 1839, Alanson Way of Claremont; d. Aug, 
14, 1848, 
VIII. Catharine, b, in Marl,, Feb, 1, 1819 ; m,, Jan, 8, 
1841, John F. Mellen of Claremont. 



WARD, 

WiLLiA:\r Ward, who is supposed to have come from Yorkshire, Eng- 
land, was in Sudbury, Mass., in 1039, and was made freeman 164.3, rep- 
resented Sudbury in the General Court 1614, and was several years chair- 
man of selectmen. He removed to Marl., JNIass., 1000, where he was soon 
after chosen deacon of the Church. He, in common with others, endured 
great hardships and sustained great losses by Indian hostilities in the 
time of King Philip's War in 1675-70, when his buildings were burned, 
his cattle destroyed, and one of his sons slain by the enemy. He d. Aug. 
10, 1087 ; and his widow, Elizabeth, d. Dec. 9, 1700. He had fourteen 

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children, among whom was Samuel, b. Sept. 24, 1641, m., June 6, 1667, 
Sarah, dau. of John and Mary Hone, b. Sept. 25, 1644; d. Aug. 11, 
1707. He d. 1727, leaving a widow, Elizabeth. His eldest son, Joseph, 
b. 1670, m., June 5, 1700, Abiah Wheelock. He d. June 30, 1717, leav- 
ing seven children. His son Phinehas, b. Aug. 5, 1705, m. Mary . 

He d. Oct. 19, 1756. 



Reuben Ward, son of Phinehas and Mary Ward, b. 
in Marl., Mass., Dec. 28, 1746; m., June 13, 1771, Sarah 
Kendall. He came to this town in 1774, and settled on 
the farm since knoAvn as the Ilamleton Parker place, now 
within the limits of Troy. It is said that both he and 
his wife inherited a large amount of property from their 
ancestors, so that, unlike many of the early settlers, he 
had ample means for paying for and improving his farm, 
which was the best in that part of the town. His whole 
attention was given to the management of his farm, and 
everything about him was conducted with a strict regard 
to economy. His ])lans were laid after mature deliber- 
ation, and he was usually successful in carrying them 
out ; and, at the time of his death, which occurred Jan. 
8, 1800, he was considered the most Avealthy man in 
Marl. 

Sally^ b. Jan. 30, 1772; m. John Joy ; removed to 
Glover, Vt. 

Abigail, b. Nov. 9, 1773; m. Simon Piper, q.v.; 
removed to Maine, 

Reuben, b. Dec. 9, 1775.+ 

Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1777 ; m, Jonas Robinson, 
q.v. 

John, b. May 25, 1779; d. in Troy, of hydroj^ho- 
bia, um. 

Daniel, b. June 21, 1781. -f 

Lucy, b. Apr. 12, 1784; m., March, 1805, Timothy 
Thompson of Swanzey, 

Levi, b. Jan. 7, 1788 ; m., Sept. 20, 1809, Nancy 
Whitney of Winchendon ; removed to Coving- 
ton, N.Y. 

Patty, b. Apr. 17, 1790, was scalded to death by 
boiled cider, Nov. 4, 1795. In order to perpet- 
uate the memory of this event, the following 
verse was placed upon her gravestone, which 
stands in the old centre burying-ground : — 

" By boiling cyder she was slain, 

Whilst less than six of age, 
Then her exquisite, racking pain 

Removed her from the stage. 
But her immortal spirit went 

To the Almighty King, 
Where all the godly ones are sent, 

The praise of God to sing." 



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X. JVanci/, b. Nov. 25, 1793; m. Amos Fife of 

Boston. 
XI. Calvin, b. May 4, 1798 ; in. Thankful Smith ; re- 
moved to Leroy, N.Y. 



Reubex Ward, son of Reuben, m., June 3, 1804, 
Rebecca, dan. of Samuel Coolidge. He d. June 2, 1808; 
and his widow m. (2d) Ca})t. John Stone, q.v. 

I. EUzaheth, b. June 23, 1805; d. A])!. 23, 1813. 
II. Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1807 ; m. Aaron Stone, q.v. 
III. Heuben, b. Dec. 3, 1808.+ 



Dantel Ward, son of Reuben, m., Dec. 13, 1802, 
Lois Whitney of Winchendon; resided in Marl, until 
1808, Avhen he removed to Greene, Chenango Co., N.Y., 
and thence to Leroy, Genesee Co., N.Y. 

I. Daniel, b. Sept. 10, 1805; m., Dec. 6, 1827, Sarah 

M. Webb of Leroy, N.Y. 
II. Josiah Wilder, b. May 18, 1807; d, June 18, 

1831. 
III. Caroline, b. Nov. 5, 1809; d. Aug. 26, 1812. 
IT. Calvin Thompson, b. Nov. 24, 1812; m., June 9, 

1833, Eunice B. Carpenter of Plymouth, Vt. 
V. Emery Whitney, b. Oct. 4, 1815 ; d. Apr. 6, 1833. 
VI. Charles Kendall, b. July 7, 1819; m.. May 31, 

1841, Laura C. Davenport of Elkland, Pa. 

VII. Adaline Nancy, b. Dec. 11, 1822; m., March 6, 

1844, Leonard H, Newton of Leroy, N.Y. 



Reuben Ward, son of Reuben, Jr., m.. May 17, 1840, 
Maria L., dau. of Moses and Lucy (Stone) Hunt. 

I. Frederick Elhridge, b. Apr. 10, 1841 ; m., Jan. 1, 
1864, Dorothy, dau. of Nathan and Abigail 
(Bucklin) Winch. He d. March 7, 1864. 

II. Henry Huhhard,\i.^Q^\.. ^,\'i^l; m.. May 1, 1871, 
Mattie A. Collins of Winchester, Mass. 

1. Freddie O., b. in Boston, Dec. 31, 1873; d. 

Aug. 15, 1874. 

2. George Henry, b. in Marl., Feb. 23, 1876. 

III. OrviUe Allen, b. March 8, 1845; m., Oct. 31, 

1871, Mary Jane Fogg; resides in Boston. 

1. Fred Orville, b. Oct. 15, 1874. 

IV. Addie M., b. July 9, 1847 ; resides in Boston, urn. 
v. Frank P., b. Aug. 27, 1848 ; d. Dec. 11, 1877, urn. 

VI. Louisa A., b. Sept. 15, 1851 ; d. Nov, 9, 1851. 
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Emma F., clan, of George W. and Sylvina P. 
(Esty) White. 

1. Frank Erwin, b. June 9, 1878. 

VIII. Charlie C, h. Apr. 1, 1855 ; resides in Boston; um. 
IX. ZiUia J/, b. Oct. 15, 1858 ; lun. 
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Rev. Johx Quincy Adams "Ware, son of Capt. Ben- 
jamin and Martha (Chapin) Ware, b. in Gilsum, Dec. 17, 
1822 ; m., Nov. 11, 1851, Emily, dan. of Oliver and Patty 
Pleald, b. in Nelson, Dec. 18,'l823. Came to Marl, to 
reside in 1851 ; was pastor of the Baptist Church two 
years. (See sketch of Baptist Church.) He d. in Surry, 
Aug. 29, 1865. 

ZJihohi C/iapin, b. in Marl., Oct. 8, 1852. 
Martha Jane^ b. in Sanbornton, Dec. 25, 1853 ; m., 

Sept. 13, 1874, Willis K. Emerson. 
Laura 3faria, b. in Sanbornton, July 19, 1855. 
Walter Henry, b. in Addison, Vt., Apr. 25, 1859. 
3Iari/ Frances, b. in Whiting, Vt., May 30, 1860; 

d. "March 6, 1862. 
Mary Emily, b. in Milford, March 6, 1866. 



Warren Warner and Cleopatra Brigham of Chester- 
field, published together for marriage Oct. 25, 1792. 
They resided for some time in Marl., but no record of 
their family has been found. 



Ebexezer Warren and Hepzibah, his Avife, had the 
following children b. in Marl. 

I. Samuel,-}:). Sept. 3, 1804. 
II. 3Iary Ann, b. Jan. 21, 1806. 
ni. Oliver, b. July 27, 1809. 



Benedic Webber was in town and worked on the 
roads in 1769. For the next ten years, he is occasionally 
mentioned on the records, but nothing is known of his 
family. 



WELLINGTON. 

Roger Wellington, b. in England about 1609-10, was an early 
settler of Watertown, INlass. lie ni. INIary, eldest dau. of Dr. Richard and 
Annie Palgrave of Charlestown, Mass., and d. March 11, 1697-98. Joseph, 

son of Roger, b. in Watertown, Oct. 9, 1643, m. Sarah , who d. Feb. 

5, 1683-84; and he in. (2d), June 6, 1684, Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. 
Thomas and Elizabeth (Kimball) Straight of Watertown. lie d. Oct. 
30, 1714. By his second wife, he had four cliildren. Of these, Thomas 
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Isabelle (Park) AVhittemore, who d. Nov. 0, 1731, and lie again married. 
He d. 1759. His son Joseph, b. in Watertown, Nov. 21, 1711, m., Nov. 
13, 1733, Dorcas, dau. of Jonathan and Chary (Adams) Stone, and set- 
tled in Lexington. 



JosBPn Wkli-ixgton, eldest son of Jose])h and Doreas 
(Stone) Wellint;-tou, h. in Lexington, Nov. 13, 1734; m. 
(1st), A))r. 1, i7()0, Miirtha, dau. of Ca])t. Daniel and 
Elizabeth (Minot) Adams of Lincoln ; settled first in 
Waltham, Avhere all his children were born. He came 
to Marl, some time previous to 1800, and settled on the 
place since owned by Reuben IMorse. After a residence 
hei-e of several years, he probably returned to Waltham. 

I. Martha, b. Jan. 3, 1761 ; m., May 7, 1782, Joel 

Dix. 
II. Joseph Adams, b. Feb. 20, 1763; d. June 27, 
1764. 
Mrs. Wellington d. Dec. 9, 1763 ; and he m. (2d), Sept. 
10, 1766, Anna Dix, who d. Feb. 21, 1803, ie. 58. 

Susan )ia, b. May 4, 1764. 

Anna, b. July 27, 1768; d. Sept. 2, 1775. 

Joseph, b. July 7, 1770. 

Dorcas, b. Aug. 8, 1771; published to Daniel 

Viley, Marcir30, 1794. 
Eehecca, b. June 21, 1773; m., Feb. 9, 1800, 

Joseph Carter. 
Daniel, h. Sept. 25, 1774. 
IX. An?ia, b, June 16, 1776. 
X. Elizabeth, b. July 21, 1777. 
XI. Isaac, b. Feb. 11, 1779; ra., Aug. 21, 1802, 

Martha Harvey ; settled in Troy, N.Y. 
XII. Josiah, b. June 4, 1780 ; settled in Troy, N.Y. 
XIII. Caty, bap. Sept. 16, 1781. 



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Daniel Wetherbee, b. in Swanzey, Jan. 11, 1809; 
m., 1837, Harriet Chajdin of Bolton, Mass. He came to 
Marl, soon after his marriage, and jnirchased a part of 
the Jonas Woodward farm, where he erected buildings 
and has continued to reside to the present time. 

I. Francis 3L, b. June 13, 1837 ; m. Lillia Houston ; 

resides in Langdon. 
II. Harriet Maria, b. Sept. 2, 1839; d. July 29, 1854. 

Mrs. Wetherbee d, June 23, 1841 ; and he m. (2d) 
Mary Corey of Richmond. 

III. Mart/ L.,\). July 21, 1845; m. Jonas Foster; d. 

Nov. 18, 1868. 

IV. Daniel Warren,\). Nov., 1847; d. Feb. 3, 1848. 
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WHEELER. 

Thomas Wheeler was in Concord, Mass., in 1640, and in 1675 accom- 
panied Capt. Hutchinson, himself then a captain, with about twenty men, 
to Quaboag, now Brookfield, Mass., to treat with the Indians. They 
were drawn into an ambush by the perfidious savages, and eight of tlieir 
number killed. Capt. Hutchinson was mortally wounded, and died soon 
after. Capt. Wheeler was severely wounded, had his horse shot under 
him, and, when near being despatched by the enemy, was rescued by his 
son Thonras, he also being wounded, who placed his father upon a horse 
whose rider was slain, and both succeeded by flight in saving their lives. 
Capt. Wheeler d. the following year. His son Thomas, whose wife was 

Hannah , had John, b. in Concord, 1661, but soon after settled in 

Marl., Mass. John m., June 25, 1684, Elizabeth Wells. He d. 1721. 
Their son Joseph, b. Apr. 19, 17U0, m., Jan. 16, 1718, Elizabeth Hollo- 
way, who d. ; and he m. (2d), March 17, 1730, Deborah Whitney. He d. 
Apr. 23, 1772. 



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David Wheeler, son of Joseph and Deborah (Whit- 
ney) Wheeler, b. in Marl., Mass., Dec. 8, 1744; m., 
about 1775, Rebecca Hoar. Previous to liis marriage, 
he came to Marl., probably in 1770, and purchased a lot 
of land, and Avas the first settler on the farm since owned 
by Daniel Buttrick, now Avithin the limits of Troy. The 
low ground in the vicinity of the present house Avas at 
that time covered with a heavy growth of asli-trees, from 
which young Wheeler split out the timber with which 
he built quite a substantial house, a little south of the 
present barn. From what we can learn of Mr. Wheeler, 
we judge he was an honest, hard-working man, a good 
farmer, and that he was highly esteemed is fully attested 
by the numerous offices which he held within the gift 
of his fellow-citizens. 

I. David^ b. June 17, 1776 ; was a physician ; settled 

in New Jersey. 
II. Phehe, b. Nov. 6, 1777; m., Oct. 2, 1798, Abel 

Brigham of Jaffrey ; settled in New York. 

III. Dolhj^ b. Sept. 2, 1779 ; m. John Cheever, q.v. 

IV. Josiah^ b. Feb. 5, 1781 ; m. Nancy Haskell ; d. 

on home farm. 
V. Rebecca^ b. Apr. 18, 1782 ; m. Solomon Rice of 

Fitzwilliam. 
VI. Eunice, b. June 19, 1783; m. Jeremiah Frost, q.v. 
vii. Sally, b. Feb. 26, 1785 ; m. Jonathan Frost (2d), 

q.v. 
viii. Z?<cy, b. May 7, 1787; m. Joseph Frost, q.v. 
II. Joseph, b. Dec. 7, 1788; m. Wilder; re- 
moved to Utica, N.Y. 
X. Jonathan, b. Apr. 28, 1791 ; removed to Newton, 

Mass. 
XI. Charlotte, b. Nov. 18, 1792 ; m. Rufus Smith, 
xn. Billy, b. May 24, 1794; d. Nov. 30, 1812. 



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xiii. John, b. Aj)!-. 30, 1796 ; d. May 8, 1796. 
XIV. Curtis, b. July 17, 1797. 
XV. Jioxaima,h. Aug. 24, 1799; m. Jeremiah Wilkins. 

Mrs. Wheeler d. Sept. 11, 180.S ; and he m. (2d), Nov. 
14, 1804, Mrs. Martha Perry, widow of Dr. Justus Perry. 
Mr. Wheeler d. Oct. 6, 1813. His widow d. May 19, 
1825. 

XVI. Beujcnnin Franklin, b. Sept. 9, 1805 ; m. Mary 

Evens; d. in Keene, Sept., 1872. 
^Yii. Sumner, b. March 8, 1807; m.. May 15, 1832, 
Catharine Vose of Boston. (See Chap. XIII.) 
XVIII. Quina/,\). March 17, 1809; d. in Keene, Jan. 13, 
1839. 
XIX. Virgel, bap. June 23, 1811 ; d. Oct. 10, I8l3. 



Nathan Wheeler, not connected with the above 
family, was a native of Holden, Mass. In 1798, he came 
to Marl., and, after residing here a few years, removed to 
Fitchburg, and thence to Saco, Me., where he had the 
misfortune to bury his wife, after which he resided in 
Fitzwilliam and Keene, where he d. 1836. 

I. Polly, m. Reuben Newell, 
n. Adelia, m. Nathan Newell. 

III. Jonathan, m. Lucy Whipple; settled in Fitch- 

burg. 

IV. Eliza, m. (1st) Elnathan Gorham. He d. 1821, 

and she m. (2d) Moses Hayden, who d. in 1851 ; 
and she m. (3d) John Lawrence. 
V. Clarissa, d. se. 36. 
VI. JVcdhan. 



Silas Wheeler, perhaps a brother of Nathan, came 
from Holden, Mass., to Fitzwilliam, about the year 1800. 
In 1806, he came to Marl., where he resided until 1832, 
when he removed to Swanzey. He m., Aug. 12, 1789, 
Persis, dau. of James Brewer. 

I. /Silas, b. Apr. 17, 1790 ; d. young. 
II. Persis, b. Sept. 30, 1791. 

III. James, b. July 26, 1794. 

IV. Mas, b. Dec. 25, 1796. 

v. Vashfi, b. March 29, 1802. 
VI. Asa, b. June 12, 1805. 
VII. Aaron, b. Apr. 3, 1807. 
VIII. Simon, b. March 16, 1810. 



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erect, portly man, prompt in business, and a highly es- 
teemed citizen. In 1804, he removed to Concord, Vt. 
He d. March, 1839, ffi. 87. Plis wife d. Jan., 1830. 

I. Edwards, b. Nov. 6, 1777 ; was a carpenter by 

trade. 
II. Edmund Bice, b. March 19, 1779. 
m. Hcm»a/i,.h. Apr. 22, 1780; m., July 17, 1808, 

Josiah Rogers. 
IV. J^oel Green, b. Dec. 2, 1781 ; removed to Vermont. 

V. jSarah, b. July 27, 1783 ; m. Walker. 

VI. liizpa/i, b. March 13, 1785. 
VII. Zuci/, h. May 15, 1787. 
VIII. Jonathan, b. July 23, 1789. 



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ZoPHEK Whitcomb was b. in Framingham, Mass., in 
1781. When but a youth, he came to Marl., and resided 
in the family of Joseph Cutting. He m.. May 7, 1797, 
Mehitable, dau. of William and Mehitable (Jones) Ten- 
ney, who d. 1832. He d. 1847. 

I. Asa, removed to Vermont. 

II. Abigail, d. se. 30. 

HI. William, m., July 18, 1821, Clarissa, dau. of Ed- 
mund Bemis. 
IV. Eliza, m. Nathaniel Parker of Troy; d. 1849. 

V. Zidce, d. 1838. 
VI. JVanci/, m. Nathaniel Parker of Troy. 



Levi Whitcomb, b. in Templeton, Mass., April 24, 
1763; m., Feb. 13, 1787, Hannah Baker, b. Jan. 21, 1764. 
He was a blacksmith by trade, and settled in Nelson 
soon after his marriage, where he remained until 1801, 
when he removed to Marl., and resided one year in that 
part of the town now Troy. He then purchased the 
farm now owned by Daniel Wright, where he d. Sept. 
23, 1827. His wife d. Feb. 16, 1825. Children, all but 
the youngest, b. in Nelson. 

I. Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1787 ; m. Capt. William Farrar, 

q.v. 
II. Simeon, b. May 28, 1790.+ 

III. Asenath, b. Jan. 5, 1794; d. Apr. 19, 1869; urn. 

IV. Polly, b. Apr. 2, 1796; d. Feb. 13, 1854; um. 
V. Dexter, b. June 27, 1798.-f 

VI. Adaline, b. Sept. 20, 1800 ; um. 
VII. Gilma)i, b. in Marl., May 19, 1805; um. 



Dea. SiMEOx Whitcomb, son of Levi, m., Nov. 11, 
1813, Sally, dau. of William and Jael (Cashing) Lincoln. 



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He residerl foi- many years on a farm near tlie pine 
woods, so called ; afterwards removed to tlie place now 
occupied by his dan., Mrs. Eastman, wliere lie d. Jan. 1, 
18G9. His wife d. Apr. 8, 1876. Mr. Wliitcomb was 
for forty-six years a member and for thirty-eight years 
an officer in the Congregational Church in Marl. He 
had sterling qualities as a man and a Christian, Avas 
social, had much firmness, and sound jutlgment. He 
loved his Church and was identified with it in its many 
sti'uggles and trials, being an efficient helper at all times. 

I. William Z., b. Aug. 1, 1814; d. Sei)t. '24:, 1815. 
II. Sail)/ X., b. Apr. 9, 1816; d. Aug. 12, 1818. 

III. Jaei Cashing, b. Apr. 6, 1818; m., Feb. 5, 1857, 

Harvey Wyman of Wincliendon. She now re- 
sides, a widow, in Wincliendon. 

IV. William C, b. Feb. 20, 1820.+ 

V. Sarah Z., b. Feb. 14, 1822; m., xMay 18, 1842, 

George W. Faii-banks of Hopkinton, Mass. 
VI. Albert Simeon, b. March 8, 1824.-f- 
VII. Hannah JBal-er, b. June 22, 1827 ; m., June 20, 
1855, John B. Eastman of Maiden, Mass. She 
noAv resides in Marl. 
VIII. Henry Z., b. July 13, 1831; d. March 6, 1838. 
IX. Harlan Page, b. July 5, 1837; d. Oct. 30, 1838. 



Rev. William C. Whitcomb, sou of Dea. Simon, m., 
May 1, 1851, Harriet Wheeler of Concord, Mass. He d. 
Oct. 29, 1864 (see Chap. XIII.). The family now re- 
sides in Concord, Mass. 

I. Eva 3fi/rtella,h. in Stoneham, Mass., Jan. 6, 1853. 
II. 7 J/art/ Harriet, b. Aug. 22, 1854 ; d. Sept. 

■ rp • J 28, 1855. 

III. -^^^i"s-i Jfaria Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1854; d. Oct. 

[ 27, 1855. 

IV. Lizzie Philenie, b. in Southb ridge, Mass., July 12, 

1856. 
V. Albert William Henry, b. in Marl., March 8, 1858. 
VI. Mira Florence, b. in Lynnfield Centre, Mass., Apr. 

19, 1860 ; d. May 11, 1860. 
VII. Nellie Lincoln, b. in Lynnfield Centre, Mass., June 

5, 1861. 
VIII. John Chalmers, b. in Marl., March 15, 1865. 



Albert S. Whitcomb, son of Dea. Simeon, m. (1st), 
May 25, 1846, Elvira, dau. of Dea. James and Roxanna 
(Frost) Farrar. She d. Dec. 16, 1847; and he m. (2d), 
Jan. 2, 1849, Martha A. Willis, b. in Alstead, Jan. 12, 
1830. Resides in Keene. 



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I. 3Tari/ i., b. March 27, 1851 ; m. Waldo L. Lowe; 

resides in Fitchburg. 
II, Ella Mart/ia, b. June 16, 1853; m. Henry E. 

Huntley ; resides in Fitchburg. 

III. Hattie Elvira, b. May 16, 1856; d. Sept., 1857. 

IV. Anna Alberta, b. Aug. 17, 1861. 

V. Sarah Lizzie, b. Nov. 15, 1863 ; d. Oct., 1864. 



Dexter Whitoomb, son of Levi, m., Aug. il, 1825, 
Rebecca Grifhn of Nelson, b. Dec. 13, 1801. He resided 
in Marl, until 1830, when he removed to Nelson. He d. 
in Keene, June 1, 1867. His widow d. 1879. Children, 
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Levi S., b. July 24, 1826 ; d. Feb. 22, 1832. 
Sophia F.., b. Feb. 16, 1828; ra. Ezekiel Pike of 

Petersham, Mass. ; resides in Boston. 
William F., b. June 4, 1830 ; m. Lizzie Gay of 

Ashburnham, INLass. ; resides in Keene ; is a 

painter, grainer, and i)aper-hanger. 
Lucy a, b. Dec. 29, 1881; m. Sewell F. Hayes, 

(J.V. 

Levi S., b. Jan. 13, 1833 ; m. Mary A. Miller of 

Royalston ; resides in Leominster, Mass. 
ITenri/ L., b. Dec. 8, 1835 ; m. Carrie A. Whitney 

of Concord, Mass., where he now resides ; is a 

merchant, and has been j^ostmaster of that 

town. 
Edumrd P., b. Oct. 22, 1838 ; m. Anna Parker of 

South Manchester, Conn. ; is a merchant-tailor 

in Boston. 
Harlan P., b. Sept. 28, 1840 ; resides in Boston ; 

is a merchant-tailor. 
Nathaniel CA, b. Dec. 3, 1841 ; is a merchant-tailor 

in Boston. 



Silas Whitoomb, b. in Swanzey, 1797 ; m., Dec. 18, 
1823, Louisa Lincoln, of Leominster, Mass., who d. July 
29, 1877. He d. Aug. 24, 1877. 

I. Ljouisa Jane, m. William A. Woodward, q.v. 

He d. March 21, 1856 ; and she m. (2d) Warren 

Farrar, q.v. 
II. lioxalina, m. Philander Thatcher, q.v. 

III. Silas L., b. Aug. 6, 1828.+ 

IV. Susan S., m., Jan. 16, 1855, Levi H. Whitney of 

Royalston, Mass., where they now reside. 
V. Charles W., m. Mary Ann Simonds ; resides in 
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in Swanzey. 
vii. AhU/iul Anu, d. July 13, 1885. 
VIII. TliiDuati ^V.^ m. Hnrnli Whitney of Ashby, where 
he now resides. 
IX. James liatdidler, d. Feb. 8, 1843. 
X. James B.^ d. in infancy. 

XI. JIe)ir>/ TFi, m. Ann Maria, dan. of Lorenzo and 
Cynthia Ann (Woodward) Hunt. 

1. Bertie E., b. March 18, 1868; d. May 4, 
1878. 

XII. Lijdia Ann, m. Edward E. Cutter. 



Silas L. Whitcomb, son of Silas, m., March 20, 1851, 
Clara S. Woodcock, b. in Swanzey, Jan. 4, 183.S. Set- 
tled first in Swanzey, where he remained until the spring 
of 1860, when he came to Marl. After a residence here 
of seven or eight years, he returned to Swanzey, where 
he d. Feb. 11, 1877. The family now reside 'at West 
Swanzey. 

I. Virgil Vernell, b. in East Swanzey, Feb. 23, 1853; 

droAvned July 15, 1854. 
II. Carrie Z., b. in Swanzey, Jan. 9, 1860. 
ni. Emma J., h. in Marl., Dec. 8, 1865. 



WHITE. 

William AVhite came over in the " Mayflower." Ilis name was the 
sixth in order subscribed to the celebrated compact made on board that 
vessel Nov. 11, 1620. He d. March 3, 1621 ; but his age is not mentioned. 
His widow, Susanna, m. Gov. Edward Winslow, May 12, 1621. This was 
the first marriage in New England. 

Peregrine Wliite, son of William and Susanna, received his name from 
the circumstance of his birth on board the " Mayflower," in Cape Cod Har- 
bor, the latter part of Nov., 1620, the first one born of English parents in 
New England. About the year 1636, he removed with the family of 
Gov. Edward AVinslow to Marshfield. His wife was Sarah, the dau. of 
William Bassett of Duxbury. His children were Daniel, Sylvauus, who 
d. in 1688, Jonathan, Peregrine, Sarah, and Mary. He d. July 20, 170-1, 
and his wife d. in 1711. 

The "Boston News-Letter" of July 31, 1704, the fifteenth number of 
the first newspaper printed in New England, contains the following in- 
telligence : " Marshfield, July 22, Capt. Peregrine White of this town, si. 
83 years and 8 months, died here the 20th inst. He was vigorous and 
of a comely aspect to the last." In Oct., 1665, the court gi-anted him 
two liundred acres of land, in compliance with the request of the king's 
commissioners, desiring " that the court would accommodate him with a 
portion of land in respect that he was the first of the English that was 
born in these parts." He was admitted a member of the Rev. Mr. 
Thompson's church in 1698, in his 78th year, on which occasion a ser- 
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hour, he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, 
Why stand j'e here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no 
man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard ; 
and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive." 

Daniel White, the son of Peregrine, m., 1674, Hannah Hunt of Dux- 
bury. They had seven sons. Thomas, the third son, b. in 1G80, m. 

Rachel , settled in Scituate, and afterwards in Bolton. He d. in 

1770, leaving si widow and five children, — William, James, Samuel, 
Thomas, who m. Molly French of Hollis, and settled in Dublin in 1774, 
and Rachel, who m. a Williams, settled first in Dublin and afterwards in 
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William White, son of Thomas and Rachel White, 
b. in Scituate, Mass., 1736, m. Lydia Goodale, and after 
the death of his father purchased the homeetead at Bolton, 
agreeing to su])])ort his motlier. He soon sold his farm, 
and moved to Tem])leton. In 1778, he came to Marl., 
having purchased a tract of wild land which com])rised 
the farm now owned by his grandson Thomas, where 
he d. Jan. 8, 1820. His widow d. July 10, 1820. 



I. liulah, b. 1757 ; m. 



Fisk, and moved to Ru- 



pert, Vt., where slie d. at the ripe age of 102 
years. 
II. David.-\- 

iii. Molly^ m. Benjamin Phelps. 
IV. Li/dia, b. 1767 ; m., May 7, 1802, Josiah Atwood 

"of Nelson. She d. Oct., 1851. 
V. William, b. March 27, 1772.+ 
VI. A))v/, b. Oct. 14, 1775; m., 1797, John Mudge. 

Siie d. Sept. 30, 1855. 
VII. Rachel, m, Hosea Dunbar, 
vnr. John, b. March 22, 1781 ; m. Polly Carlisle. 
IX. Thomas, b. Jan. 20, 1784.+ 
X. liuth, b. Oct. 7, 1786 ; m. Daniel Emerson, Jr., q.v. 



David White, son of William, m., Sept. 29, 1801, 
Tliankful Maynard. 

I. Lydia, b. Nov. 18, 1801. 
II. David, b. March 23, 1803. 

Mrs. White d. ; and lie m. (2d) Eunice Shannon, who 
d. Dec. 4, 1860. He d. Feb., 1848. 

m. Zo2^her, b. Nov. 11, 1807.-^- 
IV. Gardner, b. May 22, 1808 ; um. 
V. Emih/, b. Sept. 18, 1811 ; m., Oct. 6, 1830, Joseph 

Sandal ; resides in Keene. 
VI. Jthiel, b. Oct. 22, 1813.+ 
vn. Irene W., b. Jan. 14, 1816; m., Nov. 2, 1837, 

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William White, son of William, m., March 13, ITOf), 
EstluT Maynard, b. Jan. *29, 1770. lie ivsidcd for many 
years on the place now owned by W. W. and J. M. Rich- 
ardson, and the place adjoinint^, now owned l)yhis (laugh- 
ter Naomi White. He d. Feb. til, 1860. Ilis widow d. 
July 8, 1861. 

I. £t<thcr, b. Nov. 14, 1796; m., June, 1836, Cyrus 

Thatclier; d. P\'b. 3, 1873. 
II. A'^oa/i, h. June 11, 1800.+ 

III. JSfaomi, b. May 29, 1802; um. 

IV. JIa)inah,h. Apr. 30, 1804; m. Levi Thatcher, y.?;. 
V. Levi, b. Feb. 23, 1806; d. March 5, 1806. 

VI. Delina, h. July 5, 1807 ; m. Elias A. Thatcher, q.v. 
VII. Imia/i, b. July 13, 1809.+ 
VIII. Williayn Iianso7n, b. Nov. 12, 1813.-}- 



Thomas White, son of William, m., Oct. 11, 1807, 
Rebecca D., dan. of Asa and Mehitable (Ui)]iam) Met- 
calf; settled on the home farm, where he d. Oct. 16, 
1865. His wife d. Apr. 12, 1865. 

I. Lorenzo D., b. Sept. 23, 1808.-f 

II. iSophia, b. Sept. 11, 1811 ; m. (1st) Luther Con- 
verse, q.v. ; and (2d) Samuel Blodgett. She d. 
Feb. 6, 1873. 

III. IViontas, b. Jan. 2, ISlS.-j- 

IV. Ixehecca, b. March 5, 1823; m. (1st) Edmund 

Needham ; (2d) Liike Blodgett. 



ZoPHER White, son of David, m., July 7, 1839, Ada- 
line Williams of Mt. Holly, Vt., b. March 12, 1819. He 
d. in Marl., Feb. 29, 1880. 

I. J/rtry j;, b. May 12, 1840; m., 1857, Luther H. 

Starkey ; resides at South Keene. 
II. Justina E., b. Nov. 11, 1845 ; m., March 13, 1864, 
Henry J. Jacjuith, of Mt. Holly, Vt., where they 
. now reside. 

Jehiel AVhite, son of David, m., Marcli 30, 1841, 
Sarah Cheeny, b. in Concord, N.Y., Aug. 4, 1821 ; settled 
first in Nelson, l)ut came to Marl, in 1858, and located on 
the Amos Cuinmings farm. Li 1866, he removed to 
South Keene, and thence to Swanzey, where he was 
killed by the fall of a tree, Feb. 15, 1879. His widow m. 
(2d), July 26, 1879, L. Warren Harris of Richmond. 
Children b. in Nelson. 

I. Emihj, b. Jan. 27, 1842; m., Sept., 1867, Thomas 
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ir. Lucy J., b. Feb. 23, 1843 ; ra. (1st), July 1, 1860, 
James Shepherd. He cL, and she m. (2d) 
Osgood J. Bemis, q.v. 

III. Cyrus Auyustus, b. Nov. 5, 1845 ; m., July 4, 

1867, Alvira Burgess; resides in Keene. 

IV. Ilattie, b. Apr. 20, 1848; d. Sept. 2, 1867. 
V. Eihoard J., b. Apr. 10, 1853. 

Noah White, son of William, Jr., m., Apr. 25, 1822, 
Arvilla, dau. of David and Azubah (Gi'eenwood) Lewis. 
She d. Nov. 6, 1854. He d. July 24, 1869. 

I. Almo7i B., b. May 8, 1823 ; m., May 5, 1844, Eliz- 
abeth Ehvell ; removed to Whitefield, N.H. ; d. 
June 26, 1864, of wounds received in the army. 

II. Levi T., b. Nov. 12, 1824.+ 

III. Everett E.,\). Feb. 14, 1829.+ 

IV. L.ewis Z>., b. Sept. 9, 1832.+ 

V. Mary Ann., b. March 1, 1837 ; m. James Newell, 

q.v. 
VI. Rosella D., b. Sept. 16, 1838 ; m., Apr. 25, 1854, 

Milan Russell ; removed to Utah. 
VII. Elvira M., h. Jan. 11, 1846 ; m. Albert D. Heath. 



Isaiah White, son of William, Jr., m., March 3, 1834, 
Emily S. Parker of Phillipston, Mass., b. Apr. 13, 1806. 
He d. Sept. 25, 1837. His widow d. May 28, 1867. 

I. Rodoljyhus Harvey^ b. Feb. 15, 1835; d. Apr. 7, 

1835. 
II. Elmira E., b. July 9, 1836; m. George H. Smith, 

q.v. 



William Ransom, son of William, Jr., m. (1st), Jan. 
20, 1841, Sarah, dau. of David and Susanna (Becket) 
Sargent. 

I. Lucy Ann, b. Sept. 13, 1841 ; m. (1st) Walter 
Stockwell, q.v. ; and (2d) Marshall D. Adams, 
q.v. 

Mrs. White d. Feb. 7, 1843; and he m. (2d), 1847, 
Lucia Moulti'ou]) of Westminster, Vt. 

II. Eleanor 7?., b. Oct. 6, 1849 ; m. Manly Yardley. 

1. Bertie, b. in Harrisville, Feb. 21, 1871. 

III. Naomi., b. ; m., 1869, George Hill, who d. 

Jan. 12, 1879. 



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1829, Arvilln, dau. of Amasa and Zeruiah (Capron) Con- 
verse. She d. May 26, 1872. 

I. Granville X., b. Apr. 1, 1831 ; m., Jan. 31, 1854, 
Sarah A., dau. of Josiah and Sarah W. (Lewis) 
Bemis. She d. Sept. 4, 1879. 

1. Emery B., b. Oct. 31, 1857; d. Aug. 14, 

1859. 

2. Lester G., b. Oct. 23, 1862. 

II. Emelinc, b. July 16, 1832; m. John McRoy, (/.y. 

III. Thomas Leroy, b. March 6, 1836; ni., 1856, 

Estlier D., dau. of Elias A, and Delina (White) 
Thatcher. lie d. June 18, 1867. To him be- 
longs the honor of being the first volunteer 
from Cheshire Co. to enlist for the war of the 
Rebellion. 

1. Orren L., b. Feb. 23, 1859. 

2. Edna, b. in Swanzey, Oct. 1, 1862. 

IV. Alfred M., b. July 26, 1838; m. Maryetta Holt 

of Nelson. He was a member of the 2d 
Mass. Rog., and served his country faithfully in 
the war of the Rebellion, and d. while in service, 
Oct. 8, 1862. 

1. Eva, m. Charles Hudson ; resides in Keene. 

2. Fred A. 

V. William Wesson, b. Dec. 7, 1841 ; m., Sept. 29, 
1864, Kate Doyle of Kingston, Canada. He is 
a merchant, and resides in Killingly, Conn. 
VI. -Luther A., b. Feb. 23, 1844; was severely burned 
by the premature discharge of a cannon, July 
4, 1861, which caused his death Sept. 9, 1861. 

VII. Ambrose, ; d. Feb. 18, 1849. 

VIII. JIaria L., b. June 23, 1848; d. May 9, 1879; um. 
IX. Eliza jS., b. Sept. 4, 1850 ; m. James Kennedy. 
X. Ermn A)nhrose, b. Aug. 28, 1852 ; m., March, 
1872, Eliza Temple of Alstead. 

1. Eulaloo Temple, b. March 24, 1876. 

xr. Georf/e Was/rinf/ton, b. May 26, 1856; m., Jan., 
1877, Georgie Lamphere of Killingly, Ct. 

1. Jimmie, b. Nov., 1878. 

XII. Ellery Cliford, b. July 8, 1858. 



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Mrs. Mirriaiii (Ferrin) Robinson of Lowell, Mass. 

I. Thoma>^ II., h. May 22, 1839; ni., Jan. 1, 1861, 
Fidelia E., dan. of Joel Bancroft of Nelson, b. 
June 15, 1839. 

1. Leslie Rodolphus, b. Aug. 16, 1864. 

2. Bertha Cornelia, b. May 22, 1870. 

II. Ilointr !£., b. June 12, 1840; ni., June 1, 1863, 
Abbie Ellis of Swanzey, b. Oct. 9, 1841 ; resides 
in Keene. 

1. Walter Harris, b. Sept. 4, 1867. 

ITT. Asa 31, b. Nov. 17, 1841 ; ni., March 1, 1862, Mary 
I., dan. of William and Abigail (Oney) Knight, 
b, Aug. 6, 1846 ; resides in Keene. 

1. Homer Asa, b. July 27, 1864. 

2. Bertrand Arthur, b. Nov. 10, 1867. 

IV. liodoljyhus I., b. May 11, 1843; d. in the army, 

Dec. 20, 1861. 
V. Arthur A., b. Nov. 22, 1846; d. Oct. 31, 1865. 
VI. Sarah A., b. Jan. 24, 1849; d. Feb. 15, 1849. 
VII. Milton J., b. Jan. 7, 1850; m., March 26, 1871, 
Etta, dau. of Charles and Harriet (Stowell) 
Smith. 
VIII. Ashley K., b. Aug. 2, 1851; m., July 9, 1872, 
Julia A. Clark, b. March 28, 1854. 

1. Arthur A., b. May 28, 1873. 

2. Perley C, b. Oct. 5, 1874. 

IX. Augustus A., b. Oct. 23, 1852; d. ,Lan. 8, 1853. 
X. Leslie X., b. May 21, 1854; m., Oct. 14, 1876, 
Hattie L., dau. of William and Abigail (Oney) 
Knight. 
XI. Sarah A., b. March 29, 1856 ; m. (1st), Oct. 1, 1872, 
Lucius Ormsby; m. (2d), Jan. 10, 1880, George 
W. Shattuck. 

1. Harry S., b. Feb. 28, 1874. 
XII. Mary C, b. Nov. 8, 1858; m. Fred Jewett, of 
Harrisville. 



Levi T. White, son of Noah, m., Nov. 12, 1846, 
Nancy, dau. of Elias and Caty (Woodward) Thatcher; 
resides in Keene. Children b. in Marl. 

I. Viamia, b. Jan. 6, 1849 ; m., Nov. 2, 1869, Charles 

W. Gould; d. Feb. 1, 1871. 
II. Eliza A., b. March 20, 1852; m., Sept. 20, 

1874, Charles H. Dustin, b. in Antrim, March 3, 



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1850. lie is a lineal (IcscciKlant of Haiiiiali 
Dustin of liistoi'ic faine. 

1. Bertie Jl., b. in llillshuru, June S.i, 1875. 

III. fSara/i A'., b. Jan. 13, 1854; ura. 

IV. Loren J£.^ b. May 5, 1857 ; um. 
V. iSunmtr X., b. Oct. 5, 1858 ; uni. 

VI. iJacid II., b. June 27, 1860. 
VII. Charlie 7i'., b. May 27, 18G2. 

VIII. XtUie Mabel, b. in Keene, Sept. 20, 1870 ; d. Dec. 
16, 1870. 



Everett E. White, son of Noali, m., Oct. 20, 1853, 
Mrs. ]\[elissa A. Heard, b. in Leroy, Genesee Co., N.Y., 
Aug. 14, 1828. He removed to the West about 1856. 
In the time of the Kebelliou, lie enlisted in the 5th Ohio 
Vol. Infantry, serving as fife-major, scout, and hospital 
steward during the lirst three years. He participated in 
the battles of Winchester, Port Rejjublic, Cedar Moun- 
tain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout 
Mountain, Mission Ridge, and Atlanta, and went through 
the grand campaign of Savannah and North and South 
Carolina with Gen. Sherman. He re-enlisted in the 
field at Bridgej)ort, Ala., as veteran volunteer, in the 
same regiment, and was with the troops when Gen. 
Johnson surrendered. He was mustered out of service 
July 26, 1865, having been more than four years in the 
service of his country. He is now a jeweller in Oshkosh, 
Wis. 

I. Emrett li., b. in Marl., Jan. 27, 1855. 
II. Charles Z., b. in Rochester, Wis., March 10, 1857. 

III. Lala Bell, b. in Burlington, Wis., Feb. 7, 1861. 

IV. Gerti/ Adelle, b. in Burlinoton, Wis., Apr. 9, 1863 ; 

d. Aug., 1865. 
V. Daisy JJell, b. in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 9, 
1873. 



Leavis D. White, son of Noah, m.. May 1, 1854, 
Emily M. Snow ; resides in Whitefield. 

I. Thersea E., b. Dec. 29, 1856. 
II. Ernest E., b. Sept. 1, 1860; drowned Apr. 13, 

1870. 
III. 3linnie Ji., b. May 27, 1862. 



James White, a brother of William, Sen., and son of 
Thomas of Bolton, b. March 28, 1744; m., Oct. 5, 1768, 
Huldah Goodell, b. Apr. 5, 1750. He came to Marl, 
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was a carpenter and shoemaker, and l)eing an industri- 
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His Avife d. Aug. 11, 1806. 

I. Huldah, h. Sept. 8, 1770. 
II. JRuth, b. June 1, 1772. 

III. James, b. May 9, 1774.-1- 

IV. Ezra, b. Oct. 26, 1777. 

V. Judith, b. Sept. 5, 1780 ; m. Luther Tenney, q.v. 



James White, son of James, in. Sally Norris, b. Jan. 
24, 1778. He d. Dec. 19, 1857 ; and his widow d. July 
19, 1858. 

I. James, b. June 19, 1796. -|- 

II. iSalk/, b. July 21, 1798; m^ Barnabas Guild of 
Windham, Vt. 

III. Elijah, b. Sept. 3, ISOl; m. Jerusha Mack; re- 

sides in Windham, Vt. 

IV. Aznhali, b. Sept. 20, 1803 ; m. Daniel French. 
V. Calvin, b. Oct. 6, 181<».+ 

VI. Hiram, b. Nov. 28, 1812; d. March 27, 1817. 
VII. Hiram, b. March 6, 1818 ; d. Oct. 27, 1820. 



III. 



James White, eldest son of James and Sally (Norris) 
White, m. Lucinna Hazelton of Windham, Vt. ; settled 
in Windham. He d. Dec. 26, 1863. 

I. James A., b. Feb. 26, 1824.+ 
II. Hiram Z., b. Feb. 4, 1826; m., Nov. 29, 1849, 

Phila Ploughton ; settled in Windham, Vt. ; d. 

March 20, 1860. 
Laura L., b. Nov. 29, 1829; m., Apr. 20, 1853, 

Augustus Blaisdale ; resides in Nashua. 
Salhi M., b. May 2, 1833 ; d. Sept. 21, 1834. 
Azuhah, b. Oct. 29, 1835 ; m., June 30, 1853, Ariel 

P. Stephens of Weston, Vt. ; settled in Nashua. 
Cynthia E., b. May 5, 1838; m., Feb. 23, 1864, 

Henry Moors of Windham, Vt. 
Hannah E., b. May 25, 1840 ; m. Beckwith ; 

settled in Nashua. 
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Calvin White, son of James and Sally (Norris) 
White, m., June 8, 1811, Mary Richardson of Vershire, 
Vt. ; resides in Andover, Vt. 

I. Elisha OrlavfJo, b. May 1, 1837; m, Roxanna 
Strong of Mt. Taber ; resides in Wallingford, 
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II. JervsJia Emclhie^ b. Dec. 2, 1840; ni. TTorac-o 

Wilder of Wallinsrforcl, Vt. 
III. E/i}ah Elliott, b. May 6, 1842; (In.wnefl Sept. 

19, 1854. 
lY. Lorenzo Muso)!, b. Aug. 7, 1843.-|- 
V. Calvin 7?., b. Aug. 20, 1845 ; m. Mary A. Cole- 
mau of Woodstock ; resides in Wiudliam, Vt. 
VI. WiUiatn Wonier, b. P'eb. 28, 1847; in., and re- 
sides in Jamaica, Vt. 
Yii. BLiri/ Alfaretta, b. July 17, 1849; ni. Daniel 

Howard, 
viii. C/iorles Eiberti/, b. Aug. 18, 1851 ; ni.; resides in 
Wallingford; Vt. 
IX. Elizabeth E., b. Aug. 13, 1853 ; m. Leroy Howard. 



J^oiES A. White, son of James, m., July 3, 1851, 
Ellen C. Fairbanks of Springfield, Vt. 

I. Jai/ies C, b. in Nashua, Aug. 29, 1852 ; m., Dec. 
22, 1875, Emma L. Dame. 

1. Inez Florence, b. Oct. 10, 1876; d. Oct. 12, 

1877. 

2. Mabel L., b. May 18, 1879. 

II. Georc/e W., b. March 7, 1855 ; d. Nov. 19, 1858. 
III. Carrie E, b. in Marl., July 22, 1872. 



LoREKzo Mason White, son of Calvin, m., Dec. 20, 
1866, Ilattie J. Clark of Chester, Vt. Came to Marl, to 
reside in 1869. 

I. mittie Effie, b. June 22, 1868. 
II. Zilo, h. Jan. 13, 1870. 
III. Clarence JIason, b. Aug. 13, 1872. 



Enoch White, son of Samuel and Sarah (Fosgate) 
White of Bolton, b. in that town, Dec. 18, 1757 ; m., 
March 3, 1801, Hannah Hale, dau. of Ambrose and. 
Mercy Hale, b. Apr. 23, 1776. He came to Marl, in 
June, 1797, having been appointed guardian of his 
brother Robert, who but a short time previous had jmr- 
chased the farm now owned by Augustus South wick, and 
had commenced to erect new buildings thereon, but had 
become insane, and d. July 5, 1815. Enoch took posses- 
sion of his brother's farm, which he occupied until 1833, 
when he sold to his son Samuel. 

I. Zuci/ Hale, b. June 29, 1802; m. Charles McCol- 

lester, q.v. 
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III. Hannah,, b. Dec. 2, 1810 ; m. Willard Converse, 
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Mrs. Hannah White d. March 22, 1820; and he m. 
(2d), Apr. 26, 1823, Mrs. Zeuriali (Capron) Converse, 
widow of Amasa Converse. He d. Nov. 16, 1835 ; and 
liis widow d. March 23, 1862. 

IV. Ambrose C, b. Dec. 4, 1824; ni. Maria, dau. of 
Simon and Abigail (Converse) Fosgate of West- 
minster, Mass. 

1. Emma Maria, b. May 24, 1848. 

2. Milan Ambrose, b. Oct. 13, 1849. 



Samuel White, son of Enoch, m.. May 22, 1833, 
Harriet N., dau. of Daniel and Dimniis (Blish) Wade; 
settled on home farm, where he resided until 1849, when 
he sold his farm to William Dix, and removed to Fitch- 
burg, where his wife d. July, 1880. He now resides with 
his son Daniel in Bolton. To him the author is indebted 
for much valuable information concerning many of the 
early families of Marl. 

I. Charles H., b. July, 1834; m. Elizabeth A. 
Wheeler of Newlniryport, Mass.; resides in 
Boston. 
II. Daniel,\). Aug. 12, 1836; m. Ellen Hastings of 
Berlin, Mass. ; resides in Bolton. 



EzEKTEL White (genealogy not traced) and Alice, 
his wife, had the following children b. in Marl. 

I. Olitm; b. Sept. 29, 1797. 
II. Charlotte, b. Nov. 5, 1799. 
III. Polly, b. March 2, 1802. 



George W. Whitk, b. in Grafton, Vt., Feb. 15, 1825, 
m.. May 3, 1849, Sylvina P., dau. of Aaron and Susanna 
(Davis) Esty, b. in Roxbury, Feb. 12, 1828. He d. Apr. 
27, 1857. His widow afterwards resided in Marl., where 
she d. Oct. 5, 1875. 

I. Charlie X., b. in Westminster, Vt., Mav 10, 1X50 ; 

m.. May 21, 1876, Abbie M. Heard. ' 
II. Kmma F., b. in Westminster, Vt., June 20, 1851 ; 
m. Erwin E. Ward, q.v. 

III. Era R., b. in Westminster, Vt., Sept. 13, 1852; 

m., Oct. 8, 1873, George Underwood ; resides 
in Swanzey. 

IV. Clarence JEhner, b. in Westminster, Vt., Sejit. 15, 

1854; d. Jan. 16, 1879. 
V. Ella //., b. in Keene, Oct. 8, 1857; m. Joseph 
Merriam. 




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WHITNEY. 

John Whitnky embarked at Ipswich, England, for America, April, 
KU?;'). He was at that time thirty-five y^iH'^^ of age, liis wife, Kleanor, 
thirty, and the sons, .Fohn, eleven, Richard, nine, Nathaniel, eight, 
'I'homas, six, and ffonathan, one. He settled in Watertown, Mass., where 
he owned considerable land. He was one of the selectmen of that town 
for several years, from KJIiH to Kior), and town clerk in 10");"). His early 
election to these offices shows that he held a respectable social jiosition. 
His wife d. May 11, 1(359 ; and he m. (2d), Sept. '2d, 1(5.")!), dudith Clem- 
ent. He survived his second wife, and d. dune 1, lOT^J, a;. 71. His son 
John, b. in England, 16'2l, m. Huth, dan. of Robert Reynolds of Boston, 
and settled in Watertown, where he d. Oct. 12, 1G92. Benjamin, 
youngest son of John, b. June 28, 10(50, m., March iUl, KiST, Abigail 
H.agar. David, third son of Benjamin, b. fJune 16, 1(J97, m. Rebecca, 

, and .settled in Waltham. Jonas, fourth son of David, b. June 25, 

1738, m., Sept. 27, 1757, Sarah Whitteman of Lexington, and .settled in 
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Ben.iamin Whitney, son of Jonas and Sarah (Whit- 
teman) Wliitney, b. in Westminster, JNIass., Ajtr. 28, 
1770; m., 1794, Nancy Fuller, b. in Newton, Mass., Feb. 
14, 1767. Soon after his marriage, he came to Marl., and 
purchased of David and Walter Capron tlie farm now 
owned l)y J. M. Darling, where lie d. June 27, 1852. 
His widows d. Sept. 20, 1855. 

I. JJenJmnm, b. Oct. 29, 1795 ; d. in infancy. 
II. Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1796 ; ni., June 2, 1819, Sol- 
omon Sawtelle of Rindge. She d. Apr. 17, 
1864. 

III. livhumah, b. Jan. 11, 1798; m., IMarcli 28, 1826, 

Jeremiah K. Needham of Hollis, where she d. 

IV. Sarah.h. A\n\ 28, 1799; m.. May 14, 1829, Joel 

Barker of Milford, wliere she now resides. 
V. Lydia, b. May 15, 1800; m., Dec. 6, 1836, Abner 

Bailey of Jaffrey ; d. in Jaffrey. 
VI. lienjariiin, b. May 25, 1802.-|- 
VII. ^Soj^hrouia, b. Nov. 25, 1808; m., Jan. 22, 1829, 
Moses Parmenter; settled in I*e])])erell, Mass. 
viii. Joudx, 1). July 4, 1805; graduated at Dartmouth 
College in 1883, after wliich he spent some time 
in various ])laces in N.Y., then settled in Mis- 
souri, where he d. March 21, 1869 (or 1870). 
He m., Dec, 1835, Charlotte Tarman of Ithaca, 
N.Y. 
IX. Lucy, b. Oct. 8, 1807 ; d. Nov. 11, 1807. 
X. jSyrena,h. Oct. 16, 1808; m. Lewis Mclntire of 

Ashljurnham, Mass. 
IX. Hiinht, 1>. May 22, 1812; m., Sept. 15, 1835, 
James Hobert of Brookline ; settled in Pep- 
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Benjamin Whitney, son of Benjamin, m., .Oct 10, 
1826, Ehnira Stimpson, of Ashburnham, Mass.- She d. 
May 12, 1862. Mr. Wliitney resided in Marl, until 1872, 
wlien he removed to Littleton, N.II., where he noAv 
resides. 

I. Jarol IriuiHj, b. Aug. 1, 1833; m., Jan. 19, 1S58, 
Sarah J. Kidder. He removed to Leominster, 
Mass., in 1869, Avliere he now resides. 

1. Fannie B., b. Oct. 16, 1863. 

2. Arthur E., b. Sept. 9, 1868; d. June 8, 

1869. 

II. Ebnh-a Francet<, b. Jan. 18, 1836; m. Charles 

D. Tarbell, q.r. 
III. George Edward, b. Aug. 2, 1843; d. March 12, 
1861. 



Daniel Whitney and wife Mary, from Guilford, Vt., 
warned to leave town, 1787. 

Their son, Daniel Whitney, Jr., and wife Sarah were 
warned out at the same time. Tliey had children b. in 
Marl, as follows: — 

1. Joel, b. June 13, 1786. 

2. Oliver, b. June 29, 1789. 

3. Levi, b. Apr. 27, 1792. 



Charles O. Whitney, son of Luke and Lovina 
(Wliite) Whitney, b. in Troy, May 4, 1838; m., Nov. 
27, 1861, Frances F., dau. of Hyman and Lovina (Allen) 
Bent, b. in Fitzwilliam, Oct. 27,' 1838. Came to Marl, to 
reside Oct., 1866. 

I. Frank Ruxsell, h. in South Gardner, Mass., Aug. 

29, 1866. 
II. Charles Winfred, b. in Marl., Aug. 4, 1877. 
HI. Robert L., b." in Marl., Sept. 10, 1880. 

John Whittakek came from Dedham, Mass. lie m., 
Oct. 11, 1792, Juda Easman. Tie resided in a rude hut, 
which stood above the Day l»ridge, on the knoll on the 
east side of the highway. The little brook that em])ties 
into the river near that i)lace took its name from him, 
and is still known as the Whittaker brook. After resid- 
ing here a few years, he removed to Vermont. 
1. Jo/i7i Eastmim, b. July 1, 1793. 
II. James, b. March 20, 1796. 

III. Juda, b.Sept. 8, 1797. 

IV. Xannj, b. Oct. 8, 1802. 
V. Ahiijdd. 

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Jaukz Wight was 1). ])roV)al)ly in Dublin, Dec. 21, 
17G9. His father, .lolm Wiu:lit, b. In Medfield, Mass., 
March 29, 178G; m., 1759, Elizabeth Keed, b. Sept. 29, 
1789, and settled in Dublin about 1763. Jabez Wight 
m., 1787, Mary Webster, the great-grand-daughter of 
IlannMh Dustin, who was taken jyrisoiior by the Indians 
at Haverhill, and afterwards escaped by killing several of 
the savages. (History of Dublin.) Mr. Wight settled 
first in liublin, but came to Marl, to reside about 1812, 
and located first on land now owned by James A.White. 
His house stood on a little knoll on the south side of the 
road near the present residence of Francis O. Ball. 
Later in life, he jnit u]) the frame of a house on the site 
of the one now owned by W. W. and J. M. Richardson. 
Before this was completed, he sold to William White, 
Jr., and built a house on the old road to Pottersville, 
being the same afterwards owned by Thomas Shapley. 
He removed to Sterling, Mass., about 1851. 

I. Betsey, b. Dec. 21, 1788; m., Oct. 13, 1805 

Hughenos Tyrell. ' 

II. John, b. Jan. 24, 1791 ; in., Apr. 22, 1813, Beulah, 

dau. of Abner Smith, of Dublin, 
in. Sally, b. Sept. 18, 1793; m. Jesse Knowlton, q.v. 



WILD. 

Joseph Wild emigrated to this country from England. His son 
Elijah m. Amy Ilovey of Plymouth, Mass., and had two sons, Ivory and 
Elijah. Ivory, b. Oct. 3, 1752, O.S., m. Hannah, dan. of Aaron and 
Hannah Esterbrook of Lancaster, Mass. He was a member of the 
Society of Shakers in Shirley, Mass., and was for many years their 
deacon. 



Nathan E. Wild, son of Ivory and Hannah (Ester- 
brook) Wild, Avas b. in Shirley, Apr. 14, 1778. He re- 
mained with the Shakers until twenty-one years of age, 
when he left the Society and came to Marl. He was 
fond of relating his stories of Shaker life, and could well 
remember the celebrated Shakeress, Ann Lee. He m., 
May 18, 1803, Eunice, dau. of Asa and Eunice (Williams) 
Porter. He d. March 27, 1871. His widow d. Aug. 16, 
1871. 

I. Amoret, b. Oct. 30, 1804; m. Elijah Gates, q.v. 
II. Ivory II., b. Oct. 1, 1806; d. Sept. 10, 1827. 

III. Maria, b. Sept. 12, 1821 ; m. John Merrill Davis, 

q.v. 

IV. Caroline E., b. July 17, 1824; d. Aug. 10, 1844. 

David Wilkinson was b. in Sharon, Mass., Aug. 20, 
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Mass., to learn the trade of a saddler. Two years after, 
he entered the Continental army from that town. On 
his return from the war, he went back to his old master, 
and remained with him until he was twenty-one years 
old. He m., Jan. 1, 1788, Ruth Allen of Walpole, b. 
Jan. 1, 1768. Soon after his marriage, he came to Mai-1., 
and purchased a tract of wild land which comprises the 
farm now owned by Wilber F. Wallace, Avhere he spent 
the remainder of his days. When not engaged in tilling 
the soil, he manufactured saddles which always found a 
ready market, not only in this, but surrounding towns. 
He d. Dec. 10, 1843. His widow d. May 3, 1863. 

I. Sarah, b. Oct. 29, 1790 ; m. Jonah Davis, q.v. 

II. Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1792 ; m. Asa Hastings, q.i). 

III. Rath, b. Jan. 29, 1794; d. May 29, 1795. 

IV. Ruth, b. Aug. 6, 1797 ; m. Jason Lewis of Wal- 

pole, Mass., where she now resides. 
V. Daoid, b. June 30, 1799.+ 

VI. Esther, b. Apr. G, 1807; d. March 26, 1873, urn. 

VII. Irena, b. Aug. 31, 1809; m., Apr. 4, 1832, Hosea 

B. Gibson, of Ashburnham ; resides in Boston. 



David Wilkinson, son of David, was b. in Marl,, 
June 30, 1799, on the farm and in the house now owned 
and occupied by Wilber F. Wallace. Always re- 
siding in his native town, Mr. Wilkinson's life did 
not abound in those incidents and adventures which 
generally attract a biographer. 

Unlike multitudes of New England boys, he remained 
at home, tilling the ])aternal acres and learning his 
fathex''s trade. Even after he married, he followed the 
good old patriarchal custom, remaining under the ances- 
tral roof, and gradually assuming the rcs})onsibilities of 
the head of the family, as his father, by reason of ad- 
vancing years, laid them aside. His parents and one 
sister remained with him until, at a good old age, they 
slept with their fathers. In the same field and shoj) 
where he passed his boyhood, he trained up his sons to 
habits of industry, self-reliance, and enterprise. The 
harness and saddlery business, which he inherited from 
his father, he transmitted to his sons. In 1834, he built 
the commodious brick mansion in the village, which was 
his residence until his death. 

Mr. Wilkinson appeared generally to look upon the 
bi'ight side of life. He was ho])eful and impulsive in his 
tem])erament, and unusually active and energetic. Be- 
ing also cordial in his intercourse with his neighbors, he 
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in all that seemed to be for tlie good of the community. 
Hence, we tind him active in the temperance movement 
througli all the various phases of its history in town. 
And, for the same reason, he was always prominent in 
the Church to which he united himself at an early age. 
He became a member of the Congregational Church in 
1821, and until his death was ever active in promoting 
its interests, and was one of the -leaders in the measures 
that resulted in the erection of the bi-ick church. 

Though he passed the limit of fourscore years, it 
might be said of him in an eminent degree, up to the 
last sudden attack of acute disease, that his eye was not 
dimmed, nor his natural forces abated. He was a man 
that always enjoyed life, and never, apparently, more 
than during his last days ; and yet, having always been 
mindful of the life beyond, he was not taken unaware by 
death. He d. Nov. 3, 1879. He m., Oct. 7, 1823, Patty 
Hubbard of Putney, Vt., b. Oct. 9, 1801, who had been 
a successful and popular teacher in the public schools of 
Marl, previous to her marriage. She was not ambitious 
for a wider sphere in which to employ her qualities of 
heart and mind than she found at the head of her hus- 
band's household. Here, the aged and infirm found her 
a friend in whose care they might safely trust, her chil- 
dren a mother anxious to instill into their hearts the 
principles of a manly. Christian character, and her hus- 
band a true helpmeet always ready to encourage and 
sustain him in every good work. Especially in his efforts 
to further the interests of the Church of his choice and 
love did she zealously co-operate with him. She was 
public-spirited, ready to engage in every work promising 
to benefit society, but particularly earnest in promoting 
the religious welfare of all who came within her influ- 
ence. But, if one sentiment rather than another pos- 
sessed her heart and stimulated her activities, it might 
be expressed in the words of the hymn, — 

" I love thy kingdom, Lord." 

Mrs. Wilkinson was remarkable for her confidence in 
the love of her heavenly Father toward her, even in the 
midst of deep aflliction. Returning from the burial of 
her only daughter, just blooming into womanhood, she 
was heard singing as usual as she went about her domes- 
tic duties. Many years after, when a well beloved son 
had been snatched away, she met the messenger bringing 
the details of his death with the word, " Is it well with 
my boy ? " meaning. Did he give evidence of a prepara- 
tion for death. Assured that he did, she exclaimed : 
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be the name of the Lord ! " She was truly a devoted 
Christian, wife, and mother; and in all the relations of life 
she sought the good of others, being ever ready for every 
good word and work. She d. Oct. 17, 1870; and Mr. 
Wilkinson m. (2d), Aug. 7, 1873, Mrs. Nancy (Locke) 
Abbott of Concord. 

I. Warren IL, b. July 9, 1824; m. (1st), Sept. 5, 
1849, Almira, dau. of Capt. Asa and Plarriet 
(Coolidge) Frost, who d. Oct. 12, 1874; and he 
m. (2d), Sept. 1, 1875, Emily J. Brown, b. in 
Brimfield, Mass., May 4, 1833; resides in 
Springfield, Mass.; c. (See Chap. XIII.) 
II. ASarah, b. Dec. 23, 1825 ; d. June 25, 1838. 
HI. ^Solon Stone, b. March 22, 1828; m., June 22, 
1852, Chestina, dau. of Charles and Polly (Con- 
^ verse) Holman ; resides in Keene ; is a harness- 
maker and dealer in trunks, valises, travelling- 
bags, etc. 

1. Edward H., b. June 15, 1859. 

IV. rp . ( 3Iart/, b. June 8, 1832 ; d. Sept. 9, 1832. 
V. ^ ^^°^- I J/ar«Aa,b. June 8, 1832 ; d. Sept. 18, 1832. 

VI. Mar>/ Eliza, b. March 31, 1834 ; d. March 4, 1838. 

VII. Martha, b. Oct. 9, 1836; d. Nov. 20, 1836. 
vrii. Cyrus IRnysbvry,\). Dec. 17, 1839. He learned 
the trade of harness-making of his father, and 
commenced business in Keene, and after a few 
years' residence there removed to Springfield, 
Mass., where he entered into partnershi]) with 
Daniel C. Frost. He m., Sept. 25, 1866, Kate 
A. Barr of Oakham, Mass., b. March 21, 1845. 
He d. July 10, 1867. 

l.^Catharine K., b. March 20, 1868. 

IX. Oliver A., b. May 13, 1842 ; d. Sept. 25, 1843. 



Aaron Willard came to Marl, about 1811. He was 
b. Feb. 9, 1758 ; m., and resided for many years in West- 
minster, Mass., where he raised up a family of children. 
His wife d., and he came to Marl., where he m., March 
11, 1813, Mrs. Anna (Pratt) Lawrence, widow of Samuel 
Lawrence, b. in Royalston, Mass., March 3, 1777. He 
d. Feb. 9, 1843. His widow d. Aug. 21, 1871. 

I. Eliza, b. Apr. 28, 1815; m. Emery Cudworth; d. 
July 31, 1850. 



David Willard, son of Levi and Irene (Knight) 
Willard of Dublin, b. Jan. 27, 1831; m., June 30, 1857, 



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Irena F., dau. of Apollas Nye of Keene, b. Oct. 5, 1831. 
He came to Marl, in 1859, aud for six years resided on 
the farm now occupied by Charles E. Howe. He now 
resides in West Harrisville. 

I. George A. E., b. Oct. 19, 1859. 
11. Lizzie Z, b. July 11, 1862. 



Joseph Wilson is supposed to have come from 
Brookiield, Mass. He was b. June 11, 1770. He m. 
Eunice, dau. of Lieut. Joseph and Eunice (Matthews) 
Collins, and settled first on the place now owned by Mrs. 
Sarah Davis. He was a blacksmith by trade, and a man 
of great mechanical ingenuity, and could make almost 
anything in the shape of agricultural tools. He after- 
wards resided on the place now owned by James Knowl- 
ton, and had his shop on the site of Mr. Knowlton's ])ail- 
shop. His house stood on the line between Marl, and 
Keene ; and it is related of him that, when a constable 
from Marl, attempted to arrest him, he went into Keene 
without leaving the house, well knowing that the law 
would not allow that ofiicer to arrest him except in his 
own town. 

I. Eunice, b. Jan. 29, 1793 ; m. Tower Speare. 
II. Joseph, b. Dec. 14, 1795. 

III. Mary, b. July 31, 1796 ; m., Nov. 28, 1820, Jona- 

than Lampson. 

IV. Olive, b. June 1, 1798 ; m. Jonathan Roberts. 

V. Stillman, b. June 25, 1800; m. Azubah Bowman; 

settled in Swanzey. 
VI. Hnldah, b. Jan. 8, 1802; m., Apr. 13, 1825, 
Thomas Frink. 



Charles WiLSO>f, m., July 16, 1818, Lovina, only dau. 
of Samuel and Lydia (Matthews) Collms ; resided for 
some years in Marl., then removed to Swanzey, where he 
d., and his widow removed to Gilroy, Santa Clara Co., 
Cal., to reside with her children. 

I. Hiram, d. in Randolph, Mass. 
II. Horace, m. Eliza Chickering; resides in Gilroy, 

Cal. 
ni. DatDSon, m. ; settled in California. 
IV. Dan, m. ; settled in California. 
V. Albert, m. ; settled in California. 
VI. Ann, m. William Fames of Swanzey ; removed to 

California. 
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WINCH. 

Samuel Winch, m. Hannah Gibbs of Framingham, Mass., Feb. 11, 
1673. He was one of the original members of the church in that town. 
He d. with a cancer Aug. 3, 1718. His son Thomas, b. 1694, m., Oct. 23, 
1718, Deborah Gleason ; settled in Framingham, where he d. Sept. 22, 
1761. Thomas, Jr., second son of Thomas and Deborah (Gleason) 
Winch, b. June 25, 1723 ; m., Dec. 20, 1743, Elizabeth Drury. 

Caleb, son of Thomas, Jr., b. in Framingham, Sept. 26, 1744, m. 
Mehitable Maynard, and settled in Fitzwilliam in 1768. Nathan, son of 
Caleb, b. in Fitzwilliam, March 1, 1781, m. Polly Davidson ; settled in 
Troy, where he d. Aug. 28, 1851. 



Nathan Winch, son of Nathan and Polly (Davidson) 
Winch, b. in that part of Fitzwilliam now Troy, Ajn-. 2, 
1807 ; m., Oct. 20, 1833, Abigail Bucklin of Wallingford, 
Vt., and removed to Swanzey, where for six years he was 
engaged in manufacturing pails. Selling his pail factory, 
he was for seven years engaged in farming, after which 
he resumed the pail business. In Sept., 1852, he came 
to Marl., and purchased the pail factory wliich he now 
owns. In 1868, he sold out and returned to Swanzey 
and engaged in the same business ; but, having the mis- 
fortune to lose his pail-shop by fire, he returned to Marl., 
and purchased an interest in his former ]»lace of business, 
and subsequently became sole proprietor. Mrs. Winch 
d. Ai)r. 23, 1867 ; and he m. (2d), Dec. 12, 1867, Mrs. 
Nancy Winzel of Framingham, Mass., who d. Jan. 28, 
1872 ; and he m. (3d), Aug. 6,1872, Mrs. Lucinda (Stone) 
Scovell of Woodstock, Vt. Children by first wife. 

I. Fraiiklln B., b. in Swanzey, Aug. 17, 1833; d. 

Sept. 17, 1849. 
II. Adelia (\, b. in Swanzey, Oct. 24, 1835 ; d. Aug. 

19, 1842. 

III. Dorotha A., b. in Troy, Nov. 7, 1840; m. (1st), 

Jan. 1, 1864, Fred E. Ward, who d. March 7, 
1864; and she m. (2d) George Hammond of Me- 
chanicsville, Vt. She d. July 31, 1872. 

IV. GeoTf/e 7?., b. in Troy, June 12, 1843 ; d. Sept. 25, 

1849. 
V. Lifant so/t, b. Aug., 1848; d. same day. 
VI. Geor(/e 7^., b. in Swanzey, Nov. 20, 1850; m., 
Nov. 6, 1873, Laura I., dau. of Dea. Gilman and 
Harriet (Atwood) Griffin, b. in Nelson, Nov. 6, 
1849. 

1. Abbie Amelia, b. June 12, 1877. 



George Frederick Wise was b. in Elsis, in the 
south-east part of France, now within the territory of 
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only twelve years of age ; and after a residence of one 
year in New York City, and a short time in Boston, lie 
came to Marl. He m., Feb. 6, 1840, Sarah S., dan. of 
James and Nancy (Pratt) Nason, and settled on the Na- 
son farm, where he now resides. 

I. Frederick Z., b. March 9, 1850 ; m., March 27, 
1872, Hattie Emma Clark; resides in Oregon. 

1. Mabel Maud, b. in Marl., March 5, 1878; 
d. in Oregon, 1880. 

11. Nellie J., b. July 26, 1859; m., Sept. 10, 1879, 
Daniel Hunt of Stoddard. 

1. Fred Harvey, b. Aug. 14, 1880. 



WISWALL. 

Thomas Wiswall, with his brother John, came from England in 
1635, and settled in Dorchester, Mass. They were both called " Elders" 
in the early records, and were prominent men among the early settlers of 
that town. Thomas d. Dec. 6, 1683. His son Noah, bap. in Dorchester, 
1638, m., Dec. 10, 1664, Theodosia Jackson. In May, 1690, about five 
hmidred French and Indians were discovered about Casco (Portland) 
which was attacked, and Maj. Davis carried to Canada. Capt. Noan 
Wiswall, Lieut. Gershom Flagg, and Ensign Edward Walker, with a 
company of infantry, marched for the security of Casco. They arrived 
at Portsmouth July 4, where a court was called ; and it was agreed to 
send Capt. Wiswall to scour the woods as far as Casco with one other 
captain and four sergeants. Several captains desired to go with Capt. 
Wiswall, and they cast lots to know who should go. The lot fell to Capt. 
Floyd. They took up their march into the wood, and were soon joined 
by Lieut. Davis with twenty-two men from Wells. On the 6th of July, 
Capt. Wiswall sent out his scouts early in the morning, found the trail of 
the enemy, and overtook them at Wheelwright's pond, where a bloody 
engagement followed. Capt. Wiswall, Lieut. Flagg, Sergt. Walker, and 
fifteen men were slain, and others wounded. Capt. Floyd continued the 
fight for several hours, when his tired and wounded men drew off, and he 
soon followed them. 

Thomas, the eldest son of Capt. Noah Wiswall, b. 1666, m., July, 1696, 
Hannah Cheney, and settled on the homstead, where he died 1709. His 
son Noah, b. Sept. 7, 1699, m., 1720, Thankful FuUer ; d. June 13, 1786. 



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John Wiswall, son of Noah and Thankful (Fuller) 
Wiswall, b, in Newton, Mass., March 10, 1758 ; m., June 
30, 1774, Esther, dan. of Thaddeus Trowbridge, b. Dec. 
10, 1754; settled first in Newton, Avhere most of his chil- 
dren were b. He came to Marl, previous to 1800, and 
settled on the farm now^ owned by David Mclntire. 
About 1809, he removed to Jefferson Co., N.Y. 

I. Henry, b. June 3, 1775 ; d. young. 
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IV. Benlah, b. May 29, 1780. 

V. Sarah, b. June 21, 1782 ; m., March 9, 1802, John 
Bigelow of Worcester, Mass. 

Mrs. Wiswall d. June 17, 1784; and lie m. (2d), Dec. 
10, 1784, Lois Worsley, b. Jan. 16, 1760. He d. Dec. 

28, 1838. 

VI. Lois, b. Oct. 6, 1785; d. Apr. 8, 1791. 
VII. William, b. March 6, 1787 ; m., July 7, 1807, 
Mercy, dau. of Jacob and Mercy (Totuiaii) 
Woodward ; removed to Broome Co., N.Y. 
VIII. Samuel, h. 3 m\Q 8,1789; settled in Broome Co., 
N.Y. 
IX. Lois, b. Feb. 16, 1791 ; d. Jan. 17, 1873. 
X. Eunice, b. March 28, 1793; d. Oct. 3, 1847. 
XI. James, b. Sept. 20, 1795; m., Dec. 25, 1816, Eliza, 
dau. of John Day ; removed to Londonderry, 
Vt., and thence to Broome Co., N.Y. 
XII. Da7'ii(s, b. Apr. 25, 1799. Has descendants living 
in Adams, N.Y. 

XIII. Susan, b. Nov. 11, 1822; d. Dec, 1871. 

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Maj. John" Wisw^all, son of John, m., Jan. 7, 1799, 
Mary, dau. of Jedediah and Mary (Maynard) Tayntor ; 
settled on the farm since owned by Hiram Collins, noAV 
owned by Cliarles F. Hayes. After the death of Mr. 
Tayntor in 1816, he removed to the farm now known as 
theWiswall place, and owned by Mrs. Caroline Lawrence. 
He was one of the selectmen for several years ; was also 
much interested in military affairs, and rose to the rank 
of major. He d. Nov. 19, 1849. His widow d. Nov. 24, 
1864. 

I. LutJier, b. Jan. 9, 1801.-[- 

II. Mary, b. Aug. 22, 1804; m., Apr. 26, 1861, Phi- 
lander T. Clark, a native of Greenfield, Mass. 
She is now a widow, and resides in Vineland, 
N.J. 

III. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 18, 1807 ; m. Sumner Frost, q.v. 

IV. Lovisa, b. Oct. 15, 1809; m. Levi Jones, (j.v. 

V. Lanrinda, b. Aug. 10, 1811 ; d. June 9, 1865, um. 
VI. A son,\>. Jan. 4, 1815; d. Feb. 5, 1815. 
VII. Henry Troirbridge, b. Apr. 13, 1816.-|- 
viiL Joh.n 2\(ifiitor, b. Dec. 21, 1819; m., Dec. 19, 
1849, Mary W., dau. of Sylvester D. and Cla- 
rissa (Johnson) Stebbins, b. in Deerfield, Mass., 
Dec. 12, 1826; d. Jan. 9, 1856. He d. Sept. 
20, 1865. They had an adopted son. 



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1. Alexandoi-, b. in Glasgow, Scotland. lie 
graduated from Dartmouth ColK'go in 
the class of 1873, and from Bangor Theo- 
logical Seminary in 1879. lie is now 
pastor of the Congregational Church at 
Benton Falls, Me. 

Oren^ b. Sept. 19, 1822; d. in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 
8, 1851, urn. 



Rev. Luther Wiswall, son of Maj. John, m., Apr. 9, 
1830, So})hronia Kendall of Atliol, Mass., and settled on 
the farm since pwned by Allen Woodward. In 1830, he 
commenced preaching in Jackson and Brooks, Me., where 
he remained, seventeen years. In 1853, he removed to 
Windham, Me., where he still resides. (See Chap. 
XIII.) His wife d. in Windham, Me., Jan. 8, 1860; and 
he m. (2d) Mrs. Catherine (Johnston) Ginn of Winter- 
port, Me., b. Jan. 21, 1814. 

I. Mary Sophronia, b. in Marl., May 11, 1831 ; d. in 

Brewer, Me., June 9, 1836. 
11. Elh7i Ke7idall, h. in Marl, Feb. 22, 1834 ; um. 

III. Luther, b. in Brooks, Me., May 19, 1838 ; m. 

April 5, 1859, Emeline Whipple of Windham 
Me. ; resides in Lynn, Mass. 

IV. James Buttheller, b. in Brooks, Me., May 22, 1840 

d. Aug. 12, 1843. 
V. Mary Frances, b. in Brooks, Me., Oct. 14, 1846 
d. in Windham, Jan. 8, 1858. 



Henry T. Wiswall, son of Maj. John, m., Jan. 2, 
1840, Harriet N., dau. of Dea. James and Roxanna 
(Frost) Farrar. She d. Oct. 26, 1841. 

I. Francis Henry, \>. July, 1841; d. Aug., 1842. 

Mr. Wiswall m. (2d), May 6, 1845, Ruth, dau. of 
Joshua Lawrence of Roxbury. 

IT. Osgood Bainso7i, b. Sept. 30, 1846 ; m., Apr. 3, 
1873, Nettie, dau. of George and Mary (Ste- 
vens) Hardy of Nelson. 

1. Mary Gertrude, b. Nov. 1, 1877. 

III. Henry Lyman, b. July 28, 1849; m., 1873, Eliza 
Thomas. 

1. Charles Lyman, b. Aug. 2, 1874. 

2. Eugene L., 1). Sept. 17, 1879; d. Aug. 7, 

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IV. Oren Hanson, b. Sept. 5, 1851 ; m., Nov. 18, 1875, 
Lizzie, dan. of Addison and Mary (Loveland) 
Nutting of Vineland, N.J., b. Jan. 2, 1855. 

1. Mary Ruth, b. Nov. 27, 1877. 

2. George Oren, b. Apr. 5, 1879. 

3. Infant son, b. June 4, 1881. 

V. FranJc Troiohridge, b. Apr. 3, 1854 ; una. 
VI. Herbert Tayntor, b. Dec. 23, 1856 ; m., Feb. 24, 
1880, Ina L., clau. of Isaac A. and Melissa D. 
(Stock well) Davis. 
1. Infant dau., b. June 19, 1881. 
VII. Fred May nard., b. Dec. 27, 1859. 

mMrs. Wiswall d. Dec. 29, 1859; and he m. (3d), in 
1861, Harriet N. Earns of Maine. He d. Jan. 5, 1878. 



WOODWARD. 

The Woodward family, which was once quite numerous in Marl., dates 
back to the first settlement of the town ; and we regret we cannot give a 
history of their ancestry. But the older families have become extinct 
within the town, and their descendants are so widely scattered the writer 
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Abel Woodward came to Marl, about 1765, and set- 
tled on what is now known as the Joslin j^lace. He re- 
sided here for many years, but we find no record of his 
family. Tradition tells us he had two sons. 

I. Abijah, m., 1786, Polly, dau. of Isaac and Lois 
(Townsend) Gibbs. He is the only person 
known to have made counterfeit money within 
the limits of Marl. 

1. Rebecca, b. May 2, 1787. 

2. Patty, b. May 4, 1790. 

3. Nelly, b. May 1, 1792. 

4. Polly, b. Jan. 1, 1794. 

5. Eunice, b. Nov. 28, 1795. 

6. Betsey, b. Sept. 27, 1797. 

II. Steiyhen. He is said to have been the first to 
make a beginning on the farm now owned 
by Calvin FiU'rar. He removed with his family 
to Vermont previous to 1800. 



Stephen, b. Aug. 29, 1779. 
Hepsy, b. March 29, 1781. 
Asa, b. Oct. 22, 1782. 
Abel, b. June 6, 1785. 
Elizabeth, b. May 5, 1788. 



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Solomon Woodward came from Sutton, Muss., aiul 
was one of tlie early settlors. ITe ])i-()l)al)ly resided on 
the fann now occupied by Alnion C. Mason. 

I. liuth, b. May 2, 1763. 
II. Jonathan^ b. Dec. 25, 1764. 
in. Josuih^ b. Dec. 15, 1766. 
TV. Solomon, b. Dec. 5, 1768; m. Susannah Wilson; 

removed to Keene. 
V. Samuel, b. Dec. 1, 1770; removed to Spencer, 

Mass. 
VI. Moll}/ Holmes, b. Feb. 20, 1773. 
VII. Salli/, b. July 1, 1775. 

VIII. Jacob, b. Aug. 25, 1778; went to Peru, Vt. 
IX. Priscilla, b. Aug. 23, 1780; m. David Rugg; re- 
moved to Vermont. 
X. Phebe, b. Jan. 23, 1783 ; m. Caleb Warner. 
XI. Robert, bap. July 15, 1787 ; went to New York. 



Samuel Woodward, a brother of Solomon, settled at 
an early date on the farm now owned by Philander 
Thatcher, which was much larger than at present, and 
owned in company with his brother Solomon. They 
sold to their nephews Daniel and Jacob, and Samuel left 
town. 

I. Eunice, b. June 11, 1773. 

II. Submit, b. Aug. 15, 1774. 

m. Polly, b. Sept. 13, 1776. 

IV. Sarauel, b. Nov. 1, 1778. 

V. Joshua B., b. Oct. 14, 1780. 



Daniel Woodward, b. in Sutton, Mass., Nov. 2, 1760. 
He settled on the farm known as the Josei)h Woodward 
place. He m., Apr. 14, 1786, Dinah, dau. of Robert and 
Sally (Newton) Converse, who d. Jan. 8, 1820. He d. 
May 3, 1837. 

I. Catij, b. Feb. 12, 1787 ; m. Elias Thatcher, q.v. 
II. Salhj, b. Jan. 17, 1789; d. Sept., 1839, um. 

III. Daniel, b. March 24, 1791 ; d. March, 1793. 

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V. Allen, b. Nov. 9, 1796.+ 

VI. Pai'id, b. Oct. 20, 1798 ; m. Patty Moore, b. in 
Worcester, Mass., 1797 ; settled in Worcester, 
where he d. Feb. 3, 1858. 
vn. Roxanna, b. Jan. 21, 1800 ; m., Sept. 14, 1823, John 
Robb, b. in Stoddard, May 23, 1799 ; settled in 
Stoddard. She d. in Antrim, Feb. 11, 1846. 
VIII. Esther, b. Aug. 15, 1804; m., May 11, 1836, Silas 
Buttrick of Winchendon. She d. Jan. 22, 1840. 
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Joseph Woodward, son of Daniel, m., Api'il, 1817, 
Nancy, dau. of Jesse Lincoln. Settled on the home farm, 
where he d. July 18, 1854. His widow afterwards m. 
Clark B. Holbrook of Swanzey ; and d. Aug. 15, 1870. 

I. Thomas X., b. Aug. 25, 1819; m., May 11, 1843, 
Mary A. Stone of Hubbardstou, Mass., where 
he settled, and d. Feb. 24, 1846. 
II. Cynthia., b. Apr. 15, 1821 ; m. Lorenzo Hunt, q.i). 

III. Maria A., b. Feb. 18, 1826; m., March 10, 1846, 

Andrew A. Stone of Hubbardston, Mass. ; d. 
Oct. 15, 1870. 

IV. Charles TF., b. May 10, 1829; m. Mary B. Stock- 

well; resided in Wendell, Mass.; d. in Ohio, 
Feb. 6, 1859. 
V. Lucretia J., b. July 18, 1881 ; m. William Collins, 

q.v. 
VI. Abby /S., b. May 15, 1839; m. James Smiley of 
Peterboro. 



Allen Woodward, son of Daniel, m., Jan. 27, 1824, 
Lydia Knight, b. in Leominster, Mass., Apr. 20, 1803 ; 
he d. Feb. 2, 1862. 

I. William Allen, b. in Swanzey, Dec. 21, 1824 ; m., 
Apr. 15, 1845, Louisa J., dau. of Silas and 
Louisa (Lincoln) Whitcomb, b. in Swanzey, 
Oct. 27, 1824. He d. March 21, 1856; and his 
widow m. Warren Farrar, q.v. 

1. Edward M., b. Nov. 11, 1846; m. Elsie, 

dau. of Jonathan Jones. 

2. Frederick William, b. Nov. 19, 1850; d. 

Sept. 12, 1851. 

II. tlane A., b. in Swanzey, May 6, 1828; m. Charles 

Buss, q.v. 
III. Mary Av7i, b. in Swanzey, May 21, 1832; m. 
David Woodward of Worcester, Mass., where 
she now resides. 



Stillman Woodward, son of Daniel, m., Dec. 11, 
1834, Eunice, dau. of Daniel Buttrick ; settled on the 
farm now occupied by Almon C. Mason. His wife d. 
Apr. 1, 1866; and he m. (2d), May 14, 1867, ]\Irs. Maria 
(Smith) Newell, b. July 22, 1826. He d. Jan. 26, 1879. 
His widow now resides in Iowa. 

I. Daniel B., b. Oct. 1, 1835; m.. May 17, 1865, 
Ellen A. Burt of Plymouth, Vt., b. May 17, 
1838. He is a physician, and resides in Ellen- 
burg, N.Y. (See Chap. XIII.) 



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II. James BatcheUer, b. Apr. 5, 1837; m., June liU, 
1865, Ellen L. Burnhiun, b. in Boston, July 20, 
1845; resides in Watertown, Mass.; is a druir- 
gist. 

III. Mary M, h. May 26, 18.39 ; in., March 16, 1858, 

Maynard F. Burt of Plymouth, Vt. ; resides in 
Rockingham, Vt. 

IV. John E., b. Oct. 17, 1842; m., Oct. 27, 1869, 

Lucy J., dau. of Jose])h and Ruth (Wliite) 
Haskell ; resides in Fitchburg. 

1. Willie S., b. March 20, 1874 ; d., Sept. 1, 

1874. 

2. Gerty May, b. Jan. 25, 1877. 

V. Martha Ann, b. Sept. 20, 1849 ; m., June 5, 1878, 

Friend B. Peabody of Fitchburg, Mass. 
VI. Stillman Edmund., b. Aug. 12, 1851. 



Dea. Jacob Woodward, a brother of Daniel, b. in 
Sutton, Mass., May 28, 1762; m. Mercy Totinan of 
Barre, Mass. He came to Marl, about 1785, and settled 
on the farm now owned by Philander Thatcher, where 
he d. Apr. 9, 1849. His wife d. Sept. 2, 1853. He was 
for many years deacon of the Congregational Church. 

I. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 4, 1785 ; m. (1st) Nancy 
Stone of Fitzwilliam. She d., and he m. (2d) 
Ruth Jackson; removed to Newport, after- 
wards to Ohio. 
II. Lucinda, b. Jan. 6, 1787 ; d. Aug. 24, 1788. 

III. Mercy, b. Aug. 1, 1788 ; m. William Wiswall. 

IV. Rachel, b. Oct. 24, 1790 ; m. Jonathan Ward ; re- 

moved to Ti'oy, N.Y. 
V. Jonas, b. March 7, 1792.+ 
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VII. Hannah, b. July 2, 1795; m., Apr. 25, 1816, 
Martin Kockwood of Fitzwilliam. He d., and 
she m. (2d), 1833, Jedediah Putney. She d. 
in Troy, 1880. 
vm. Bildad, b. Jan. 27, 1796 ; d. 1805. 
IX. Reuben, d. 1805. 
X. Polly, b. March 8, 1799 ; m., Apr. 6, 1826, Rufus 

B. Phillips of Fitzwilliam. 
XI. Louisa, b. Oct. 7, 1801 ; m. (1st) William Heaton 
of Keene. He d., and she m. (2d) Orlando 
Coolidge. 
xii. Sophia, b. 1805; d. Oct. 30, 1807. 
xiu. Franklin, b. May 7, 1809.-[- 



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Jonas Woodward, son of Dea. Jacob, m,, Nov. 8, 
1814, Phebe, dan. of Thaddeus and Ruth (Tower) Par- 
nienter. Settled on the home farm. He afterwards 
sold his farm to Philander Thatcher ; and, after a few 
years' residence on the place noAV owned by Curtis 
Capron, he purchased the Luke Blodgett farm, now 
owned by his son, Augustus T. Woodward. He d. Nov. 
2, 1876. ' His wife d. June 15, 1866. 

I. George Hamilton^ b. Apr. 12, 1816. 
II. Caroline^ b. Apr. 7, 1818; ra. (1st) Lewis Cud- 
worth, q.v. He d., and she m. (2d) Asahel 
Collins, q.v. 
III. Augustus Toxoer^ b. Dec. 24, 1826; m., Oct. 11, 
1850, Emily J., dau. of Lawson and Hannah 
(Blodgett) Moors of Swanzey. 

1. Elmer Tower, b. Apr. 8, 1852; m,, Jan. 1, 

1873, Charlotte M. Streeter. 

2. Lucia Anna, b. Apr. 20, 1855 ; d. Feb. 5, 

1863. 

3. Lizzie O., b. Aug. 29, 1858 ; ni., Jan. 24, 

1877, Herbert O. Wardwell. 

4. Carrie P., b. Apr. 2, 1862. 

5. Walter A., b. Feb. 12, 1S68. 



JosiAH Woodward, son of Dea. Jacob, m., Nov. 6, 
1816, Olive, dau. of Thaddeus and Ruth (Tower) Par- 
menter. He was by trade a tanner, and settled first in 
Plainfield. After a short residence there, he returned to 
Marl., and worked at his trade for several years, then 
turned his attention to farming, which occupation he 
followed until his death, Oct. 16, 1872. His widow d. 
March 1, 1877. 

I. liuth To'irer, b. Jan. 29, 1820 ; ra. Darius Rich- 
ardson, q.v. 
II. Alzina, b. May 7, 1823; m. Amos A. Mason, q.v. 



Franklix Woodward, son of Dea. Jacob, m., May 
26, 1830, Louisa Dyer of Athol, Mass. After residing 
on several different farms in Marl., he removed to 
Rindge, and thence to Troy, where he still resides. 

I. Louisa Maria., b, Feb. 4, 1831 ; m., March 17, 

1850, Farwell Cobb of Troy. 
II. Charles FranJdhi, b. Jan. 14, 1833. 

III. 3Iary Sophia, b. July 29, 1837; m., Oct. 28, 1857, 

Ambrose S. Wilder. 

IV. Sarah AhlgaU, b. Sept. 29, 1838. 

V. James Warren, b. Dec. 17, 1849; m. Etta Due. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. 709 

Elisiia O. Woodward, son of Jolui and Rebecali 
(Osgood) Woodward, was b. in Swanzey, Aug. 15, 1H28; 
m., Apr. 12, 1852, Mary C. Wilder, b.' in Rockingham, 
Vt., May 15, 1832. 

I. M. Ida, b. Feb. 19, 1858. 

Mr. Woodward came to Marl, in 1851, and was 
employed as clerk in the Protective Union Store while 
that organization existed. In 1855, he bought out the 
stockholders, and continued the business on his own 
account in the Lowellville store until 1858, when he pur- 
chased and removed into the store now occupied by him 
and Mr. Nason. Here he carried on a very successful 
business until 1874, when he sold out his goods to Frank 
Robertson, and rented the store to him. In 1875, he re- 
moved to Grafton, Mass., purchasing a farm there, and 
occupying himself in farming a couple of years. In 1877, 
he returned to Marl., and in company with William M. 
Nason bought out Mr. Robertson, and entered the mei-- 
cantile business again, in which business he is engaged 
at the present time (1881). Mr. Woodward has an 
excellent business tact, and is one of our most popular 
and successful merchants. He has held the office of post- 
master for fifteen years, and has been elected town clerk 
for seventeen years in succession, in sixteen of which he 
also held the office of town treasurer in connection with it. 



Moses Wark, b. in Hopkinton, Mass., Jan. 10, 1787 ; 
m., Feb. 10, 1814, Rebecca, dau. of John and Rebecca 
(UlJham) Lewis. He resided for several years on the 
Abner Russell place. Pie afterwards lived in Potters- 
ville, and kept a store in the house now occupied by 
Dea. Amos Sargent. He d. in Claremont, Feb. 10, 1845. 

I. Rebecca J., b. June 6, 1815; m.. May 28, 1840, 
Albert Cowles ; resides in Claremont. 



Robert Worsley was a native of Walpole, Mass. 
He came to Marl, probably about 1775, and was the first 
settler on the farm now owned by William Harradon. 
He was among the first to strike for liberty and the sup- 
pression of British rule in America. (See Chap. HI.) 
His wife was Abigail Wheeler of Keene. Mr. Worsley 
said he was the son of Robert Worsley, who was b. in 
England, and whose parents d. when he was only eight 
years of age, leaving a large amount of property. Ilis 
uncle with whom he was left in charge, desiring to obtain 
the property himself, ])ut Robert on board a vessel, in 
care of the captain, with orders to leave him in Boston, 



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which was doue, and young Worsley was left with no 
one to care for him. He remained in Boston for some 
time, and then took up his residence in Watjiole, where 
he m. a Scotch lady. Robert, Jr., who settled in Marl., 
d. Apr. 9, 1827, re. 74. His widow d. Oct. 3, 1843, x. 95. 

I. Bobert, b. June 15, 1778.-|- 
II. Aratht/sa, b. Sept. 1, 1779 ; m., March 23, 1802, 

Jacob French, 
in. Ahigail, b. March 2, 1782. 
IV. Hannah.h. Oct. 12, 1783; m., March 25, 1813, 

Nathaniel Metcalf. 
V. Sally, b. Aug. 5, 1785 ; m. Luther Hemenway, q.v. 
VI. Esther, b. Apr. 3, 1787 ; d. Oct. 24, 1810. 
vii. Jesse, b. Jan. 8, 1790; m., Dec. 17, 1811, Betsey 
Stone of Dublin. 



Robert Worsley, son of Robert, Jr., m. Rebecca 
Crossfield, b. Jan. 21, 1785. Settled in Dublin. 

I. George W., b. July 28, 1806.+ 

Mrs. Worsley d. May 28, 1815 ; and he m. (2d) Ruth 
Fletcher, who d. June 6, 1866. He d. Sept. 23, 1858. 

II. Rebecca, b. Sept. 8, 1822; m., Sept. 17, 1857, Cal- 
A'in Carlton, b. in Lunenburg, Mass., May 5, 
1812; d. Jan. 4, 1862. She now resides in 
West Harris ville. 

1. Walter A., d. Sept. 24, 1858. 

2. Prentiss W., b. Apr. 20, 1861. 



George W. Worsley, son of Robert, m., Sept. 11, 
1832, Laura A., dau. of Arba Greenwood of Dublin. He 
now resides in Keene. 

I. Ehnina, b. Jan. 3, 1833; m. John A. Batchelder, 
q.v. 

II. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 18, 1834 ; m. John Green- 
wood ; resides in Colorado. 

HI. Ellen O., b. Feb. 27, 1842; m. Fred. A. Lane of 
Swanzey; d. May 28, 1863. 

IV. Eliza M., b. Apr. 24, 1844; m. L. S. Holden. 

V. Etta G., b. Sept. 9, 1853; d. Apr. 14, 1862. 

VI. George li., b. Jan. 20, 1858. 



Lieut. Oliver Wright was b. in Concord, Mass., Jan, 
16, 1741. He was a soldier in the P>ench and Lidian 
war, and also of the Revolution. (See Chap. IH.) He 
m., 1763, Lois Johnson of New Haven, Conn., b. May 26, 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. ' 711 

1745. He resided for some time after his mnrriMge 
in New Haven, then removed to Concord, Mass., and 
thence to New Ipswich, from which place he came to 
Marl, about 1775, and located on the farm since owned 
by Reuben Morse. He afterwards resided at the Wriglit 
place, so called, south of the William Tenney farm. 
They had a family of twelve children, ten girls and two 
boys. The old gentleman was wont to boast he liad 
brought up a ton of girls ; and it is a fact that they were 
all weighed at one time, and averaged two hundred 
pounds apiece. He d. May 20, 1820, and his widow d. 
Feb. 25, 1837. 

I. Lucinda^ b. Jan. 8, 1764 ; m. (Ist) David Bemis, 

q.v. ; (2d) Chubbuck. She d. March 23, 

1849. 
II. Sarah, b. Apr. 16, 1766 ; m. Jeremiah Bemis, q.v. 
She d. July 6, 1857. 

III. Samuel, b. March 1, 1768.-)- 

IV. Polly, b. Jan. 24, 1770 ; m. John Converse, q.v. 
V. Lois, b. Feb. 12, 1772 ; m. Samuel Wright of Ac- 
ton, Mass. She d. Nov. 16, 1813. 

VI. Betsey, b. Oct. 16, 1773 ; m. (1st) Nathan Brooks 
of Acton, Mass., (2d) Benjamin Brabrook, and 
(3d) John Converse. She d. in Roxbury, Feb. 
11, 1866. 

VII. Hamuih, b. Nov. 3, 1776; m., Feb. 24, 1803, 
Solomon Davis of Jaffrey ; removed to London- 
derry, Vt., where she d. June 9, 1867. 

VIII. Rebecca, b. Oct. 15, 1778 ; m. (1st), Nov. 25, 1801, 
Elisha Davis of Jaffrey; removed to London- 
derry, Vt. He d., and she m. (2d) Peas of 

Weston, Vt. She d. Jan. 4, 1853. 
IX. Eunice, b. Dec. 15, 1780 ; m. (1st) Asahel Osmer 
of Concord, Mass., (2d) Reuben Barker of 
Acton, Mass. 
X. Joseph, b. Jan. 12, 1783 ; m. Sally Law of Acton, 

Mass. ; d. Feb. 5, 1814. 
XI. Lydia, b. Jan. 15, 1785; m. (1st), March 20, 1814, 
Samuel Wright of Acton. He d., and she m. 
(2d) Stephen Wyman of Ashby, Mass. Slie d. 
in Marl., July 17, 1863. 

xii. Nahhy, h. May 2, 1789 ; m. Silas Collins, q.v. 



Samuel Wright, son of Lieut. Oliver, m..SaIl^ Bemi s; 
removed to Vermont, where he d. Oct. 24, 1813. He 
had the following children b. in Marl : — 

I. Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1787. 
II. Moses, b. Nov. 5, 1789. 



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III. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 16, 1792. 

IV. Olirer, b. Apr. 13, 1795. 
V. Samuel, b. Jan. 27, 1797. 

VI. So2yhia, b. March 24, 1800. 



Daniel Wright, b. in Meredith, May 25, 1812; m., 
May 22, 1840, Lucy Ann Sprague, b. in Boston, Jan. 28, 
1817. He removed troni Stoneham, Mass., to this town 
in 1868. 

I. Daniel, b. in Meredith, Aug. 16, 1841; m., Nov. 

24, 1860, Sarah Jane Towne ; settled in Woburn, 

Mass. 
II. Lizzie N., b. in Woburn, Mass., Aug. 16, 1848. 
III. Nellie B., b. in Boston, Mass., July 16, 1854 ; ra., 

Nov. 29, 1871, Fred A. Mason. 



APPENDIX. 



Note I. 



In the autumn of 1880, the manufacturing company of which Charles 
H. Thurston is president erected new buildings, which, besides being 
ornamental, are a model of convenience and arrangement for which they 
are designed. Tlie present structure is now composed of two main 
buildings, one 75 by 28 feet, the other, 80 by 28 feet, joined together at 
right angles, making a line of buildings 155 feet long. In the rear is 
another building, 32 by 40 feet, and beyond this the japanning house. 
The main buildings are three stories high, and designed for the manu- 
facture of the " Companiqn Sewing Machine," knob screws, etc. The 
work, when fully established, will make quite an accession to the busi- 
nesg* of the town. 

Note II. 

In the spring of 1880, the Cheshire Blanket Co. greatly enlarged 
their facilities for manufacturing, by the erection of a new mill, 40 by 
45 feet, two stories high. They now have a capital stock of <f40,000, 
and manufacture five hundred horse blankets per day on an average. 

Note III. 

In the spring of 1880, the Marlboro' Hotel Co. sold their hotel to 
Clinton Collins, who immediately fitted up the upper part into tene- 
ments, and the lower story into two stores, one of which he, in company 
with Daniel W. Tenney, occupies as a general store, and the other, 
George K. Harrington, as a jewelry store. 

Note IV. 

In October, 1880, Dr. George L. Harrington, on account of ill-health, 
sold out his practice to Nathaniel H. Merriam, and removed to the West. 
Dr. Merriam is the son of Matthew and Jane (Wild) Merriam, and was 
born in Chelsea, Mass., Oct. 24, 1854. He graduated at Amherst Col- 
lege, 1878; studied medicine at Harvard Medical College, and at the 
New Hampshire Medical College of Hanover, where he graduated, 1880. 

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714 HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 

Although he has been in town but a few months, he has ah-eady shown 
himself to be a skilful physician, and has won the confidence and esteem 
of the people. 

Note V. 

1876 was an eventful year, especially to the inhabitants of Marlboro' ; 
and the 4th of July of that year was a memorable day to all its native 
citizens who were permitted to participate in celebrating the birth of 
their national independence and the centennial of their native town. 
After the joy and enthusiasm of that occasion, after comuiuning with 
the past and hoping in the future, after learning anew of the virtue and 
heroism of the fathers, the question naturally forced itself upon the 
minds of many. How can their mantle continue to fall most securely 
upon their children, and their influence descend upon coming generations 
to encourage and ennoble ? The answer at once given was, by having 
their history written out so far as possible, and put into such form that 
it might go down to their posterity, exhibiting their adventures and 
hardships, their triumphs and defeats, their joys and soitows; and this 
involved the interrogation, Who is equal to this demand ? It was already 
known to some that Marlboro' had one sou who seemed to be peculiarly 
gifted for this kind of work, and who had for some time been gathering 
up on his own responsibility material to be used for such a pui-pose. 
Accordingly, those interested in the matter, and learning what Charles 
A. Bemis had accomplished in this direction, with one accord turned to 
him as the person fitted to carry forward the work so desirable, and yet 
so difficult, earnestly soliciting him to proceed with it to its completion. 
As a result, we have this history, for which we have reason to be most 
thankful, and which we are sure will prove a decided blessing to those 
who shall read it. The matter and style of the book is all we could 
reasonably expect. The author has evidently been unwearied in his 
onerous task ; and, if any of us have been somewhat impatient while 
waiting for its appearance, we are able now, as we examine it, to com- 
prehend the reasons of its delay, and can scarcely refrain from wonder- 
ment that it should be presented to us — so full and complete — so soon. 
The thousands of letters written, the hundreds of miles travelled to ex- 
amine records and secure facts, the time and labor required to write 
out the details and arrange the different parts, all must show how difficult 
the work has been of producing the " History of Marlboro'." Ikit, now 
that it is done, we feel to express our satisfaction and gratitude, earnestly 
hoping that every citizen and native-born of our town, who can, will not 
fail to purchase one copy or more, to assist our historian financially, so 
that he shall not suffer any pecuniary loss from this undertaking. He 
has not only been forced to give time to this enterprise, but also invest 
considerable money, which, as citizens, we should cause to be returned 
to him. We can well afford to do this when we realize, as we must, the 




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APPENDIX. 715 

value of his labors to the present and future welfare of our town. Let 
us see to it that he is none the poorer for doing this work, which is to 
render our nativity still more attractive, the deeds of our ancestors still 
more endearing, the old homes still sweeter, tlie graves of our kindred 
still dearer, and the favorite nooks and spots on the hills and in the 
valleys still more memorable. 

It is not unbecoming that we should here give a brief biography of 
our historian, whose modesty forbids his making any mention of him- 
self, further than his simple genealogy, in order that the readers of his 
history who may not be familiar with his life will be the more ready 
to excuse its imperfections and become more appreciative of its good 
qualities. 

The records show that he was born in Marlboro', Jan. 29, 1848. 
His early educational advantages were very meagre ; and, after he was 
twelve years of age, he was privileged to attend only four short terms 
of winter school. He early began to train his physical powers to hard 
work ; so, when he was not in school, his hands were busy in his father's 
shop, or in some place of manual labor. Long before he reached his 
majority, he was skilled in various kinds of handicraft. 

It is related, that, before he was ten years of age, he read the History 
of Dublin, N.IL, and from that experience he seemed determined to 
have a history written of his native town. Still, it is said, he little 
dreamed then that it would be possible for him ever to do such a work ; 
for, while in school, he had given no attention to the study of grammar, 
and in fact had gained little knowledge which would fit him for any kind 
of writing or composition. But, in his endeavors to enlist some one to 
carry out his beau-ideal, he failed ; yet his heart was too full to let his 
cherished object die out, so he began to collect, in his unskilled manner, 
materials for such an enterprise, all the while trusting and hoping that 
he should yet find some one else who would be induced to take it up an(^ 
perfect it. At length, he ventured to show some of the material which 
he had been collecting to friends. They at once sympathized with the 
movement, and could readily see that the subject of this paper was the 
one to write the history of our town. Though he had been deprived of 
superior school advantages, still they could realize that he had special 
gifts qualifying him for just such an undertaking. It was made evident 
that he enjoyed searching out events and reminiscences and placing 
them in shape, that they might be enjoyed by others ; that his aim was 
to be correct in statement and careful in detail, and his leading desires 
were to do good. 

Since the history was under way, he has been forced to daily toil in 
the wooden-ware shop. The odds have appeared to be against him. 
Nevertheless, by constant persistency, strictest economy, improving his 
spare hours, and studyiirg by the midnight lamp, he has justly earned 
the title of Marlboro's Historian, 



716 HISTORY OF MAELBOKOUGH. 

For several years past, he has been librarian of the Frost Free Library. 
He also had for some time a class in the Sunday-school of the Congrega- 
tional Church. His influence is always on the side of general education, 
reform movements, and all interests pertaining to the progress of his 
native town and the advancement of the human race. So from ob- 
scurity, by his own efforts, has come forth the worthy citizen and faithful 
Historian of Marlboro'. 

JAIRUS COLLINS, ^ 
D. W. TENNEY, ( Town 

LEVI A. FULLER, [ Committee. 

CHARLES K. MASON, J 



INDEX OF NAMES.* 



Abbott, A. Kev 141 

Adams, William 31,32, 51, 54, 103, 144 

Jonathan 63 

S. Rev 110 

Thomas .... 91, 94, 273 

Willard, Dr 160, 336 

Edward F 165 

Alphonso A. 166, 281, 282, 319 

Oren S 282 

Marshall D 320 

Alger, Abiel . . . . 91, 92, 93, 94 

Allen, Samuel 7 

Thomas 7 

Robert 11, 13, 14, 19, 30, 32, 83 

J. C. Rev 131 

Allison, Samuel 11, 13, 15, 19, 31, 

139, 141, 175, .... 279 
Samuel, Jr. 11, 15, 19, 30, 32 

Ainsworth, Laban Rev 118 

Applin, W. W 282 

Armer, Andrew . 11, 13, 14, 19, 31 

Athertou, Henry A 165 

Atkinson, Theodore 8 

Cato 84 

Atwell, Richard 42, 52, 58, 60, 100, 305 
Ayers, Cyrus 92, 94 

Babbitt, J. Rev 138 

Bacon, Ebenezer 286 

Badcock, William . . . . 16, 19 

Bailey, J. W. Rev 141,3.32 

Baker, Jonadab . . 63, 64, 153, 272 
Bezaleel . . . 154, 264, 309 
Abel 25, 66, 189, 264, 265, 

273, 356, 357 

Asa 307 

Caleb 91, 94 

C. L. Rev 134, 161 

Baldwin, N. Col 53 

Ball, Daniel 132, 155 

Jonathan 192, 193 

Ballou, H. Rev. ..... 138, 229 

Alexander 191, 196 

Olney 191 

Welcome 191 

Banks, William 147, 272 

Barber, Daniel 89 

J. Rev 141 

W. N. Rev 228, 229 



Barker, William 16, 19, 23, 30, 32, 
52, 55,101,104,145, 190, 
283, 284, 286, 326, . . 343 

Francis 63, 153 

Nathan D 74^ 273 

J- I^ ! 1.39 

T. L 139 

Barnes, T. Rev ],38 

Barstow, Z. S. Rev. . . 216, 252, 352 

Barrass, D 57 

Bartlett, R. Rev 138 

Bassett, W. A. Rev. . . 140, 141, 332 
Batchelder, Breed .... 34, 35 
Batchellor, James Dr. 92, 03, 1 60, 
161, 196, 198, 201, 204, 
238, 273, 335, 351, 374, 380 

Phillip S 372 

Beard, David 191 

Belding, Jonathan .... 63, 68 

Belknap, Ebenezer 147 

Bemis, Timothy . . . . 51, 103, 154 

James 57, 58, 132 

Jonathan 92, 93, 134, 153, 

273, 308, 309, . . . .312 
Jonathan, Jr. ... 92, 94 

Jeremiah 154, 272 

David 154 

Luther 273 

Luther G. 167, 280, 281, 282, 320 

Asa 91, 134, 174 

Enoch 92, 94, 134 

Artemas 134 

Charles R 169, 319 

Charles A. 279, 318, 319, 
340, 353, 354, 355 357, 
359, .386, 387, .-4.5 Q . 714 

Osgood J 171 

Bennett, Salmon Rev. 115, 116, 160, 350 

Biglo, Charles 16,19, 30 

Joseph 16, 17, 19 

Bills, G. B. Rev 134 

Bishop, Samuel .... 32, 42, 51 

Samuel, Jr 57 

Black, John 193 

Oren 193 

Blake, C. Rev 110 

Blanchard, Joseph . 9, 11, 14, 17, 326 
Jonathan . . . 16, 19, 30, 31 
Simeon 134 



♦The names in the Genealogical Register and those in the Mortuary and Polit- 
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HISTOEY OF MAELBOKOUGH. 



Blanchard, Charles . . . .134, 135 

Blodgett, Jonathan 63 

Luke 75, 92, 93, 273, 287, 288 

Barton . . . . 172, 176, 319 

Bond, Jonathan . . . . 16, 17, 19 

J. G 197 

Boyden, Elijah . . . 193, 273, 356 
Elijah, Jr. 139, 196, 197, 

271,279,319,322, . . 356 

Oliver 92, 94 

AVmer . . . 92, 117, 196, 271 
William . . . 139, 196, 197 

Bradshaw, John W 186 

Brewer, James 32, 36, 47, 48, 51, 
57, 59, 60, 62, 72, 81,99, 
100, 101, 108, 145, 330, 333 

Asa 132, 147 

Briggs, T. B. Eev 134 

Brigham, Benjamin Rev. 99, 102, 

104, 106, 107 

Halloway 115 

Britton, J. Rev"! 141 

Brooks, Abraham .... 51, 62 

Rufus 170 

Brown, Jacob 94 

James 167 

Bruce, Kendall Dr 154, 200 

Cyrus 193 

Bryant, G. W. Rev 131 

Bucklin, H 280 

Burgess, E. B. Rev 141 

Buss, John .... 63, 148, 149, 273 

Daniel 91, 93, 117 

Stillman 160, 161, 172, 176, 

179, 198 

Charles ISO, 181, 280, 281, 282 

George F 281, 282 

Martin J 280 

Butler, Simon 190 

Caldwell, Charles H 182 

Calif, Jonathan 134 

Capron, Walter . . 63, 153, 182, 198 

Jonathan 154, 182 

John 332 

David 154 

Eli 137 

Curtis W 135 

Carpenter, M. Rev 134 

Robert 174, 194 

Carpenter & Cooledge, 174 

Carr, John 167 

Carter, Ira Rev 131 

Joseph 193 

David, M.D. . 201, 271, 272, 305 

Castone, F. H 165 

Chase, N. N 198 

Isaac T 91, 93 

Church, David . . . . 16, 19, 326 
Noah . . . . 16, 17, 19, 20 
Stephen . . 30, 32, 34, 81, 85 



Clapp, Daniel 92, 94 

Allen 117 

William M 167 

Clark, Robert . . .11, 13, 14, 19, 32 

Howard 133, 135 

Dudley 133, 331 

N. Rev. . . . 134, 135, 161 

Charles L 165 

Warren H 179 

Fuller 310 

Eli 359 

Clemens, John 184, 320 

Clough, John Rev 131 

Coburn, J 128 

Cochran, John . . . .11,15,19, 32 

Isaac .... 11, 15, 19, 31 

Thomas . . .11, 15, 19, 31 

Samuel . . . 11, 15, 19, 32 

Colburn, Andrew . . 36, 55, 56, 69 

Collins, Joseph 28, 30, 32, 33, 35, 

51, 81, 92, 94, 101, 168, 

172, 283, 343 

Daniel 47, 48, 51 

William 63, 65, 147, 166, 

280, 281, 282 

Artemas . . . . 91, 94, 138 
Jedediah T. 92, 172, 179, 

188, 199, 285, .... 318 
Asahel .... 1.34, 135, 185 
Samuel 137, 138, 148, 170, 

172, 184, 272 

Jairus 139, 157, 161, 162, 

288, 309, 342, . . . .716 

Perley E 166 

Jairus B., M.D. . . . 236, 336 

Clinton 713 

CoUester, Charles .... 91, 94 

O.'^good 92, 375 

Silas .... 134, 174, 271 

Thorley 161, 287 

Colt, A. C. Rev 131 

Converse, Robert . . 44, 51, 57, 148 
G. &. N. . . 92, 94, 171, 174 
Nelson 95, 139, 140, 165, 
194, 247, 272, 280, 281, 
282, 285, 319, 320, 322, 357 
Willard . . . 134, 139, 183 
Gilman . . . 134, 191, 271 

John 148 

Levi N 164, 280 

John W. . . . 247, 333, 368 

Amasa 273 

Cook, Silas P. Rev 122,123 

Oluey 191 

Zimri 191 

Coolidge, Abraham 159 

Corbin, N 63 

Corev, Amos L 165 

Craudall, P. Rev 223, 224 

Crehore, J. D 269 

Grossman, James 32 



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719 



Cudworth, Ezekiel . . . 92, 93, 182 I 

Emery 287, 288 

Miles' F 169, 170 

Gushing, Benjamin .... 155, .'520 
Cummiugs, Josepli Rev. 100, 101, 
102, 10.3, 104, 105, 106, 
107, 108, 109, 132, 330, . 349 

Peletiah 113, 153 

Amos ... 94, 147, 159, 272 
Amos, Jr. . . . 159,160,273 
Charles Rev. 133, 134, 212, 331 
Daniel . . . . 147, 286, 349 
Isaac .... 1.53, 191, 272 

Joseph 174, 183 

John 193 

Curastock, William 128 

Curtis, E. Rev 116 

Cutler, Henry H 74 

Cutting, Daniel 42, 51, 62, 86, 92, 
105, 106, 108, 113, 138, 

146, 272, 310 

Joseph 51, 187, 286 

■ Joseph, Jr 137 

Dammon, J. Rev 110 

Dauforth, H. M. Rev. . 134, 161, 331 

Darling, J. M 182 

Davis, Jonah 92, 94, 138, 139, 185, 

228, 271,378, 379, . . 380 
Edwin Rev. 139, 140, 141, 
161, 228, 230, 231, 332, 

340, 355 

James 138 

Elisha 139 

Augustus 336 

J. Merrill 133, 153, 191, 287, 351 
George G. 123, 199, 319, 324 

Day, John 147 

Dearborn, S. Rev 134, 161 

Dean, James 57, 286 

Demiug, Charles 191 

Derby, David S 320 

Dexter, Ebenezer, M.D. 16, 17, 19, 

20, 26, 33 

Deming S. Rev. 130, 131, 

132, 162, 281 

James D 176 

Dickinson, E 94 

Draper, L. Rev 131 

Dolbeare, A. E. Prof 364 

Dole, Benjamin 154, 309 

Dort, AsaC 167, 176 

Dow, L. Rev 130 

Dudley, S. Rev 131 

Dufer, David 42, 51, 147 

Dunlap, A 11, 15, 19, 31 

Dustin, Charles H 184 

Dwight, Timothy 11 

Dwiunell, Jonathan 193 

Eager, William 16, 19 



Eager, Bezaleel Capt 18 

Earl, A. B. Rev 122 

Emerson, Daniel 36, 51, 92, 127, 129, 

147, 284, 286, 287, . . 331 

Daniel, Jr 286, 287 

Robert 138, 273 

Caleb 138, 148 

Esty, Henry 284 

Fairbanks, Abner 74 

George L 282 

Farnum, G. V. R 165 

Oscar W 165 

John M 172 

Farrar, Daniel 63, 67 

George 63, 272 

Phiuehas 70, 87, 105, 106, 
108, 109, 117, 145, 146, 

148, 171, 191, 244, 272, 
314 315 

Phinehas, Jr. 148, 157, 272, 309 
John B. . . . 91, 93, 138, 171 

Daniel W 94 

James Dea. 117, 125, 159, 

160, 326, .349, .... 356 

William 117, 349 

John 148 

Francis M 166 

Luther 244 

Edward, Esq 360 

Farwell, William Rev 138 

Fay & Joslin, 179 

Feich, A. L 272 

Felton, Jacob .... 16, 17, 19, 144 
John 28, 31, 36, 51, 55, 57, 

58, 81, 8.5, 286 

Field, James 51 

Charles A 165 

Fife, Silas 24, 32, 42, 51, 62, 108, 
112, 125, 145, 191, 195, 

313, 314 

Benjamin 74 

Samuel 195 

Jona. William 313 

Fifield, Paul 147 

Fish, Halloway Rev. 88, 90, 109, 110, 
111, 112, 113, 114, 11.5, 
153, 159, 160, 182, 201, 
218, 272, 331, 349, 350, 

356, 382 

Elisha Rev 113 

Alexander. . . . 69, 154, 314 

Fisher, J. Rev 141, 161 

Fisk, N. Rev. . . . 131, 319, 323, 389 

Varnum 138 

Josiah 138, 173 

Fitch, John 273 

Paul 63 

Elijah . . . 92,183,281,319 

Josiah 94, 187 

Murray 26, 193 



720 



HISTORY OF MABLBOEOUGH. 



Flint, Josiah 132 

Flood, James 51, 57, 62, 103, 10-4, 

105, 106, 108, .... 125 

Freeman, L. A 184 

Frederick . . .54, 55, 56, 59 

French, Joseph 63, 69 

Jacob 137, 193 

Daniel P. . . . 134, 161, 331 

Frink, Thomas 33, 91 

Frost, Jonathan . . 38, 44, 51, 99, 190 
Jonathan Lieut. 75, 148, 149, 

159, 272 

Jonathan Capt. . . .159, 193 
Joseph Col. 75, 77, 117, 157, 

159, 214, 272, . . . .315 

Joseph 260 

Joseph, Jr 349 

Jeremiah 193 

Benjamin 153 

Elijah 153, 272 

Sumner 160, 347 

Rufus S. 123, 128, 155, 178, 
190, 260, 261, 262, 274, 
275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 

334, 353 

Asa Capt. 76, 117, 151, 156, 

159, 160, 260, .... 356 
Cyrus Col. 156, 160,174,319, 389 

Daniel C 186 

Ephraim K., M.D. 76, 159, 

201, 273, 356 

Follet, Joseph . . . .72, 137, 1.53 

Forbush, Fay .167 

Foster, Stephen 147 

Enoch 147, 166 

Lemuel 192 

Joseph 147 

Fowler, T. L. Rev. . 97, 130, 131, 136 

James H 177, 178 

Fuller, Isaac 171 

Amasa, Jr 174, 193 

Levi A. 125, 171, 175, 193, 716 

Gage, Daniel 148, 150 

Aaron 196 

Samuel 349 

Garfield, John 63 

George 271, 272 

Gary, Jonas 63 

Gates, Silas 16, 17, 19, 34, 35, 143, 144 

Horatio Gen. . 53 

Oldham 63 

Levi 91, 92, 94, 156, 159, 273 
Levi,Jr. 75,157,158, 159, 160, 273 

Everett F 166 

Elijah ... 94, 138, 273, 287 

Walter 138, 185 

Windsor 138, 287 

Ivory E. . . 28, 282, 320, 321 

Gav, M. D 281 

Gilbert, Charles 91, 93, 95, 96, 174, 287 



Gilford, E. Rev 141 

Gilmer, William 11, 13, 15, 19,30, 31 
John . . 11, 13, 15, 19, 31 

Gleason, James 147 

Goddard, E. Rev. . 104, 106, 107, 113 

Moses 81 

Goodenow, Daniel 1 6, 19, 26, 30, 32, 
51,52,53,60,81,99,101, 
143, 144, 283, 326, 330, 343 
Benjamin 51, 52, 53, 57, 

137, 154 

Jonathan . . .32, 42, 51, 58 
Calvin .... 54, 5.5, 59, 62 
Adino .... 54, 55, 56, 59 

Samuel 76 

William 137 

Gorham, E 191 

Gould, Daniel ...... 171, 311 

Daniel, Jr 272 

Isaac 272 

Grant, William 144 

Greeley, Rufus F 197 

Green, Jonathan 16, 19 

Greenlief, John 132 

Israel 132, 147 

Greenwood, William 92, 94, 155,186, 331 

Daniel 186 

Asa 95, 96, 139, 140, 171, 

175, 188, 262, .... 284 

Fred R 140 

Heman E 140 

William H. Col. 262, 334, 354 

E. Tyler 166 

M. True 165 

Grimes, Bartholomew . . . 147, 170 
Grosvenor, Moses G. Rev. 103, 118, 

158, 160, 341, .... 350 
Guild, William 221, 365 

Hale, Enoch Col. . . 31, 32, 50, 54, 58 
Hand, H. W. Rev. 141, 162, 319, 323 

Handy, George 179 

Hardy, Cywis E. 165, 318, 319, 320, 
353, 354, 355, 357, 359, 

386, 387 

Thomas 356 

Harrington, Daniel 16, 17, 19, 27, 

34, 35, 83, 143, 144, . .168 
Jonah 32, 36, 51, 53, 57, 81, 82 

Seth 63, 154 

George L., M.D. . . 210, 713 

George K. . : 199, 321, 713 

Harris, Christopher .... 137, 193 

Luke 286 

Harvev, Timothy . . . 63, 65, 148 
"lumber 63, 65, 125, 148, 

149, 272, 349 

George . . 91, 93, 139, 172, 173 

James 91, 173, 174 

Calvin 138 

John 272, 284 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



721 



Harvey, John, Jr 148, 284 

Ora W 167 

Haskell, Joseph . . . .94, 138, 193 
Hastings, Thad. 32, 36, 42, 51, 58, 

137, 154, 304 

Asa . . .91, 94, 192, 196, 273 

Calvin 91, 273 

Luther 137 

Francis 154 

& Roberts, 196 

Haven, John 153 

Hayes, Fred C 342 

Hazen, Benjamin 154 

Heaiy, C. W 177 

Hemenway, Ebenezer 63, 94, 117, 

147, 286 

Elias ... 63, 132, 286, 304 
Luther 91, 93, 287, 139, 182, 

273, 287 

Samuel 147 

Charles C. . . 151, 175, 176 
Luther, Jr. 175,176,280,281, 

282, 319, 320 

Herrick, Ebenezer 91, 129, 147, 215, 

331, 348 

Jeremiah . . 91, 157, 287, 288 
Osgood Rev. 215, 216, 217, 332 

Hill, Ebenezer Rev 110 

John Rev. . . 127, 128, 331 
Hillman, John H. Rev. . . 131, 162 

Hickson, Ebenezer 51 

Hobert, James 171 

Hodgkins, Hezekiah 63, 147, 153, 

272, 315 

Aaron 75 

Amos 153 

Christopher 181 

Holbrook, Isaac W 320 

Holman, Charles 147, 169, 170, 179, 272 
Charles, Jr. 92, 116, 117, 

121, 176, 273, .... 382 

Asa 125, 160 

George 174, 187 

Hooker, Silas 32 

Houghton, Charles E. 124, 125, 157, 

162, 167, 274 

Rufus 193 

Howard, Theophilous ... 63, 154 

Tisdale 71, 137 

George W 94 

A. K. Rev 131, 221 

Ebenezer 193 

Charles A 282 

Howe, Stephen . . 16, 17, 19, 34, 35 

Abraham 16, 19 

Benjamin 16, 19 

Abraham, Jr. ... 16, 19 

Eleazer 16, 19 

Nelson 174, 179 

Hunt, Moses . . 91, 93, 155, 191, 194 
Curtis F 92, 94, 155 

93 



Hunt, Lorenzo 92 

Henry 154, 192 

Lucius F 165, 167 

Hunting, Jesse 147, 170 

Jackson, T. Rev 140, 141 

Jaffrey, George . . . 9, 81, 82, 84 

Johnson, James 15 

J. G. Rev 131 

Timothy J47 

Jones, Samuel, Sen. 91, 92, 93, 94, 

95, 157, 273 

Samuel 21, 154, 155, 318, 320 

Jonathan . . . 139, 188, 278 

Luther 333 

Levi D 167 

Joslin, Ebenezer 16, 19 

John 117, 273 

Kentfield, Shem 62 

Kimball, Timothy ffy' 

John H 178 

Knight, Josiah H 94, 198 

Joel S 26, 167 

Knowlton, Luke 187 

Luke, Jr. . . . 166,282,320 
James 140, 180, 183, 280, 

281, 282, 319 

J. & L 175, 282 

Charles 166 

Jolm 180 

Albert 319, 320 

Lane, John 91, 93, 170, 237, 273, 286 
George H. 158, 160, 191, 

286, 287 

Minot T 160 

Timothv, M.D. . . . 227, 336 

CM.' 272 

LawTence, Daniel .... 52, 63 

Josiah W 124, 320 

Laws, Solomon Rev. 161, 279, 281, 

386, 387 

Lawson, N. F 314 

Lee, John S. Rev 231 

Lent, V. D 277 

Leonard, E. Rev no 

Dr. Rev 203 

William S., M.D 203 

Lewis, James 36, 37, 42, 51, 54, 57, 

58, 59, 100, 102, 103, . 168 

John 57, 58, 284 

Eli 53 

Josiah 132, 147 

Horace 167 

Lincoln, William 138, 148, 184, 193, 273 

Livermore, Matthew 9 

Jonathan 20 

Daniel Capt 55 

Lombard, Aaron 183 

Longley, Benjamin . . . .193, 272 



722 



HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



Lord, Luther S 184 

Levering, George 153 

LoveweU, Jonathan 41 

Lyman, Giles Rev. 118, 119, 120, 

121, 122, 161, 162, 278, 331 
Lyons, James . . 11,13,14,19, 31 

Mann, Theodore . 42, 51, 62, 145, 316 

Benjamin 47 

A. G 188 

March, Clement 9 

Martin, Samuel J., M.D. 162, 209, 210 

Alvin K 282 

Marvin, J. Rev 229 

Mason, John Capt 5, 6 

Robert Tufton 6 

J. Tufton 8, 9, 11, 14, 29, 

30, 39, 326 

Thomas Tufton 8 

Hugh ... 63, 147, 187, 272 
Clark 91, 93, 133, 135, 242, 

245, 349 

William C. 70, 134, 169, 187, 

318, 320 

Joseph C. 157, 245, 333, 383, 384 
Charles K. 162, 178, 274, 
275, 318, 319, 320, 340, 
347, 353, 354, 355, 357, 

359, 360, 383, 386, 387, 716 

Charles 162, 243 

Charles A 166 

Amos A 169, 319 

Francis L 170, 175 

Aaron 171 

Merrill, 186, 319 

Sumner A., M.D. 242, 336, 

384, 386 

E. Willard 319 

Matterson, H. A. Rev 131 

Matthews, Edwin B. . . . 166, 320 

Maynard, Jedediah .... 28, 81 

Asa 121, 194, 280 

Moses 138 

Mayo, Benjamin 147 

McAlister, Isaac 16, 19, 24, 26, 30, 
31,51,58,80,81,85, 132, 

143, 144, 145, 147, 326, 343 

Reuben .... 54, 55, 59 

McBride, John .... 51, 58, 109 

Jabez 54, 59 

McCoUester, Silas . . 231, 237, 287 

Samuel 147 

Sullivan H. Rev. 139, 157, 

231, 235, 237, 242, 318, 324 
John Q. A., M.D. 237, 239, 

240,336,359, .' . . .375 

Sumner L 166 

M. D. L .333, 360 

McClarv, Thomas . . 11, 15, 19, 32 

McRoy,"john 318, 320 

Merriam, Nathaniel H., M.D. . .713 



Merriam, Benjamin F 199 

Merrill, John L. Rev. 123, 162, 319, 

323, 354 

Meserve, Nathaniel 9 

MeteaK, Nathaniel . . 128, 129, 191 

Asa 147, 308 

Alfred 129 

Thaddeus 183 

Chauncy 186 

Mitchell, Samuel . 11, 15, 19, 30, 32 

Mixer, Ezekiel 68 

Moffatt, John 9 

Moore, Samuel 9 

James . . .11,12,15,19, 32 

John . . .11, 15, 19, 30, 32 

Robert .... 11, 15, 19, 32 

Daniel Col 58 

Thomas 63 

Lawson 63 

Moors, Cyrus S. . . . 272, 319, 321 

Montgomery, Hugh . 11, 12, 15, 19, 32 

Morrison, James . . . 11,13,19, 32 
James, Jr. . . 11,14,83,326 

Halbertll, 13, 14, 19, 30, 31, 84 

David . . . 11, 13, 14, 19, 32 

Samuel. . .11,13,15,19, 31 

John . . .11, 13, 15, 19, 32 
Thomas 11, 13, 15, 19, 30, 

32, 83 

Morse, John 94 

Granville 193 

Muzzey, John 89 

Reuben 191 

Nason, Ziba 91, 117, 147 

Ziba, Jr 91, 93 

William M. 123, 125, 199, 

271, 319 

James 198, 380 

Neal, Henry . 11, 15, 19, 30, 31, 83 

Newell, Pearson 47, 48 

Jacob 49, 51 

Josiah 128 

James 164 

Newton, Elnathan .... 51, 57 

Calvin 92, 93, 273 

Paul 138, 183 

Gideon 147 

Simeon 149, 272 

Luther .... 153, 273, 303 

Luke 154, 155 

Silas 193 

Alonzo E 387, 388 

Nichols, Jonathan 31 

Moses Col 58 

Nims, Gilman 34 

Norton, Francis 6 

Noyes, Augustus 158 

Nutting, Abel 91 

George A. . . 307, 310, 311 
Nye, Sylvanus 147 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



723 



Nye, Ansel L 24, 190 

Odiorne, Jotham 9 

Oliver, Russell 59 

Osborue, Jacob 171, 193 

Dauiel F 193 

Leouard 193 

Osgood, H. P. Rev. 141, 162, 278, 281 

Packer, Thomas 9 

Page, Thomas 148 

John 148 

Libbieus 148 

Calvin 173 

Paine, E. Rev 137 

Palmer, Geoff rev Sir 6 

Park, Phiuehas"42, 51, 55, 57, 58, 99 

Elijah 57 

Parker, William 9 

Joseph Capt 52, 53 

Aaron 91, 93 

Elijah, Esq 114 

James M. L 187 

Parklmrst, John 87, 272 

John, Jr 159 

Parkman, Alexander . . . 72, 171 
Parmenter, Oliver .... 63, 147 
Thaddeus 92, 153, 185,273, 

310, 311 

Etheel 74, 273 

Austin G 169, 176 

Partridge, S. Emerson 282 

Payson, Seth Rev 110 

Peck, Joseph 31 

Perkins, Moses 75 

Perry, Caleb 159, 273 

Justus, M.D 200, 248 

Justus 193, 197, 248, 249, 

251, 252 

Phelps, Jacob 147 

Putnam 147 

Pierce, Joslma 9 

Daniel 9, 94 

William H 166 

William 193 

Elijah 193 

Pike, Charles W 166 

Piper, Simon 193, 272 

Rufus W 139 

Cyrus, Jr 139, 161 

Pope, Samuel 273 

Theodore 166 

Porter, Joseph 55 

Joel .... 63, 64, 308, 309 
Asa . . 63, 64, 91, 93, 154, 310 

Asa, Jr 91, 93 

Levi W 91, 94, 193 

Noah 70 

George A. . 182, 190, 193, 320 

Lovell 273 

Powers, H. A 199 



Pratt, Asa 153 

William 193 

John 194 

Prentiss, John Hon 114 

Priest, Aliraham 92, 94 

Daniel 192, 272 

Franklin 92 

John II 165 

Proctor, Jacob 320 

Raymond, Silas 153 

Razey, Milton G 165 

Record, L. L. Rev. . . 140, 141, 332 

Reed, James Col 47, 56 

Daniel 92 

Remmington, John Rev 110 

Ruter, Martin 130 

Rliodes, Silas 337 

Ebenezer 36, 51, 103, 109, 

148, 284, 306 

Ebenezer, Jr 148 

Stephen 138 

Rice, Jesse 16, 17, 19,34,35, 83, 143, 144 

Rich, Caleb Rev 138 

Richardson, Israel 147 

Nathaniel 94 

William 91, 151 

George 91, 93 

Darius 92, 288, 319 

Stillman 33, 320 

Warren W 151, 176 

Samuel A., M.D. 161, 162, 
178, 203, 204, 205, 206, 
207, 208, 241, 278, 279, 319 

Delevan C 166 

Henrv D 166 

Joseph M 176, 320 

W. W. & J. M. . . . 175, 176 

& Dexter, 176 

Gideon D. . . . 197, 198, 271 

Thompson H 320 

Ivers L 320 

Rider, Aaron 193 

Riggs, Thomas28, 31,37,38, 41,42, 

51, 52, 58, 283 

Rindge, John 9 

Robbins, Benoni 42, 51 

Isaac 273 

G. Rev 213 

Roberson, Jonas 195 

Roberts, Richard Col. 32, 36, 42, 51, 
54, 57, 89, 109, 145, 153, 

190, 283, 286 

Robertson, Frank H 198 

Rogers, John 57, 76, 190 

Timothy . . 47, 48, 49, .54, 59 

Ross, M. H 164 

Russell, Ebenezer 186 

Abner ... 92, 129, 186, 331 

Gilbert 185 

William A 165, 187 



724 



HISTORY OF MARLBOROUGH. 



Rust, Nathaniel P 166 

Ryan, Charles 124, 320 

Sales, Oren 191 

Sanderson, Coleman Lieut. . 284, 286 

Sargent, Samuel 102, 155 

John 92, 94 

John S 134 

Amos 92, 94, 133 

Josiah L 320 

J. Rev 134 

Sawin, Munning 16, 19 

Sawtelle, Amaziah 164 

Sawjer, R. T. Rev 141, 162 

T. J. Rev 141 

Wyman 199 

Senft, E. L. Rev 141 

Shattuck, Joseph C 157 

Lucius H 167 

Shaw, Jonathan .... 32, 52, 283 

Ichabod 52 

Shirtliff, Benoni 191 

Sibley, Clark Rev 133, 160 

, Skinner, Warren ~t83 

Otis 138 

Smead, I. Dr 138 

Smith, Abijah 53 

John Rev 131 

Eleazer Rev 131 

M. H. Rev 138 

Albert, M.D 204 

Abner 273 

Luther 173 

George H 165, 281 

Charles .... 162, 320, 321 

Snow, Augustin P 140 

Leonard 175 

SoUey, Samuel 9 

Soper, Samuel 72, 100, 103, 105, 106, 103 

Southwick, Jonathan F 147 

J. Kilburn 162 

Sparhawk, Thomas 55 

Spear & Ballon, 191 

Spaulding, Benjamin ... 63, 192 

James 193 

Spofford, Henry A 199, 320 

Sprague, Edward Rev 104 

Starkev, Peter 63, 92 

Stay, Charles . 185, 199, 280, 281, 282 

Stearns, Samuel 148 

Steel, Samuel . . . 11, 12, 15, 19, 31 
Stevens, Aaron F. Gen. . . 204, 206 

Stockwell, Albert W 167 

George H 166 

Stone, Eliphalet 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 
42,48, 51, ,52, 57, 59,99, 
100, 101, 104, 109, 125, 
147, 1.54, 172, . . . . 272 

Solomon Capt 58 

Shubael 62, 75, 1.54, 159, 172, 

214, 236, 272, .... 305 



Stone, Calvin 87, 92, 117, 154, 155, 

165, 172, 272 

Calvin, Jr 172 

Aaron . 91, 158, 193, 246, 288 
Jeremiah, M.D. . . . 236, 336 
Cyrus Rev. 125, 157, 214, 

332, 336 

Perlev D 355 

John C 139 

George H 166 

Solon W 280, 281 

G. H. & S. W 175 

Andrew C. . . 246, 247, 386 
Seth 191 

Stowe, Mortimer M 169 

Streeter, Russell Rev 137 

Z. Rev 138 

A. Rev 138 

Sweetser, Phillips, Esq. 43, 116, 117, 

153, 192, 195, 314, . . 315 

Phillips, 2d 333 

Phillips, 3d 273 

Joseph . . . 153, 191, 194, 195 

Taggart, I. Rev 131, 276 

Tarbell, Solomon 158 

Charles I). ./. . . 125, 169 
& Whitnev, . 26, 169, 189, 326 

Taylor, John . ' 16, 19 

Tayntor, Jedediah 42, 44, 51, 58, 72, 

81, 109, 148, .... 272 

Temple, Ebenezer . . .62, 146, 153 
Thomas 273 

Tenney, William 42, 44, 51, 57, 58, 
91,93,170, 174,182,273, 

286, 287 

Luther 70 

Eber 91, 93, 184 

Archa 92 

Calvin ... 92, 94, 157, 194 

Amos B 139 

Henrv C. . . . 157, 161, 362 

William H 164 

Goodhue ... 174, 178, 320 
Daniel W. 178, 199, 318, 

319, 320, 713, . . . .716 

William M 178, 319 

D. W. & W. M. . . . 175, 178 

Simon 184 

Lyman 191 

Samuel 191 

George W 321 

Thatcher, Benjamin 63, 66, 94, 133, 349 
Levi .... 91, 133, 287, 288 
Elias . . . 133, 134, 13.5, 349 

Elias A 320 

Philander . . . 134. 184, 320 

David 134 

George ... 97, 178, 194, 319 

James 320 

Joseph 133 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



725 



Thomas, Phillip Capt 47 

Thomliuson, John 9 

Thonipsou, Charles 51 

Mowrv A 318, 319 

Thorntou, Matthew 15 

Thurston, David .... 44,51, 155 

David, Jr 155, 191 

Franklin K. 140, 179, 181, 

184, 280, 281, .... 319 

Benjamin 155 

Charles H. 167, 176, 178, 

183, 273, 281, .... 713 
& Wilkinson, . . . 169, 177 

Samuel 191 

Tiffiny, James 31 

Tilden, Christopher 185 

George . . 166, 199, 280, 281 

Tilton, II. Rev 131 

Tolman, Ebenezer .... 63, 67 

Benjamin 63, 67 

Thomas 160, 273 

Totten, Christopher 166 

James 164, 166 

John 164 

Tottenham, Nariianiel 159 

Towne, Ezra 57 

Townsend, James . . .97, 173, 179 

James F 320 

Tozer, Richard 16, 19, 30, 31, 36, 
42, 51, 54, 57, 81, 153, 
273, 286, 305, . . . .316 
John 51, 57, 58, 60, 147, 316 

Peter 52, 55, 316 

Tucker, Benjamin 25, 26, 31, 32, 33, 
34,36,37,38, 48, 51,52, 
71, 80, 81, S3, 84, 85,99, 
100, 101, 103, 105, 106, 
143, 144, 169, 189, 190, 
283, 326, 329, 330, . . 343 
Abijah 28, 30, 33,51,54,58, 
76, 81, 86, 100, 108, 148, 
158, 168, 183, 272, 312, 378 
Joshua . . 30, 31, 81, 143, 144 

Caleb 30, 81 

Moses 30, 47, 48, 51, 57, 58, 
59, 60, 72, 85, 105, 106, 
143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 190 

Tufts, Ebenezer 63 

Twitchell, Benjamin 15 

Amos, M.D. . . 197, 201, 249 

Timothy 197 

George B., M.D. . . 204, 205 

Underwood, Nathan Rev 110 

Henry B. Rev 122 

Upham, Thomas 57, 58 

Wade, Daniel 92, 94 

Wager, Phillip 128, 331 

Wakefield, James . . . .196, 253 
Cyrus . 253, 256, 257, 258, 259 



Wakefield, Enoch 256 

Wallcott, Rev. Mr no 

Wallace, Wilber F 320 

Wallingford, Thomas 9 

Kbeiie/.er B. 129, 183, 221, 378 
Philander Rev. 221,223,224, 

225,3.32,341, .... 376 
Ward, Reuben 42, 44, 51, 94, 105, 
106, 108, 109, 112, 146, 
147, 19.5, 272, .... 319 

Reuben, Jr 197 

William 151, 271, 273, 378, 379 

Henry H 167 

Wardwell, Ezra Rev 131 

Ware, J. Q. A. Rev. . . . 134, 331 

Warren, .Jonathan 17 

Daniel 31 

Warson, John . . . . 11,15,19, 31 

Watkins, 0. Rev 13 1 

Weare, M. Hon 39, 41, 50 

Webber, B 31, 51, 306 

Weeks, John 34 

Wellington, Joseph .... 1.53, 170 

Joseph, Jr 153 

Wentworth, Mark H 9 

John 9 

Wheeler, Silas 16, 19 

David 41, 42, 44, 51, .54, 55, 
58, 59, 72, 100, 101, 145, 
146, 249, 251, . . . .305 

Timothy Capt 63 

Stephen 94 

Sumner 251, 252 

Quincy 252 

Franklin 252 

William P 277, 279 

Whipple, Jonathan . . 170, 378, 380 
Whitcomb, Gilman . . . . 21, 193 
Simeon 117, 121, 125, 151, 

174, 226, 349 

William C. Rev. 151, 226, 

227, 228, 332 

& Collester, 179 

Levi 182 

White, Enoch ... 63, 68, 138, 273 

Stephen 75 

Ezekiel 75 

William 132, 155 

William, Jr. . . . 89, 155, 349 

Noah 91 

Lorenzo 92 

Thomas 129, 331 

Thomas, Jr. 96, 318, 319, 340 

Thomas L 164, 165 

Thomas H 167 

Almon B 134 

James 155 

James A 187 

Asa M 164 

Rodolphns 1 165 

Augustus C 165 



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HISTORY or MARLBOROUGH. 



White, Alfred M 167 

Ambrose 183 

Milton J 186, 320 

Mason L 282 

Whitney, Benjamin 117, 154, 156, 

159, 160, 273, . . . .356 
Benjamin, Jr. 91, 92,93,96, 

115, 157, 160, 288,358, ."59 

Jonas 157 

Jared 1 169 

Charles 0. 174, 178, 179, 

280, 281, 282 

& Clark, 129 

Charles W 195 

Whittaker, John 147 

Whittemore, Thomas 138 

Wibird, Richard 9 

Wigglesworth, Samuel 53 

Wight, John Capt 187 

Jabez 92 

Abner 187 

Wild, Nathan E. 92, 94, 137, 156, 

159, 160, 198, .... 273 

Willis, L. Rev 140 

Wilkinson, David 63, 66, 91, 93, 147, 

185, 248 

David, Jr. 117, 148, 183,187, 

196, 259, 271, 319, 321, 382 
Warren H. 121, 124, 186, 

259, 260, 276, 278, . . 358 
Solon S. . . 121, 177, 186, 361 

Cyrus K 186 

Williams, Abraham Capt. . 16, 18, 19 

Darius 75 

Williamson, J. D 138 

Willard, Elder 133, 348 

Aaron 63, 66 

Wilson, Joseph 138, 183 

Joseph, Jr 137 

J. V. Rev 139 

James . . .11, 13, 15, 19, 32 
James, Jr. . .11,13,15,19, 32 
John . . .11,13,15,19, 32 
Robert . . . 11, 13, 15, 19, 31 
Thomas ... 11, 15, 19, 31 



Wilson, Samuel . . . 11, 15, 19, 32 
Winch, Nathan ... 173, 174, 184 

Winchester, E. Rev 138 

Wise, George F. . . .198,318,319 
Wisvvall, John 63, 67, 148, 170, 187, 273 
John Maj. 75, 117,137,218, 

273,316, 335 

Luther Rev. 115, 117, 125, 
157, 158, 160, 218, 219, 
220, 272, 273, 332, . . 347 
Osgood R. . . 169, 172, 173 

Wood, Abraham Rev 99 

Woods, John 16, 19 

Alpheus 144 

Woodward, Abel 26, 30, 31, 42, 51, 

52, 58, 148, 326, . . .343 
Stephen .... 51, 55, 147 

Solomon 51, 316 

Jacob 63, 65, 117, 125, 153, 272 

Daniel 92, 153 

Allen .... 91, 92, 93, 134 

Joseph 92, 94, 273 

Stillman 92, 94, 240, 310, 320 

Jonas 117, 273 

Josiah . . . 117, 153, 184, 287 

Augustus T 21, 155 

Elisha 0. 123, 152, 162, 197, 
198, 199, 271, 274, 280, 

281, 357, 358 

& Nason, 199 

Abijah 191 

Daniel B., M.D. 164, 240, 

241, 242, 336 

George H 167 

Worsley, Robert 47,48,49, 147, 155, 

159, 273, 328, 336, . . 337 
Wright, Oliver 42, 44, 51, 55, 57, 
59, 71, 86, 137, 138, 139, 
146, 153, 191, 273, 286, 

305, 306, 314 

Samuel 195 

Joseph 138 

Edward 57 

Daniel 182 

Bradley E 282 



ERRATA. 

Page 34. In note at bottom of page, for Batchelder read Batchellor. 

80. Sixth line from top, for 1776 read 1766. 

87. In Phinehas Farrar's account, for Plunk read Plank. 

148. In list of names, for Kimbear read Kimber. 

154. Id list of names, for Shubel read Shubael. 

252. For Mrs. read Miss. 

264. In tenth line from bottom, for Bezeleel read Bezaleel. 

408. In eleventh line from top, for Liebieus read Libreus. 

423. In tenth line from bottom, for McRory read Mclloy. 

443. In fifth line from bottom, for Johiiathan read Jonathan. 

487. In fifth line from top, for Hulton read Holton. 

538. In twelfth line from bottom, for County read Country. 

540. In tenth line from bottom, for Susanan read Susannah. 

571. In Levi Matthews's family, Minnie N. should be inserted as the 

child of Moses 0. Bean. 

681. For Simon read Simeon. 

703. In family of Rev. Luther WisvraU, for James Buttheller read James 
Batcheller. 



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